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- January 1 - Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna , conducted by Riccardo Muti
- January 1 - Kurt Nilsen wins '' World Idol ''
- January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander , a childhood friend, in Las Vegas . The marriage was Annulled two days later.
- February 1 - Daron Hagen is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City.
- February 17 - Brit Awards held in London . The Darkness , Dido , Busted , Justin Timberlake , and KRS-One are among the winners.
- February 17 - Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal Blog calling D'Arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of that band.
- March 10 - George Michael announces that '' Patience '' will be his last commercially released record, telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
- April 6 - A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called '' My Mother's Hymn Book '' is released less than a year after his death on September 12 , 2003 .
- April 6 - Modest Mouse , an american Indie Rock band releases Good News For People Who Love Bad News .
- April 20 - Fear Factory returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album '' Archetype ''.
- April 26 - Deborah Voigt , sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at Carnegie Hall .
- May - ''Blender'' magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship , is rated worst.
- May 10 - Keane reaeases '' Hopes And Fears '' which converted into the 16th best selling album of the millennium
- May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs ( EJCF ) in Basel .
- May 25 - Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
- May 25 - Skinny Puppy releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called '' The Greater Wrong Of The Right ''.
- May 26 - Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of '' American Idol '', defeating Diana DeGarmo .
- June 4 - Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
- June - Staind start recording their fourth album, produced by David Bottrill .
- June - The Velvet Revolver 's first album '' Contraband '' debuts in the top slot on the '' Billboard '' album charts, selling over 250,000 copies its first week out.
- June - The Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is hospitalized in Los Angeles with prostate cancer and diagnosed.
- June 4 - Creed dissolved because guitarist Mark Tremonti is working in a side project Alter Bridge and their first album is '' One Day Remains '', which is scheduled to be released on August 10 th.
- June 10 - Ray Charles dies of Liver Disease at the age of 73.
- June 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 12th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion , Beastie Boys , Cypress Hill , The Hives , Hoobastank , The Killers , Modest Mouse , New Found Glory , Story Of The Year , The Strokes , The Velvet Revolver , Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard .
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- June 23 - UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard , against station policy.
- July 10 Ex- S Club star Rachel Stevens sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief .
- July 11 McFly debut at #1 on the UK Album Charts with Room On The 3rd Floor . They break the record set by The Beatles as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.
- New Classic Rock and New Wave -influenced bands such as The Killers begin to oust Numetal bands.
- July 20 - Van Halen releases ''The Best of Both Worlds'', a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
- July 24 - The Robert Smith organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida . Performing along with The Cure are Interpol , The Rapture , Mogwai , Cursive , Muse, Head Automatica , Thursday, Scarling. , The Cooper Temple Clause , and Melissa Auf Der Maur .
- July 31 - Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, MA.
- August 8 - Dave Matthews Band 's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human Feces from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois .
- August 15 - Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont .
- September 14 - Megadeth is scheduled to release their new studio album '' The System Has Failed ''.
- September 14 - Nelly released doubled albums.
- September 21 - Green Day releases '' American Idiot '', their 7th studio album. It goes 6x platinum and gains a cult following. It is a Punk Opera , much in the style of Pink Floyd 's '' The Wall '' or The Who 's '' Quadrophenia ''.
- September 28 - Hilary Duff releases her self-titled second album on the day she turns 17.
- September 28 - Brian Wilson completes '' SMiLE '', 37 years after its original planned release
- October 11 - The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album '' Astronaut '', which was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".
- October 23 - Ashlee Simpson is accused of Lip-synching after an abortive live performance on the television show '' Saturday Night Live ''.
- October 26 - Legendary DJ John Peel dies, after 40 years of massive influence upon popular music.
- December - Ned's Atomic Dustbin begins touring with 5 upcoming shows.
- December 11 - 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas with Chevelle , Franz Ferdinand , Good Charlotte , Green Day , Hoobastank , Incubus , Interpol , Jimmy Eat World , Keane , The Killers , Modest Mouse , Muse , The Music , My Chemical Romance , Papa Roach , Snow Patrol , Social Distortion , Sum 41 , Taking Back Sunday , The Shins , The Used and the Velvet Revolver .
# Usher - '' Confessions ''
# Norah Jones - '' Feels Like Home ''
# Eminem - '' Encore ''
# Kenny Chesney - '' When The Sun Goes Down ''
# Gretchen Wilson - '' Here For The Party ''
# Tim McGraw - '' Live Like You Were Dying ''
# Maroon 5 - '' Songs About Jane ''
# Evanescence - '' Fallen ''
# Ashlee Simpson - '' Autobiography ''
# Various Artists - '' NOW! That's What I Call Music 16 ''
- January 13 - Philip Crosby , 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby
- January 17 - Czeslaw Niemen (65) - Polish rock singer
- - Tom Rowe , musician
- January 22 - Billy May (87) - US Big Band & Pop Music arranger
- - Ann Miller , actress, singer and dancer
- February 1 - Rocco Clein , 35, journalist, musician ( ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_Clein )
- February 3 - Cornelius Bumpus , 58, musician ( The Doobie Brothers , Steely Dan )
- February 8 - Cem Karaca , 58, Turkish singer and composer
- February 16 - Doris Troy , 67, R&B singer
- February 21 - Bart Howard , 88, composer and pianist
- February 23 - Don Cornell , 84, US singer
- February 23 - Alvino Rey , 95, US bandleader and guitarist
- March 4 - John McGeoch , 48, British guitarist with '' Magazine '', '' Siouxsie And The Banshees '' and '' PiL ''
- March 6 - Peggy DeCastro , 82, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
- March 16 - Vilém Tauský , 93, Czech conductor and composer
- March 18 - Vytas Brenner , 57, Musician , Keyboardist and Composer
- March 26 - Jan Berry , US singer of Jan And Dean
- March 28 - Sylvia Froos , 89, US singer
- April 3 - Gabriella Ferri , 62, Italian Singer
- April 9 - Harry Babbitt , 90, US singer with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
- April 10 - Jacek Kaczmarski , 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
- April 15 - Hans Gmür , 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer
- May 1 - Felix Haug , 52, Swiss pop musician (''Double'')
- 12 May - John LaPorta , 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
- May 12 - John Whitehead , 55, R&B artist, shot dead
- May 17 - Elvin Jones , 76, Jazz Drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s.
- May 19 - Arnold Moore , 90, blues artist
- June 4 - Irene Manning , 91, US actress, singer and dancer
- June 6 - Iona Brown , 63, conductor and violinist
- June 10 - Ray Charles , 73, US singer and pianist
- June 15 - James F. Arnold , 72, first tenor with the Four Lads
- June 17 - Jackie Paris , US jazz singer
- July 13 - Carlos Kleiber , conductor
- July 21 - Jerry Goldsmith , 75, US Composer , Academy Award winner
- July 22 - Illinois Jacquet , 81, US jazz saxophonist
- July 22 - Sacha Distel , 71, French singer
- August 6 - Rick James , 56, US Funk singer
- August 6 - Argentino Ledesma , 75, Argentinian singer
- August 9 - Tony Mottola , 86, US Guitar ist
- August 9 - David Raksin , 92, US Composer
- August 18 - Elmer Bernstein , 82, US composer
- August 20 - María Antonieta Pons , 82, Cuba n Rumbera
- August 26 - Laura Branigan , 47, US singer
- September 11 Juraj Beneš , 64, Slovak composer
- September 12 - John Buller , 77, British composer
- September 12 - Fred Ebb , 72, US lyricist
- September 15 - Johnny Ramone , 55, US Guitar ist and founding member of '' The Ramones ''
- September 19 - Skeeter Davis , 72, US country singer
- October 25 - John Peel , 65, British DJ and broadcaster
- October 28 - Gil Melle , 72, film and television music composer
- November 12 - Usko Meriläinen , 74, Finnish composer
- November 13 - John Balance , 42, British musician from Coil
- November 13 - Ol' Dirty Bastard , 35, African American rapper
- November 13 - Carlo Rustichelli , 87, Italian film composer
- November 14 - Michel Colombier , 65, composer
- November 18 - Cy Coleman , 75, US composer
- December 8 - Dimebag Darrell , 38, former Pantera Guitar ist, shot to death in Ohio
- December 13 - Alex Soria , 39, guitarist for The Nils
- December 14 - Sidonie Goossens , 105, harpist
- December 19 - Renata Tebaldi , 82, operatic soprano
- December 20 - Son Seals , 62, blues musician
- December 30 - Artie Shaw , 94, Swing Era Clarinet ist and Bandleader
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