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2005 in music
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See also: 2004 in music, 2005 in music (UK), other events of 2005, 2006 in music, list of 'years in music', 2000s in music
Events
- January 22 - 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 Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X.
- January 29 - Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, and Sarah MacLachlan will conduct a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia for tsunami relief.
- February 22 - The pop punk group Blink-182 announced that they would be taking an indefinite hiatus.
- In April, country music legend Kenny Rogers signed a major world-wide deal with Capitol Records.
- April 3 - Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr was arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He has also sentenced to 30 years for misdemeanor drug possession during April 1994 in 2 years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt.
- May 3 through May 6 - Legendary blues-rock group Cream reunited for four shows in London's Albert Hall.
- May 6 - Audioslave became the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba.
- May 21 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ 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.
- July 2 - Live Eight benefit concerts
Albums Released
Albums Expected (Pre-Releases)
Albums To Be Announced
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2005.
Births
Deaths
- January 11 - Spencer Dryden, 61, American drummer for American rock group Jefferson Airplane
- January 11 - Jimmy Griffin, co-founder of Bread
- January 15 - Victoria de Los Angeles, 81, Catalan soprano
- January 24 - June Bronhill, singer
- January 28 - Jim Capaldi, 60, British drummer and vocalist
- January 30 - Martyn Bennett, 33, Scottish bagpiper
- February 8 - Jimmy Smith, 77, American jazz organist
- February 9 - Tyrone Davis, 66, American soul singer
- February 13 - Sixten Ehrling, 86, Swedish conductor
- February 28 - Chris Curtis, 63, British drummer and vocalist
- March 4 - Una Hale, soprano, 82
- March 6 - Tommy Vance, DJ
- March 9 - Kathie Kay, big band singer, 86
- March 10 - Danny Joe Brown, 53, lead singer of the southern rock group Molly Hatchet
- March 21 - Bobby Short, singer
- March 22 - Rod Price, guitarist, 47
- March 26 - Paul Hester, drummer, 46
- March 27 - Grant Johannesen, pianist, 83
- March 27 - Rigo Tovar, Mexican singer and composer, 58
- March 28 - Moura Lympany, pianist, 88
- March 30 - Derrick Plourde, 33, former drummer of 2 California punk groups: Lagwagon and the Ataris
- April 2 - Alexander Brott, conductor and composer, 90
- April 7 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, 82
- April 10 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist, 82
- April 12 - Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, 63
- April 13 - Johnnie Johnson, American pianist, 80
- April 14 - John Fred Gourrion, pop singer, 64
- April 18 - Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor, 75
- April 19 - Bryan Ottoson, guitarist of the industrial rock group American Head Charge, 27
- April 19 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist, 58
- April 23 - Robert Farnon, composer, arranger, 87
- April 25 - Hasil Adkins, American rockabilly musician, 67
- April 28 - Percy Heath, jazz musician, 81
- May 8 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer, murdered, 36
- May 10 - David Wayne, former singer of the heavy metal group Metal Church, 47
- May 14 - Jimmy Martin, bluegrass musician, 77
- May 22 - Thurl Ravenscroft, US singer
- May 25 - Ruth Laredo, pianist, 67
- May 29 - George Rochberg, composer, 86
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