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Events
January 21 - MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze
February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. Idol had been scheduled to have a major role in Oliver Stone's film The Doors, but due to his injuries, the role was reduced almost to a bit part.
February 14 - 50,000 fans watch The Rolling Stones play the first of 10 concerts at Tokyo's Korakuen Dome, the beginning of the Stones' first ever tour of Japan.
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February 24 - The Byrds (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and David Crosby) reunite, for the first time in 25 years, to perform at a Los Angeles, California tribute to Roy Orbison. The three are joined unexpectedly on stage by Bob Dylan, who sings "Mr. Tambourine Man" with the band.
February 27 - In Time Magazine, Milli Vanilli "singer" Rob Pilatus states that their group is, "more talented than any Bob Dylan, Village People, or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis."
March 19 - Depeche Mode released the album Violator, one of the most critically successful and important albums of the alternative music era.
March 20 - Gloria Estefan's tour bus is involved in an accident. Estefan suffers several broken bones in her back.
March 25 - Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee is arrested for allegedly exposing his backside during a performance in Augusta, Georgia
April 4 - Gloria Estefan returns to Miami, Florida after undergoing back surgery in March following a tour bus accident.
April 6 - Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, CT.
April 7 - Neil Young, Elton John, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Guns N' Roses and Jackson Browne perform at Farm Aid IV in Indiana. John dedicates "Candle in the Wind" to AIDS patient Ryan White during his performance. White died later that evening.
April 16 - a massive tribute concert is held at Wembley Stadium for recently freed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, who makes a 45-minute speech at the event. Performers include Anita Baker, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, The Neville Brothers and Neil Young. The event is broadcast to 61 countries around the world.
April 25 - Jimi Hendrix's Fender Stratocaster that he used to perform his famous version of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, is auctioned off in London for $295,000
May 8 - In Los Angeles, California, Tom Waits wins a $2.5 million lawsuit against Frito-Lay for unlawfully using a sound alike of Waits in its Doritos television commercials.
May 18 - The Rolling Stones open their Urban Jungle European tour in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
May 26 - Gin Blossoms sign a contract with A&M Records
May 27 - The Stone Roses stage a legendary concert at Spike Island, Cheshire
May 29 - Toronto police threaten to arrest Madonna if she performs her simulated masturbation scene during her performance of "Like a Virgin" on her Blond Ambition Tour. Madonna refuses to change her show, and the police decide not to press charges, later denying that they'd ever threatened to press charges (a claim refuted by footage captured during the filming of Madonna's 1991 documentary ).
June 2 - Vision of Love, Mariah Carey's debut single, enters the Billboard Hot 100 chart and will eventually reach the #1 spot for four consecutive weeks in the summer. She releases a further five singles, all of which reach number one in the US, making her the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one. She (as of 2006) scored another eleven number one singles, bringing her total to seventeen. She would then go on to become the most successful female artist in the history of music.
June 10 - members of rap group 2 Live Crew are arrested and charged with obscenity after a performance in a Hollywood, Florida nightclub.
June 30 - Step by Step, New Kids on the Block's first single from their new album reaches the top of the Billboard charts and will stay there for a total of 3 weeks. It would become the boy band pioneers' biggest selling single.
July 7 - The Three Tenors give their first concert, at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
July 14 - Jean Michel Jarre's concert Paris la Defense attracts 2.5 million spectators.
July 24 - Pantera releases their major label debut, Cowboys from Hell, one of the pioneering albums of "groove metal," catapulting the group to the forefront of the metal scene.
August 5 - Madonna ends her controversial Blond Ambition Tour in Nice, France.
August 24 - A judge rules that heavy metal band Judas Priest isn't responsible for the suicide and attempted suicide of two Nevada youths who shot themselves after listening to the band's music.
September - In the UK, two singles, "Groove is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite and "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band (featured in a current TV jeans commercial), are announced to have sold the same number of copies in one week and a tie-break is used to decide which should be number one. "The Joker" wins, as it had climbed the most from the previous week
August 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughn dies sadly after a show in a helicopter crash.
September 10 - Will Smith hits primetime television with the debut of the sitcom, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
September 11 - After a decade of performing in the Francophone world, Céline Dion makes her formal English-language debut in the United States with the release of her album Unison.
October - Jamaaladeen Tacuma records Boss of the Bass, that will be a blockbuster in 1991.
October 22 - Pearl Jam, then named "Mookie Blaylock," play their first show as a band at the Off Ramp club in Seattle, Washington.
October 31st - Fear Factory plays their first show.
Fall - For the first time, Amy Grant and Gary Chapman hold a night of music at their Franklin, Tennessee Riverstone Farm, for local teenagers. Performers included Rich Mullins, Rick Elias, Charlie Peacock, Wes King and Michael W. Smith. The event becomes known as "The Loft".
November 27 - "Vocal" group Milli Vanilli admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know It's True." They later have their Grammy award revoked.
December - The Smashing Pumpkins begin recording Gish, which will be a blockbuster album in 1991.
December 13 - Genesis'88 stage weekly Acid House night in legally acquired warehouse in Stratford, London under the banner imagine
Dance music breaks out.
Madonna's "Justify My Love" music video is banned by MTV. The singer appears on Nightline to defend the video.
Pennywise signs a contract to their recent label Epitaph Records
The poorly received Cop Rock premieres on television, TV's first (and last) musical police drama.
Christina Aguilera appears on Star Search.
Garth Brooks releases his second album, "No Fences" and wins various awards across the music industry, including "best new country artist."
Del Amitri's second album, and first for five years, Waking Hours effectively relaunches their career. It provides them with the UK hit Nothing Ever Happens and the minor US hit Kiss This Thing Goodbye.
Sons of Kyuss changed their named to Kyuss, add new members except guitarist Josh Homme.
After a hiatus of 7 years, rock group Styx (band) reform to record a new album and tour without long time guitarist Tommy Shaw who was committed to Damn Yankees at the time. With his blessing, A&M recording artist Glen Burtnik joins Styx and release "Edge of The Century". The first single was Burnik's "Love Is The Ritual" which barely entered the Billboard 100. The follow-up single -- a religiously inspired ballad entitled "Show Me The Way" with Dennis DeYoung on vocals -- became a minor hit but then suddenly skyrocketed to the #1 spot on the Billboard 100 after radio stations took the liberty and produced their own versions of the song featuring comments from Operation: Desert Storm soldiers during the solo break -- a move that reportedly didn't sit well with the band, who believed it unfairly politicized their music, the Christian religious faith, and the sacrifices of the troops.
Bands formed
A.F.I.
The Corrs
311
Allegiance
Anathema
At the Gates
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Brisbane Birralee Voices
Carpathian Forest
D12
Earth
En Vogue
The Frames
Green Carnation
Gumball
Ilium
In Flames
Infectious Grooves
Jellyfish
LTK Commune
Lagwagon
Letters to Cleo
Marduk
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Mortification
My Dying Bride
Opeth
Pearl Jam
Pigface
Plaid Tongued Devils
RAM
Russian National Orchestra
Septic Flesh
Starkweather
Stone Temple Pilots
Sun Dial
Take That
The Aquanettas
The Tea Party
Tool
Torture Squad
Unwritten Law
Vertical Horizon
Wilson Philips
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Burn the Priest
Bands disbanded
Camper Van Beethoven
Eurythmics
Guadalcanal Diary
The Lurkers
Mother Love Bone
Pussy Galore
Spandau Ballet
Starship
The Style Council
The Vaselines
Albums released
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Seraut Wajah - Ebiet G. Ade
Pepe Aguilar Con Tambora - Pepe Aguilar
Albi Achikah - Ragheb Alama
Enchanted - Marc Almond
Humanap Ka Ng Panget - Andrew E.
America-South Africa - Art Ensemble of Chicago
Yellow Man With Heart With Wings - Robert Ashley
Riverside - Luka Bloom
Black Milk - Beasts of Bourboun
Maria Bethânia (25 anos) - Maria Bethânia
Victorious against Personal Demons - Beyond
You Lucky People - Big Pig
Rabindra samgita - Debabrata Biswas
Gling-Gló - Björk
Highlights & Lowlives - Blue Cheer
Too Much Sleep - Bongwater
Ichabod and I - The Boo Radleys
Brand New Heavies - Brand New Heavies
As I Came Of Age - Sarah Brightman
The Sinking of the Titanic - Gavin Bryars
Dead City Radio(spoken word) - William S. Burroughs
Pump Action - The Butcher Shop
Groovy, Laidback and Nasty - Cabaret Voltaire
101 Damnations - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Dear Agnes - Carpenters collection - Agnes Chan
Waiting For You - Danny Chan
Songbird - Nadia Chan
Freefall (ep) - Chapterhouse
Ezi Oyi Akama - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & his Nigerian Sound Makers International
Dreaming - Leslie Cheung
The Decomposition of Violets - Christian Death
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