3 August: Owen Isabelle Landau, daughter of MICHELLE BRANCH and husband Teddy Landau
14 September: Sean Preston Federline, son of BRITNEY SPEARS and KEVIN FEDERLINE
24 September: Aiden Michael Bice, son of BO BICE and wife Caroline Fisher.
Timeline of Musical Events
During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.
1 January: In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier, including Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", and "Only You" by The Platters.
7 January: Welsh punk band mclusky officially announce their disbanding via their website. Weeks later, Welsh noisecore/punk band Jarcrew disband due to their drummer becoming a Jehovah's Witness - remnants of the two bands later went on to join forces and become Future of the Left.
17 January: Prior to missing 2 live shows Mike Tempesta is officially no longer part of Powerman 5000 due fights with the band.
22 January: Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Madonna, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X.
29 January: Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, and Sarah McLachlan conducted a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia for tsunami relief.
31 January: Jon Levasseur leaves Cryptopsy, saying he has lost interest in Extreme Music.
7 February: BRIT Awards are held in London. Scissor Sisters, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, and Joss Stone are among the winners.
15 February: Sonny Mayo replaces Clint Lowery in Sevendust.
22 February:
The pop punk group Blink-182 announce that they will be taking an indefinite hiatus, but will not become completely inactive, according to guitarist Tom DeLonge.
Brian Welch, guitarist of KoЯn, leaves the band after converting to Christianity.
28 February: 28 - Static-X fires Tripp Eisen because of his arrest for sex offences involving a minor.
Spring: All Ends Hired Fredrik Johansson.
7 March: Koichi Fukuda immediately replaces Tripp Eisen in Static-X & rejoins them after 5 years.
26 March: Australian drummer of Crowded House, Paul Hester, is found dead in Melbourne's Park.
April: Country music legend Kenny Rogers signs a major worldwide record deal with Capitol Records.
3 April: Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr is arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He was also sentenced to 30 days for misdemeanor drug possession in April 1994, two years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt.
9 April: Destiny's Child launch their World Tour Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It in Hiroshima, Japan.
26 April: Propagator Records is launched in Birmingham, UK.
May/June: Operation Ivy/Rancid bassist Matt Freeman is diagnosed with lung cancer.
2 May: Legendary blues-rock group Cream reunites for four shows in London's Royal Albert Hall.
6 May: Audioslave becomes the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba.
21 May: The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 13th Annual Weenie Roast show with Alkaline Trio, Audioslave, Bloc Party, The Bravery, The Dead 60s, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, The Mars Volta, Mötley Crüe, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Queens of the Stone Age and The Transplants.
25 May: Carrie Underwood wins the fourth season of American Idol.
9-11 June: Download Festival 2006. Tool, Metallica and Guns N' Roses headline the main stage.
12 June: Pink Floyd announce that they will reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This will be the first time the band played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981, and the first public performance by Pink Floyd since 1994.
13 June: Michael Jackson is found not guilty of child molestation.
15 June: Destiny's Child announce they will disband upon completion of their world tour.
16 June: Motörhead celebrate their 30th anniversary with a concert in the Hammersmith Apollo, which is later released on DVD.
18-19 June: Green Day films their first ever live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England. They played to over 130,000 fans in two days.
21 June: Billy Corgan announces that he wants to reform his popular alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins, which disbanded on December 2, 2000.
25 June: Patti Smith curates the Meltdown festival.
Summer:
Crazy Frog ringtone "Axel F" is released as a single.
Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" remains atop the Hot 100 for 14 weeks. Follow-up "Shake It Off" reaches #2 while "We Belong Together" is #1, making Carey the first female artist to hold the #1 and #2 spots on the Hot 100 simultaneously.
2 July: Live 8 benefit concerts are held around the world, as part of the Make Poverty History campaign.
11 July: The Chemical Brothers release their single, "The Boxer".
July: The Blackbirds form in Auckland, New Zealand.
August: The Cure frontman Robert Smith announces that the band plans to record their 13th studio album in the fall for release in the following year.
September: A statue of Edward Elgar by Jemma Pearson is unveiled near Hereford Cathedral.
9 September: The band Scooter perform at the All-State Arena in Chicago, IL, their first performance in the United States.
10 September: The Italian rocker Luciano Ligabue attracts a European record number of spectators with a concert at Campovolo, in Reggio Emilia.
14 September: Britney Spears gives birth to her first child, a baby boy named Sean Preston with husband Kevin Federline.
1 October: Sentenced Plays Their Final Show.
October: Jeff Martin leaves The Tea Party due to Creative Differenecs, also ending the band's 15 year stretch.
15 October: Media reported that Latin star Luis Miguel released his own vintage of wine, "Unico. Luis Miguel", a Cabernet Sauvignon.
21 October: Nightwish perform at the Hartwall Arena, later to be released as the End of an Era DVD. The following day, singer Tarja Turunen is dismissed in an open letter.
6 November: Madonna earns her 36th Top Ten single with Warner Bros. Records-based, ABBA-sampled "Hung Up". This ties her with Elvis Presley for the most Top Ten singles. The Beatles have 34. "Hung Up" is also Madonna's 47th Top Forty single – the most for any female artist.
15 November: All female group Danity Kane is formed on MTV show Making The Band.
20 November: Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based (Festival Mushroom Records in Australia) single, "Hung Up" takes the title as the ARIA #1 single.
21 November: Kate DeAraugo takes the title as Australian Idol 2005, ahead of Emily Williams.
22 November:
The 33rd annual American Music Awards are held. Multiple winners are Destiny's Child, Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, The Black Eyed Peas, and Green Day.
System of a Down becomes the third musical act to have two number 1 albums in the same year. The other two to do this record were DMX & The Beatles.
November: Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dance Floor hits #1 in 40 countries, a new record. The Beatles previously held this record when The Beatles 1 went to #1 in 36 countries in 2000.
30 November: Apocalyptica change locations of the shoot of their DVD "The Life Burns Tour" from Erfurt, Germany (Dec. 2) to Düsseldorf, Germany (Dec. 4) due to Technical Reasons.
8 December: The nominations for the 48th Grammy Awards are announced. The top-nominated artists include Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West, with eight nominations each. Other nominated artists include Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé Knowles (two of her own, plus four with Destiny's Child), Kelly Clarkson, and 50 Cent.
10 December:
Amnesty International launches its "Make Some Noise" music initiative.
The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 16th annual Acoustic Christmas. On November 10, 2005, KROQ's official website announced that it will include Avenged Sevenfold, Fall Out Boy, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Rise Against, System of a Down and Thrice for the first night. The second night is held the following day, as also announced at KROQ's official website on November 15, 2005 and includes The Bravery, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, Hot Hot Heat, Jack Johnson, Nada Surf and The White Stripes.
11 December: Peter Wichers, quits Soilwork
15 December:
Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based single, "Hung Up" sets a new record in the download charts by staying at #1 for 7 consecutive weeks. The single first appears on Z100 New York, closely followed by 2day FM (Sydney), Fox FM (Melbourne) and Nova 96.9 (Sydney) other stations follow including: Mix 106.5 (Sydney), Mix 101.1 (Melbourne), Vega 95.3 (Sydney), Vega 91.5 (Melbourne) and the rest of the MIX FM stations.
Nelly Furtado's final single, "All Good Things (Come To An End)" is released and takes the title as the last single to be on the Loose album which is to be released in June 2006.
21 December: Elton John marries David Furnish in London. This marriage comes in the wake of new British laws affording gay unions the same legal protection enjoyed within straight marriages.
31 December:
Mariah Carey earns her 17th #1 single with "Don't Forget About Us", tying with Elvis for second as the act with the most #1 singles. The Beatles have 20. She also becomes the first act to perform live in Times Square on the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve television special on this day.
Glue Gun reforms after eight years, with frontman Bob Oedy the only original member. The new line-up is Bob Oedy (vocals), Joey Rimicci (guitars), Brian Priess (bass) and Andy Alverez (drums). Rimicci and Priess were previously members of Jughead's Revenge.
Classical Music
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN
De Opening
JO€L-FRANÇOIS DURAND
String Quartet
LORENZO FERRERO
Maciulli Mexihcateteouch - Five Aztec Gods
CHRISTIAN FORSHAW
Mortal Flesh
PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No. 8
ALUN HODDINOTT
Celebration Fanfare
(one-off composition for the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales)
KARL JENKINS
Requiem: In These Horizons Stones Sing
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Naxos Quartet No. 6
Naxos Quartet No. 7
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Symphony No. 8 Lieder der Vergänglichkeit
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Book of Visions for orchestra
Manhattan Trilogy for strings
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Freude (Joy) for two harps
Himmels-Tür (Heaven's Door) for a percussionist and a little girl
STEPHEN WARBECK
Peter Pan (ballet)
IAN WILSON
Sullen Earth (concerto)
Opera
MARK ADAMO
Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess
JOHN COOLIDGE ADAMS
Doctor Atomic
PHILIPPE BOESMANS
Julie
RICHARD DANIELPOUR
Margaret Garner
MATTHEW DEWEY
The Death of Chatterton
LORENZO FERRERO
La conquista
NICHOLAS LENS
The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Amor Aeternus - Hymns of Love
LORIN MAAZEL
1984
ROGER WATERS
Ça Ira
Musical Theatre in 2005
ACORN ANTIQUES: The Musical!
opens at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in February
THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Broadway production opens at the Circle in the Square Theatre on May 2
ALL SHOOK UP
(Joe DiPietro)
The Broadway production opens at the Palace Theatre on March 24 and runs for 213 performances
BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL
(Elton John & Lee Hall)
opens at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, in March.
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
The Broadway production opens at the Foxwoods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on April 28 and runs for 285 performances
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Broadway production opens at the Imperial Theatre on March 3 and runs for 627 performances
GOOD VIBRATIONS
opens at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on February 2 and runs for 94 performances
HOY NO ME PUEDO LEVANTAR
opens at the Rialto Theatre, Madrid
LENNON
(John Lennon, Don Scardino)
opens in San Francisco in April. The Broadway production opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on August 14 and runs for 49 performances
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
(Craig Lucas & Adam Guettel)
The Broadway production opens at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on April 18 and runs for 504 performances
LITTLE WOMEN
(Allan Knee, Mindi Dickstein & Jason Howland)
The Broadway production opens at the Virginia Theatre on January 23 and runs for 137 performances
MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT
opens at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago on January 9
ONE LIFE: A MUSICAL STORY OF THE LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH
(Written by Kari Skousen & Rebecca Thompson-Duvall; Directed by Skousen
THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Broadway production opens at the Marquis Theatre on November 17 and runs for 109 performances
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Mark Chard BSc
Page created: 5th September 2011
Last edited: 13th July 2023
