| REM to headline Glastonbury
2003 - if festival goes ahead! Stones may
play also. |
10th December 2002 |
REM
Rolling Stones |
BBC
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| Stones "Licks World Tour 2003"
dates in August 2003 announced (no doubt selling
like hot lips!). |
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Tour
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Rolling Stones page |
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| The RockSite gets its own domain!
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27th November 2002 |
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| Grateful Dead live again - the "Other
Ones" commence a tour in November 2002 |
November 2002 |
Grateful Dead |
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| Paul McCartney "Back in
the US" DVD and "Driving Rain" studio
album released. |
November 2002 |
Paul
McCartney page |
Paul
McCartney.com |
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| "Brainwashed" - new George
Harrison CD released. |
November 2002 |
George
Harrison |
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| George Harrison tribute concert
at Royal Albert Hall, London with Paul McCartney,
Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton. |
29th November 2002 |
George
Harrison |
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| Lonnie Donegan - UK king of
skiffle music - (and inspiration to millions) dies,
during UK tour, aged 71. |
3rd November 2002 |
Lonnie
Donegan |
BBC
News |
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| Clash Joe Strummer dies |
23rd August 2002 |
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BBC
News |
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| Twenty-fith anniversary of the death
of Elvis Presley in 1977 |
16th August 2002 |
Elvis
Presley |
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| Gus Dudgeon, record producer,
killed in car accident |
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The Who |
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| Who star John Entwistle dies
in Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, on eve of US tour. |
28th June 2002 |
The Who |
BBC
News |
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Ozzy Osbourne - to receive
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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12th April 2002 |
Ozzy Osbourne |
Ozzy
Net |
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Yoko Ono unveils Lennon statue at
John Lennon Airport, Speke, Liverpool and
visits former Lennon childhood home
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March 2002 |
John Lennon |
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OZZFEST - Ozzy Osbourne to
play Donnington Park, Leicestershire, UK on 25th
May 2002
US dates announced also.
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27th February 2002 |
Ozzy
Osbourne
Black Sabbath |
OzzyNet
see tour dates
page
Kerrang
radio |
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Waylon Jennings - "43
years on - the singer who gave up his plane seat
the day the music died", dies aged 64
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14th February 2002 |
Waylon
Jennings |
CNN
Waylon
Jennings |
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The "day the music died"
was 43 years ago
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3rd February 2002 |
Buddy
Holly
Waylon Jennings |
Fiftiesweb |
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Richey Edwards of Manic Street
Preachers "dead" for 7 years ?
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1st February 2002 |
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Peggy Lee dies at aged 81 in
Bel Air, California
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| George Harrison, "the
quiet Beatle", dies in L.A. aged 58 |
29th November 2001 |
George
Harrison
Beatles |
CNN |
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Bob Dylan still "free-wheeling"
at 60 ?
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Bob Dylan |
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| John Lee Hooker dies aged 83
in San Francisco |
21st June 2001 |
John
Lee Hooker |
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