2003 in music

Events

Early January - Drowning Pool disbanded
January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recovered nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people were arrested. The tapes have been used for bootleg releases for years.
January 15 - 2003 CDNOW Readers' Poll for all albums and new talent of 2002.
February 3 - Legendary record producer Phil Spector is arrested for investigation of homicide after the body of actress Lana Clarkson was found at his home in Alhambra, California. Police responded to the 911 phone call from one of Spector's neighbors and discovered Clarkson's body who was suffering from a gun shot wound. Clarkson pronounced dead at the scene.
February 4 - Singer and actress Courtney Love is detained by police as she arrived at Heathrow airport on a trans-Atlantic flight. Love was reportedly "verbally abusive" to members of the cabin crew during the flight from Los Angeles, California.
February 16 - 21 people are killed and more than 50 injured during a stampede in a Chicago, Illinois nightclub that began when a security guard used pepper spray to break up a fight.
February 20 - The Station nightclub fire: Fire engulfed a Rhode Island nightclub during a fireworks display which was part of the performance by rock band Great White. The fire quickly spread across the ceiling, filling the building with thick, black smoke. At least 97 people were killed, and 160 others were injured as audience members rushed to the exits. Many people were missing for some time, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley, who was later confirmed to be dead.
February 23 - New York City was the site of The 45th Annual Grammy Awards with Nickelback, No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Britney Spears and some other bands and performers.
February 24 - L.Francis Is Named The Official Fifth Member Of Revolution
March 11 - Vanity Fair magazine includes a report that Michael Jackson has put voodoo curses on Hollywood enemies. Jackson reportedly attended a voodoo ritual in Switzerland in 2000, where a witch doctor promised that director Steven Spielberg, music executive David Geffen, and 23 other people on the Jackson’s list of enemies would die. Jackson supposedly ordered his business adviser Myung-Ho Lee to wire $150,000 to a bank in Mali for a voodoo chief named Baba. The ceremony itself included a "blood bath" for Jackson and 42 sacrificed cows.

==Albums Released== (Already Released)

5-albums from 1976 to 1980 plus a live album - AC/DC - (February 18) - Re-Issue
The Art Of Losing - American Hi-Fi - (February 25) - LP
So Long, Astoria - The Ataris - (March 4) - LP
Redemption - Benzino - (January 14) - LP
From Here and On - Bombshell Rocks - (January 21) - LP
Chicago X (1976 LP) and Chicago XI (1977 LP) - Chicago - (February 25) - Re-Issue
Sexy, Funny, Bastard! - Mystro Clark - (January 14) - LP
Pain to Kill - Terri Clark - (January 14) - LP
Inertia - Exies - (January 7) - LP
This Is It: The Best of Faith No More - Faith No More - (January 28) - Greatest Hits
Bigger Cages, Longer Chains - The International Noise Conspiracy - (January 21) - LP
Living Out Loud - Aaron Lines - (January 7) - LP
100th Window - Massive Attack - (February 10) - LP
The Show Must Go Off - Mest - (January 28) - DVD
Essential Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzy Osbourne - (February 11) - Greatest Hits
Realist - Kizzy Rock - (January 21) - LP
The Myth Of Reality - T-Rock - (February 18) - LP
Live at Warfield - Slayer - (February 11) - DVD
Cyclorama - Styx - (February 18) - LP
Music in High Places - Unwritten Law - (January 21) - LP
4-albums from 1969 to 1972 - Yes - (January 14) - LP

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