23 January:CHACHI GONZALES = American actress and dancer
27 January:BRAEDEN LEMASTERS = American actor and singer
28 January:EMILY PIRIZ = American singer
9 February:KELLI BERGLUND = American actress, singer, and dancer
14 May:MARTIN GARRIX = Dutch DJ
27 June:LAUREN JAUREGUI = American singer and member of girl group Fifth Harmony
13 July:JENA IRENE = American singer-songwriter
1 August:
CYMPHONIQUE MILLER = American actress and singer
ELLONA SANTIAGO = Filipino-American singer
1 September:ZENDAYA = American actress, singer and dancer
14 October:LOURDES MARIA CICCONE LEON = American first child of Madonna, in Los Angeles, California
15 October:CHOI JUN-HONG bka ZELO = South Korean rapper
15 November:JACKIE SQUIRREL = American Space Jam cheerleader-singer-dancer from New Jersey
Timeline of Musical Events
January: At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact the pair had been listening to "Israel's Son" by Silverchair prior to the crimes, which are dubbed the "Israel's Son Murders". Murmur Records released an official response, stating that Silverchair do not condone violence of any kind and that the song "seeks to criticize violence and war by portraying them in all their horror."
8 January: Madonna's stalker, Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill the singer.
16 January: Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, Hemisphere Dancer, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono and Island Records executive, Chris Blackwell, are also on the plane; no-one is injured.
18 January: Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson.
19 January: The album Antichrist by Gorgoroth is completed.
25 January:
Madonna receives death threats from Argentine conservatives who are enraged and insulted that she is playing Eva Peron in Evita.[citation needed] After she arrives in Argentina, over 50 walls throughout the city have been spray-painted with the lyrics: ¡Viva Evita! ¡Fuera Madonna! (Long Live Evita! Get Out, Madonna!).
Jonathan Larson, composer and writer of the hit Broadway musical Rent, dies at age thirty-five of an aortic aneurysm. His death occurs the morning before Rent is scheduled to make its first public performance at the New York Theatre Workshop.
28 January: Chris Isaak makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends.
29 January:
La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, is destroyed by fire.
Kiss reveals that they have reunited with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, with a surprise appearance on the American Music Awards. The band took to the stage in full makeup and costume for the first time since 1983.
Garth Brooks refuses to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist. Brooks says that Hootie and the Blowfish had done more for music that year than he did.
4 February: Former Milli-Vanilli band member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood, California, while Pilatus is attempting to steal the man's car.
13 February:
Tupac released the first ever rap double album, All Eyez on Me, one of the most influential albums in hip hop history. All Eyez on Me achieves platinum sales in just four hours and reaches #1 on the Billboard 200 charts.
Take That split
14 February: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince marries backup singer Mayte Garcia.
20 February: Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard are acquitted of first degree murder. The jury deadlocks on voluntary manslaughter charges and a mistrial is declared.
4 March: The Beatles' second reunion song is released as part of their first reunion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is a finished version of "Real Love", a John Lennon demo from 1980.
13 March: Ramones fans rioted in Buenos Aires, Argentina after waiting all night for concert tickets only to find out that the show had been sold out.
16 March: Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's 16th consecutive week stay at #1 in the American charts with "One Sweet Day" ended when Celine Dion's Because You Loved Me hit #1. "One Sweet Day" is the longest consecutive week stay at #1 in the Billboard Hot 100's history.
18 March: The Sex Pistols announce that they will be reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour.
28 March: Phil Collins announces that he is leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career.
3 April: M.C. Hammer files for bankruptcy.
4 April: The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia's widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the Ganges River in India.
15 April: The remaining part of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
16 April: Madonna announces that she is four months pregnant by Carlos Leon, her then boyfriend and trainer.
24 April: This Train, Rick Elias, Jimmy A, Phil Keaggy, Carolyn Arends, Third Day & Ashley Cleveland perform a tribute concert for Rich Mullins at Nashville's Cafe Milano. Speakers included Reunion Records executive Terry Hemmings, record producer Reed Arvin, disc jockey Jon Rivers, and author Brennan Manning.
28 April: Oasis play the second of two gigs in Maine Road, home of Manchester City F.C., featured on the video "…There and Then".
May: The Galway Early Music Festival is launched in Ireland.
8 May: In Los Angeles, California, a judge rules against Tommy Lee and wife, actress Pamela Anderson Lee, in their attempt to keep Penthouse magazine from publishing still photos taken from an X-rated home movie that was stolen from their home.
25 May: Brad Nowell, lead singer and guitarist of the band Sublime, is found dead of a heroin overdose in his San Francisco motel room.
28 May: Depeche Mode leader Dave Gahan overdosed on a heroin and cocaine 'speedball' in a Los Angeles hotel room. On the way to the hospital, he was pronounced clinically dead for two minutes. He was arrested upon his release two days later, and ordered by the court to complete a 9 month rehabilitation.
6 June: Load, Metallica's sixth album, is released.
21 June: The Sex Pistols start their reunion tour in Lahti, Finland.
25 June: Rapper Jay-Z releases debut album Reasonable Doubt
3 July: Alice in Chains performs their last concert with lead singer Layne Staley in Kansas City, Missouri while touring with Kiss (band).
8 July: The Spice Girls release their debut single "Wannabe" in the United Kingdom.The song proves to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest selling debut single by an all-female group but also the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time.
11 July: Robert Simpson's second string quintet premiered at the Cheltenham International Festival by the Maggini Quartet with Pal Banda, cellist.
13 July: Phil Anselmo of Pantera overdosed on heroin after a Texas homecoming gig
26 July: At the Gates, Disbands.
27 July: Adrian Erlandsson & Patrik Jensen form The Haunted.
29 July: Jason Matthew Thirsk, bassist of the band Pennywise, dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
1 August: MTV2 is launched.
6 August: Influential punk rock group The Ramones play their final show at The Palace in Hollywood.
27 August: Aaliyah released her album One in a Million
7 September:
Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, while leaving the MGM Grand hotel after seeing the Mike Tyson versus Bruce Seldon boxing match, in what is apparently a drive-by shooting
Michael Jackson starts the HIStory World Tour
12 September: Controversy follows The Eagles when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Saddam Hussein at a United States Democratic Party fundraiser held in Los Angeles.
13 September: Tupac Shakur dies in hospital after his wounds from his September 7 shooting.
24 September: Weezer releases it's second record "Pinkerton". Due to its darker vibe and it's departure from their earlier record (the blue album) Pinkerton suffered in sales and was critically panned. However, since its release it has become arguably the biggest cult record of the decade, topping "best of" lists by different critics. It is also revered by musicians within the Indie/alternative/emo genre.
6 October: Country singers Faith Hill and Tim McGraw get married.
8 October: Marilyn Manson released their second album Antichrist Superstar
14 October: Madonna's first child, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, is born in Los Angeles, California.
15 October: Korn (band) release their second album Life is Peachy
30 October: Slash officially leaves Guns N' Roses.
31 October: Slipknot release their limited edition album Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat..
8 November: After having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film Hype!, a documentary on the Seattle grunge scene, opens to general audiences
24 November: Crowded House plays its final concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in Australia, in front of an audience of almost 200,000. Proceeds from this concert support the Sydney Children's Hospital.
7 December: The Sex Pistols finish their reunion tour in Santiago, Chile.
16 December: Max Cavalera leaves Sepultura because of Sepultura not renewing his wife, Gloria's, contract as manager as well as being overwhelmed by the death of his stepson.
Also in 1996:
Jesper Strömblad leaves Hammerfall.
House of Pain breaks up which leads to DJ Lethal joining Limp Bizkit.
Sheryl Crow's self titled album is banned from Wal-Mart stores because of the lyric "Watch out sister, watch out brother/watch our children while they kill each other/with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart Discount Stores".
The Monkees embark on their 30th Anniversary Reunion Tour.
Singer Tori Amos is sued when a man crashes his car after being distracted by a billboard advertising her album. The billboard featured a photo of Amos breastfeeding a piglet.
David Bowie's single "Telling Lies" becomes the first song offered as a free digital download by a major record label (Virgin Records).
Roberto Alagna marries Angela Gheorghiu.
Coal Chamber signs with Roadrunner Records and Mikey "Bug" Cox replaces John Tor.
Alice Cooper performs at Sammy Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo, in Mexico. It was recorded and released the next year as a live album.
The Proms in the Park event is launched in London, UK.
Classical Music
TORSTEIN AAGAARD-NILSEN
Trumpet Concerto No. 2
MICHAEL BERKELEY
Viola Concerto (revised)
ELLIOTT CARTER
Clarinet Concerto
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Quartetto No. 2 for oboe, violin, viola, violoncello
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Strathclyde Concerto No 10: Concerto for Orchestra
JOËL-FRANÇOIS DURAND
Les raisons des forces mouvantes for organ
LORENZO FERRERO
La noche triste (symphonic poem)
Capriccio
Tempi di quartetto
My Piece of Africa
Seven Portraits of the Same Person
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Viola Concerto
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
Viola Concerto
HANS WERNER HENZE
Labyrinth (revision of 1951 work)
WILHELM KAISER-LINDEMANN
Homage a Nelson Mandela
JOHN PICKARD
Third Symphony
JUAN MARIA SOLARE
Diez Estudios Escénicos
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Orchester-Finalisten
Opera
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
The Doctor of Myddfai
LORENZO FERRERO
La nascita di Orfeo
DARON HAGEN
Vera of Las Vegas
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Freitag aus Licht
Musical Theatre
Opening: 27 March 1996 @ Music Box Theatre, New York, NY
STATE FAIR [Original production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Richard Rodgers; Book by: Tom Briggs, Louis Mattioli; Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Closing: 30 June 1996 Performance Count: 110
Opening: 11 April 1996 @ Neil Simon Theatre, New York, NY
THE KING AND I [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy, Drama)
Music by: Richard Rodgers; Book by: Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Closing: 22 February 1998 Performance Count: 780
Opening: 18 April 1996 @ St. James Theatre, New York, NY
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy, Farce)
Music by: Stephen Sondheim; Book by: Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove; Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Closing: 4 January 1998 Performance Count: 715
Opening: 25 April 1996 @ Ambassador Theatre, New York, NY
BRING IN 'DA NOISE, BRING IN 'DA FUNK [Original production]
(Musical, Dance)
Music by: Ann Duquesnay, Zane Mark, Daryl Waters; Book by: Reg E. Gaines; Lyrics by: Reg E. Gaines
Closing: 10 January 1999 Performance Count: 1135
Opening: 28 April 1996 @ Shubert Theatre, New York, NY
BIG [Original production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: David Shire; Book by: John Weidman; Lyrics by: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Closing: 13 October 1996 Performance Count: 193
Opening: 29 April 1996 @ Nederlander Theatre, New York, NY
RENT [Original production]
(Musical, Drama)
Music by: Jonathan Larson; Book by: Jonathan Larson; Lyrics by: Jonathan Larson
Closing: 7 September 2008 Performance Count: 5123
Opening: 1 August 1996 @ The Westside Theatre, off-Broadway
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE [Original production]
(Musical Comedy, Revue)
Book & Lyrics by: Joe DiPietro; Music by: Jimmy Roberts
Closing: 27 July 2008 Performance Count: 5003
Opening: 14 November 1996 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, NY, Closing 9 Feb 1997, transferring to Shubert Theatre, 11 Feb 1997-26 Jan 2003, transferring again to Ambassador Theatre, 29 Jan 2003-Present
CHICAGO [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: John Kander; Book by: Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse; Lyrics by: Fred Ebb
Based on: Chicago
Closing: Currently Running Performance Count: 8347 as of December 18, 2016
Opening: 24 November 1996 @ Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York, NY
JUAN DARIEN [Original production]
(Musical, Puppets)
Music by: Elliot Goldenthal; Book by: Elliot Goldenthal, Julie Taymor; Lyrics by: Elliot Goldenthal
Closing: 5 January 1997 Performance Count: 49
Opening: 19 December 1996 @ Broadhurst Theatre, New York, NY
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Mary Rodgers; Book by: Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller, Jay Thompson; Lyrics by: Marshall Barer
Closing: 1 June 1997 Performance Count: 188
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Mark Chard BSc
Page created: April 1999
Last edited: 26th November 2017
