02-17 - Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'Arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of that band.
03-10 - George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record, telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
04-06 - A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called My Mother's Hymn Book is released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.
05-25 - Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
06-04 - American Idol winner Fantasia was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Believe.' The first time in US chart history a debut single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
06-04 - Creed dissolved because guitarist Mark Tremonti is working in a side project Alter Bridge and their first album is One Day Remains, which is scheduled to be released on August 10th.
06-06 - Avril Lavigne was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Under My Skin’, the Canadian singers second US No.1.
06-09 - The centenary of the London Symphony Orchestra's first concert on 9 JUN 1904. The anniversary festivities feature performances of Britten's Peter Grimes, conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Barbican Hall, in London.
06-12 - Grand Court Organ Day. Centennial celebration of the construction of the Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia, PA. Built by the Los Angeles Art Organ company for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Wanamaker Organ.
06-17 - Keith Urban's Golden Road album certified double platinum
06-20 - Velvet Revolver was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Contraband.'
06-21 - Gretchen Wilson's debut album, Here for the Party, simultaneously certified gold and platinum
06-22 - 14th annual Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales".
06-25 - The new Hollywood Bowl hosts concert. The venue's new shell will be unveiled. It's designed to give musicians more space and better acoustics -- the latest in a series of redesigns over the years. Originally built in 1929, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles has been the scene for many movies and outdoor concerts. Like many outdoor venues, it's a romantic setting but troublesome for acoustics.
06-27 - Beastie Boys were at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘To The 5 Boroughs.’ the rappers fourth US No.1.
07-07 - Big & Rich's debut album, Horse of a Different Color, certified gold.
07-16 - Los Lonely Boys' self-titled debut album certified platinum.
07-19 - Gretchen Wilson's debut album, Here for the Party, certified double platinum.
07-20 - Van Halen releases The Best of Both Worlds, a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
07-20 - First performance of Zhou Long's The Immortal for orchestra. BBC Proms concert, BBC Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting. Also see: BBC.
07-31 - First performance of Jennifer Higdon's Loco by the Chicago Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach conducting at the Ravinia Festival.
08-03 - Premiere of Clarice Assad's Violin Concerto. Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, violin. Marin Alsop, conducting Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Santa Cruz, CA.
08-08 - Dave Matthews Band's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois.
08-15 - Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont.
08-20 - Premiere of Zhou Long's “The Immortal” for orchestra, at a BBC Proms concerts with the BBC Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting
08-20 - Premiere of Peter Maxwell Davies' “Naxos Quartet” No. 4 (“Children’s Games”), in the Chapel of the Royal Palace, Oslo (Norway) during the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, by the Maggini Quartet
09-21 - Green Day releases American Idiot, their 9th studio album. It goes 6x platinum and gains a cult following. It is a punk opera, much in the style of Pink Floyd's The Wall or The Who's Quadrophenia.
09-28 - Hilary Duff releases her self-titled second album on the day she turns 17.
09-28 - Brian Wilson completes SMiLE, 37 years after its original planned release
10-11 - The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album Astronaut, which was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".
10-23 - Ashlee Simpson is accused of lip-synching after an abortive live performance on the television show Saturday Night Live.
