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Jan 12008 – the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) reported that the number of music
Jan 22008 – Josh Groban was America’s top selling artist of 2007, the 26-year-old
Jan 42008 – Beyonce won a long-running legal wrangle over claims her hit song ‘Baby Boy’
Jan 42008 – Britney Spears was carried out of her home on a stretcher and taken into
Jan 72008 – US rapper Timbaland started a four week run at No.1
Jan 92008 – Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was named the worst dressed celebrity
Jan 102008 – Radiohead topped the US album charts with the physical release of ‘In Rainbows
Jan 102008 – Rod Allen Bainbridge, lead singer of The Fortunes, died aged 63
Jan 112008 – Ringo Starr helped launch the celebrations for Liverpool’s
Jan 112008 – Robbie Williams’ manager told The Times newspaper that the singer
Jan 122008 – Mary J. Blige was at No.1 on the US album chart with her eighth
Jan 132008 – Amy MacDonald went to No.1 on the UK album chart with
Jan 152008 – Ronnie Wood was recovering following an operation for
Jan 162008 – Radiohead were forced to abandon an intimate gig at Rough
Jan 172008 – The Police played the first nine dates in Australian and New Zealand at the Westpac
Jan 182008 – Four photographers were arrested for reckless driving after they chased Britne
Jan 192008 – Singer songwriter John Stewart, who wrote the Monkees hit
Jan 202008 – Scouting For Girls went to No.1 on the UK album
Jan 222008 – Heath Ledger dies and mirrors death of mysterious musician…
Jan 232004 – RIA and FBI reach agreement for CD label warnings…
Jan 232008 – The conditions of Britney Spears’ child-custody case…
Jan 232008 – Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz decides to throw an event for Barack Obama…
Jan 232008 – Grammys still on…
Jan 242008 – Amy Winehouse was admitted into rehab in a battle to kick her
Jan 252008 – Panic At The Disco Exclusives: Sneak-Peek…
Jan 262008 – Alicia Keys was at No.1 on the US album chart with her
Jan 302008 – Madonna topped the list for the richest female musician
Jan 312008 – Britney Spears Rushed To Hospital Again…
Feb 12008 – US space agency Nasa announced that ‘Across the Universe
Feb 22008 – Spears’ father takes over estate…
Feb 22008 – The Spice Girls cut short their reunion world tour, blaming “family
Feb 32008 – UK singer Adel went to No.1 on the UK album chart
Feb 42008 – Leona Lewis went to No.1 on the Australian album
Feb 52008 – UGK rapper Pimp C’s death was the result of an overdose
Feb 52008 – Britney Spears’ parents file restraining order against Sam Lutfi…
Feb 52008 – Amy Winehouse was questioned by police in connection with
Feb 62008 – Feist won the seventh annual Shortlist Music Prize
Feb 72008 – Amy Winehouse was told she could not perform at this year’s
Feb 102008 – Amy Winehouse won five prizes at this year’s Grammy
Feb 102008 – Jack Johnson was at No.1 on the UK album chart
Feb 112008 – Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney appeared at the High Court in London
Feb 112008 – Jack Johnson started a five-week run at No.1 on the
Feb 122008 – Ronald Isley’s appeal against a three-year jail term
Feb 132008 – A fan paid $3,000 (£1,500) for a jewelled bra, which Shakira wore on her Oral Fixation
Feb 142008 – Oasis singer Liam Gallagher married his long-term partner
Feb 152008 – a flat once rented by the Beatles in London went up for sale for £1.75
Feb 152008 – Aerosmith’s own Guitar Hero game announced…
Feb 172008 – Little Richard got a standing ovation from a crowd of 2,400 at the Ryman Auditorium
Feb 182008 – Carpenters fans were objecting to plans to have pop duo’s
Feb 192008 – two releases by Oasis were voted the best British
Feb 202008 – A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000
Feb 202008 – Pink split from her husband Carey Hart following two years of marriage
Feb 202008 – winners at this year’s Brit Awards in London, included Take That who
Feb 212008 – a computer expert was jailed for two years for electronically stalking Linkin
Feb 212008 – Britney Spears failed in a court bid to regain visitation rights to her two
Feb 212008 – A US music aficionado sold his collection of more than three million vinyl album
Feb 262008 – two original members of UK boy band Busted went to court
Feb 272008 – POISON frontman Bret Michaels…
Feb 272008 – Eric Clapton is been invited to play a landmark…
Feb 272008 – iTunes: over 4 billion served…
Feb 272008 – Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Announces Final Dark Side Tour…
Feb 272008 – Jonathan Davis, vocalist of the band Korn…
Feb 282008 – Boy George pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning a male
Feb 282008 – Arctic Monkeys won three prizes, including best British band
Feb 282008 – drummer Buddy Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix
Feb 292004 – At the 76th Academy Awards, Annie Lennox…
Feb 292004 – Faded teen idol Peter Andre…
Mar 22008 – Canadian guitarist, singer, Jeff Healey, died of cancer. Blind
Mar 22008 – Three months after its initial release, the deluxe edition of Amy
Mar 32008 – The Beatles’ engineer Norman Smith died at the age of 85. Smith
Mar 52008 – Lou Pearlman, the man behind boy bands ‘N Sync and the Backstreet
Mar 62008 – a UK charity warned that nine out of ten young people had
Mar 82008 – China was set to impose stricter rules on
Mar 112008 – VanHalen on Hold…
Mar 112008 – Courtney Love’s Identity theft managed…
Mar 112008 – Metallica: As fans around the world await a follow…
Mar 112008 – Radiohead have signed up to play…
Mar 112008 – Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on This Day in Rock!
Mar 132008 – Michael Jackson refinanced his Neverland ranch to save
Mar 142008 – Peter MacBeth, a member of The Foundations who had the 1968
Mar 152008 – six people were charged with conspiracy to defraud the Isle of
Mar 152008 – Janet Jackson was at No.1 on the US album chart with her
Mar 172008 – Gyroscope were at No.1 on the Australian album chart
Mar 182008 – Heather Mills’ evidence in her divorce case with Sir Paul McCartney
Mar 212008 – a five-year legal row over the use of the Beach Boys’ name was settled
Mar 23Happy Musical Easter
Mar 232008 – Neil Aspinall, who ran the Apple Corps music empire for the Beatle
Mar 242008 – during a North American tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street
Mar 252008 – Richie Sambora was arrested in California on suspicion of drink driving. The 48 year-old
Mar 262008 – The Los Angeles Times apologised for claiming rap mogul Sean “Diddy
Mar 312008 – Cut Copy were at No.1 on the Australian album chart with ‘In
Apr 32008 – Scott Weiland’s publicist sent over a statement…
Apr 32008 – Virgin Group Founder and Chairman Sir Richard Branson…
Apr 32008 – The complete lineup for the 10th Anniversary of the New England Metal…
Apr 32008 – Morrissey accepted a public apology in court from Word
Apr 32008 – Mariah Carey smashed Elvis Presley’s US chart record by scoring the 18th number
Apr 42008 – Linkin Park announced the lineup for “Project Revolution 2008″ on This Day in Rock.
Apr 42008 – Stone Temple Pilots have officially revealed…
Apr 42008 – As expected, MySpace officially announced…
Apr 42008 – THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury has told…
Apr 52008 – Apple’s iTunes overtook supermarket group Wal-Mart to become the largest
Apr 52008 – Danity Kane were at No.1 on the US album chart with their second album
Apr 62008 – R.E.M. went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Accelerate’ the bands
Apr 72008 – Feist won five prizes, including album of the year at the Junos, Canada’s top music
Apr 72008 – Panic At The Disco were at No.1 on the Australian album chart with their
Apr 82008 – Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was jailed for 14 weeks for
Apr 112008 – Velvet Revolver:The exit door had no sooner hit Scott Weiland…
Apr 122008 – American Idol: ‘I thought, ‘OK, wait a second, I’m not going…
Apr 122008 – Two days after Ashlee Simpson and Fall Out Boy’…
Apr 121976 – Stevie Wonder announces he’s signed a $13 million…
Apr 121975 – Mick Jagger announces that guitarist-singer Ron Wood…
Apr 121969 – The Beatles record “The Ballad of John and Yoko…
Apr 121967 – David Bowie releases his novelty single “The Laughing Gnome…
Apr 121967 – The Bee Gees release their first English single…
Apr 121965 – Elvis Presley’s latest film, Girl Happy, opens nationwide.
Apr 121963 – The Beatles are introduced to the Rolling Stones…
Apr 122008 – Day26 the winners of US TV show Making The Band were at No.1 on the US
Apr 152008 – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proclaimed this day as ‘Mariah
Apr 172008 – Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen
Apr 212008, The Presets went to No.1 on the Australian album chart with their second
Apr 212008 – American soul singer and songwriter Al Wilson died of kidney failure
Apr 222008 – it was revealed that 60’s singer Tommy Steele took Elvis Presley on a secret
Apr 222008 – WHITESNAKE’s new album, “Good To Be Bad”, was released through
Apr 232008 – Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was sentenced to three years probation after admitting
Apr 252008 – the Empire State Building in New York City was lit up in Mariah Carey’s
Apr 262008 – Leona Lewis was at No.1 on the US album chart with her debut album ‘Spirit.’
Apr 262008 – Amy Winehouse spent the night in custody after being arrested on suspicion of assault
Apr 272008 – The Last Shadow Puppets went to No.1 on the UK album charts with ‘The Age
Apr 302008 – 2008, a giant inflatable pig which floated away during a Roger Water
May 22008 – Chad Kroeger was banned from driving for a year after being convicted of drink-driving
May 32008 – Mariah Carey was at No.1 on the US album chart with her eleventh
May 42008 – Madonna’s latest album Hard Candy went straight to number one
May 62008 – Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was released from Wormwood Scrubs
May 62008 – Cher played the first of 78 shows at the Las Vegas Coliseum, Las Vegas
May 82008 – American Country artist Eddy Arnold died of natural causes, one week
May 92008 – Foxy Brown avoided a further spell in prison after pleading guilty in a New
May 102008 – Led Zeppelin ‘To Announce 250Million Pound World Tour’…
May 112008 – ‘Jumping All Over The World’, from the Techno Band ‘Scooter, is No. 1 in the UK album chart on This Day in rock!
May 122008 – Neil Young gets a spider named after him on This Day in Rock.
May 132008 – The US Postal Service issued a 42-cent postage stamp in honor
May 142008 – Starry Night Gala To Honor Sir George Martin…
May 142008 – Metallica kicked off a 26-date North American and European
May 152008 – Neil Diamond tops of the US Billboard album chart on This Day in Rock!
May 172008 – Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty posted a two-minute clip of
May 172008 – Madonna was at No.1 on the US album chart with her eleventh
May 182008 – Neil Diamond went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 2008 – Neil Diamond went to No.1 on the UK album chart with
May 202008 – The US Congress passed a resolution designating May 13th as Frank Sinatra
May 202008 – The US Congress passed a resolution designating May 13th as Frank
May 252008 – Rihanna Hits No. 1 US and UK singles spot with “Take A Bow”, on This Day in Rock!
May 272008 – Sir Paul McCartney was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree
May 272008 – UK High street chain Woolworths announced it would stop
Jun 12008 – Alton Kelley, psychedelic poster creator, dies…
Jun 22008 – Bo Diddly dies this day in rock history!
Jun 61960 – Steve Vai: Widdlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddly-SCREECH! Yes
Jun 72008 – 3 Doors Down were at No.1 on the US album chart with their self t
Jun 82008 – Rolling Stone magazine published their list of the Top 50 guitar songs of all time on This Day in Rock.
Jun 131970 – In 1970, The Beatles had their last original single, “The Long and Winding Road
Jun 132008 – A Chicago jury acquitted R Kelly of all 14 charges of child pornography
Jun 152008 – Liverpool was voted England’s most musical city in a national campaign set
Jun 152008 – Coldplay is at No.1 on the UK album chart on This Day in Rock!
Jun 162008 – Disturbed were at No.1 on the Australian album chart
Jun 162008 – Coldplay kicked off their Viva la Vida, 161-date world tour at the Brixton
Jun 172008 – Welsh singer Duffy’s single Mercy was named song of the year at the Mojo
Jun 172008 – George Michael kicked off the North American leg of his ‘25 Live’ 106-date
Jun 181942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan…
Jun 191950 – Ann Wilson of Heart is born in San Diego this day in rock history!
Jun 201955 – Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony…FEATURED
Jun 212008 – Disturbed were at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Indestructible’ the
Jun 232008 – Coldplay appeared at Madison Square Garden in New York
Jun 262008- Coldplay appear on Comedy Centrals Daily show…
Jun 262006 – Gnarls Barkley top the U.K. singles chart for a staggering ninth…
Jun 261970 – Paul McCartney: McCartney US LP is no. 1…
Jun 262006 – Producer Dallas Austin is jailed in Dubai for alleged drugs…
Jun 262008 – Total Guitar magazine voted Celine Dion’s rendition of the AC/DC
Jun 272008 – Kings of Leon, The Fratellis, Editors, The Gossip, The Feeling, KT Tunstall,
Jul 12008 – Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley, died at the age of 60 from
Jul 92008 – The Times: The story in this morning’s paper is on the ruses various celebrities
Jul 172008 – Ageing rock stars and session musicians would keep receiving
Jul 202008 – John Lydon denied claims by Kele Okereke from Bloc Party that he was racially abused
Jul 242008 – Pete Doherty, accussed of destroying a ‘Papparazzi’s’ Camera, pleaded guilty on This Day in Rock!
Aug 52008 – Robert Hazard dies of Pancreatic Cancer on This Day in Rock!
Aug 72008 – Elvis’ Peakcock Jumpsuit sells for $300k on This Day in Rock Music history!
Aug 82003 – Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera postpone several dates of their
Aug 102008 – The deep-voiced soul singer died August 10 after he was found
Aug 142008 – Lita Roza died in Liverpool, England. Had the 1953 No.1 hit with her…
Aug 181940 – Cream drummer Ginger Baker is born in London.
Aug 202008 – The daughter of late country star Johnny Cash called the use of her
Aug 212008 – Drummer Buddy Harman died of congestive heart failure, aged 79.
Aug 212008 – Paedophile and ex-pop star Gary Glitter returned to Thailand after being refused
Aug 222008 – Velvet Revolver Pay Up Over Song Theft. According to Rolling Stone
Aug 222008 – PR reports: Metallica have just released the first single off their upcoming
Aug 222008 – Hagar Slams Van Halen Blabbermouth reports: Ex-Van Halen singer Sammy
Aug 232008 – Madonna kicked off her 86-date Sticky & Sweet Tour at the Millennium
Aug 312008 – The Verve started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart
Sep 12008 – Coldplay announced plans to release a new EP and album.
Sep 32008 – Metallica have just premiered the video for their single “The Day That
Sep 32008 – Great White is trying to settle the lawsuits they face over the deadly
Sep 42008 – The first guitar torched on stage by Jimi Hendrix sold for £280,000
Sep 42008 – Friends and family of Michael Jackson paid their last respects to the singer at a funeral held
Sep 52008 – A study of more than 36,000 people from around the world concluded
Sep 92008 – Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize for their album ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’.
Sep 92008 – A man was charged with assault after an attack on Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher
Sep 112001 – In memory of People… God Bless!
Sep 142008 – Metallica started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with
Sep 142008 – Singer Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden was one of the pilots who flew specially chartered
Sep 152008 – Associated Press – LONDON – Richard Wright, a founding member of the
Sep 162008 – Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield dies…
Sep 162008 – Portuguese metal band PAINSTRUCK will release its third
Sep 162008 – In just a three-day sales window, Metallica’s “Death Magnetic
Sep 162008 – Gilmour’s tribute to Floyd star Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett
Sep 182008 – “It might get loud” is the new film featuring Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge!
Sep 182008 – Unknown Mozart music found in French library
Sep 182008 – Unreleased material Jimi Hendrix wrote and recorded
Sep 192008 – Behold, the video for AC/DC’s “Rock N’ Roll Train.” It has all the ingredients
Sep 192008 – Lars fights for an Untarnished image granting an interview with Rolling Stone.
Sep 192008 – Eddie Vedder: With the Chicago Cubs two wins (or Milwaukee Brewers losses) away from
Sep 222008 – Armstrong and Getty: Cleavelend’s ‘Rock -n- Roll Hall of fame’ annouces ‘Run DMC
Sep 252008 – Paul McCartney announced today that he will perform in Isreal to the delight
Sep 272008 – Pink Floyd’s manager Bryan Morrison died after spending over two
Sep 292008 – Members Of Twisted Sister Now Willing To Take It
Oct 12008 – 125th Audio Engineering Society Conference kicks off from Oct. 1-5.
Oct 12008 – Alice Cooper was the featured musical performer on CBS-TV’s “Late Late
Oct 12008 – Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues(Nights in white Satin, Story in her eyes
Oct 32008 – Geoff Emerick/Sgt. Pepper speaks at AES San Francisco 2008
Oct 92008 – John Lennon day!
Oct 122008 – Oasis went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ the band’s seventh and final studio album.
Oct 132008 – In a video message on his website, Ringo Starr announced that he no longer has time
Oct 142008 – Illustrator and rock cartoonist Ray Lowry died.
Oct 162008 – ‘Womanizer’ debuts at no. 1 in US Charts. Britney Spears went to No.1
Oct 172008 – Levi Stubbs died today on This Day in Rock Music History!
Oct 172008 – GUNS N’ ROSES: ‘Chinese Democracy’ Track Listing Slightly Revised – Oct. 17, 2008
Oct 182008 – SNL guest stars Adele as the Music on This Day in Rock Music History!
Oct 232008 – Beyonce went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘If I Were A Boy’
Oct 312008 – A couple who admitted supplying drugs including cocaine and ecstasy to singer Amy Winehouse
Nov 82008 – AC/DC started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart
Nov 92008 – Diecast Parts ways with Century Media Records…
Nov 92008 – EXODUS Guitarist Slams ‘Death Magnetic’ Production
Nov 102008 – Coldplay were declared the biggest-selling act of 2008 at the World
Nov 112008 – WHITESNAKE performs in Tel Aviv’s Exhibition Park this day in rock!
Nov 122008 – Mitch Mitchell, the innovative drummer who anchored the Jimi Hendrix
Nov 182008 – House of Rock reports: As the long awaited release of Axl Rose’s version
Nov 232008 – English drummer Michael Lee died from a seizure aged 39. Worked with Robert Plant
Nov 242008 – English drummer Michael Lee died from a seizure aged 39. Worked with
Nov 242008 – Snaresbrook Crown Court heard how Boy George chained a male escort to his bedroom wall
Nov 292008 – Taylor Swift went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Fearless’, the
Dec 52003 – Britney Spears leaves behind a crowd of angry fans after abruptly
Dec 62004 – One of the worst kept secrets in rock becomes a secret no longer
Dec 82012-Tribute to John Lennon
Dec 112008 – For Axl Rose, it’s bad times. A week ago, his much-anticipated
Dec 112008 – Simon Cowell said he was “very embarrassed” after contracts signed
Dec 112008 – Bettie Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was a former American
Dec 122008 – the town where Mick Jagger and Keith Richards grew up announced it was
Dec 132008 – Dizzee Rascal was arrested in south-east London following an alleged
Dec 152008 – Madonna paid former husband Guy Ritchie around £50m as part of their
Dec 202008 – Britney Spears went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Circus’
Dec 212008 – The 2008 X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke started a three week
Dec 222008 – On this day in Rock history, Selling for $30,000 (£20,200), A cassette tape of a “drunk” John Lennon recording a cover
Dec 232008 – Clint Ballard Jr. died. He wrote ‘Game Of Love’ a hit for Wayne Fontana
Dec 232008 – a spokesman for Michael Jackson denied reports the singer was suffering
Dec 25Merry Xmas
Dec 272008 – Thieves broke into a house belonging to Allman Brothers Band singer and keyboardist Gregg Allman
Dec 272008 – Singer, songwriter, guitarist, Delaney Bramlett died in Los Angeles
Dec 312003 – “Torn” singer Natalie Imbruglia marries Silverchair’s Daniel