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2008 – Amy Winehouse was admitted into rehab in a battle to kick her Read more

2008 – Amy Winehouse was admitted into rehab in a battle to kick her

2008 – Amy Winehouse was admitted into rehab in a battle to kick her addiction to drugs. A statement from her record company, Universal said she entered the facility “after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors to continue her ongoing recovery against drug addiction.”

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2006 – Lead singer Justin Hawkins announces he is leaving mock rockers The Read more

2006 – Lead singer Justin Hawkins announces he is leaving mock rockers The

2006 – Lead singer Justin Hawkins announces he is leaving mock rockers The Darkness (“I Believe in a Thing Called Love”). He blames his addictions to drugs and alcohol for the decision.

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2006 – Hunky Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and teen… Read more

2006 – Hunky Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and teen…

2006 – Hunky Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and teen fantasy Carmen Electra announce they are splitting after three years of marriage. Their beautiful division is described as “amicable.”

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2006 – Tabloid favorite Pete Doherty of The Libertines and Babyshambles Read more

2006 – Tabloid favorite Pete Doherty of The Libertines and Babyshambles

2006 – Tabloid favorite Pete Doherty of The Libertines and Babyshambles checks himself into rehab in Portgual. The heroin addict had recently shocked a MTV News crew by squirting a syringe of blood at the camera.

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2006 – Metallica: During its second annual benefit concert at… Read more

2006 – Metallica: During its second annual benefit concert at…

2006 – During its second annual benefit concert at the Music Box/Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, the MusiCares MAP Fund, a non-profit organization aimed at helping music industry professionals with addiction recovery treatment, present Metallica.

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2004 – A statement appears on Dave Navarro’s Web site claiming Jane’s… Read more

2004 – A statement appears on Dave Navarro’s Web site claiming Jane’s…

2004 – A statement appears on Dave Navarro’s Web site claiming Jane’s Addiction have split for good. “The deal is that it simply didn’t work out,” it says in part. “In all honesty, we have broken up and rejoined roughly four times over the years. Perhaps that should shed some light as to where we […]

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2004 – Pete Doherty enters drug rehab on This Day in Rock. Read more

2004 – Pete Doherty enters drug rehab on This Day in Rock.

2004 – Pete Doherty enters drug rehab on This Day in Rock. Doherty recently scored a Top 10 UK hit, “For Lovers”.

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2004 – Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy enters rehab to treat an addiction for painkillers… Read more

2004 – Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy enters rehab to treat an addiction for painkillers…

2004 – Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy enters rehab to treat an addiction for painkillers, pushing back the release of their A Ghost is Born album. Tweedy is known to suffer from migraine headaches.

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2003 – Jane’s Addiction play a surprise “flash-mob” gig in London’s Read more

2003 – Jane’s Addiction play a surprise “flash-mob” gig in London’s

2003 – Jane’s Addiction play a surprise “flash-mob” gig in London’s Convent Garden. Fans were directed via text message to the location, where they play favorites like “Had a Dad.”

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2003 – Jane’s Addiction play a surprise “flash mob” gig outside Read more

2003 – Jane’s Addiction play a surprise “flash mob” gig outside

2003 – Jane’s Addiction play a surprise “flash mob” gig outside London’s Brixton Academy immediately after their Halloween show there. Fans were invited to the karaoke-styled set via text message.

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2003 – British singer Robert Palmer, best known fo… Read more

2003 – British singer Robert Palmer, best known fo…

2003 – British singer Robert Palmer, best known for his dapper dressing style and his iconic videos in the 1980s for songs like “Addicted to Love,” dies. He is 54. Palmer, who had lived in Switzerland for the previous 16 years, dies in Paris after a quiet dinner and a movie.

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2003 – Pete Doherty of UK rockers the Libertines confesses he is addicted to crack Read more

2003 – Pete Doherty of UK rockers the Libertines confesses he is addicted to crack

2003 – Pete Doherty of UK rockers the Libertines confesses he is addicted to crack cocaine and heroin after he is caught breaking into the London apartment of bandmate Carl Barat.

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