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April - The White Stripes records Elephant, which was released on April 1, 2002.
April 23, 2002: Wilco's critically acclaimed fourth album, " Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", is released, debuting at #13.
June 5 - U.S. soul and R&B singer R. Kelly, was charged with 21 counts of child pornography after a videotape allegedly shows him having sex with an underage girl is broadcast on the Internet.
June 15 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQKROQ is a commercial rock and roll music radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting on 106. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock. The first station with the call letters KROQ was formed in 1972, broadcasting on 1500 AM, with a format of Top 4 airs the 10th Annual of the Weenie RoastWeenie Roast is an annual by the Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ tour which began in 1993. The concert always airs in mid- June as the second or third weekend on a Saturday since it was aired. List of group tours by year and bands in alphabetic show with Bad ReligionBad Religion is a punk band, known for poignant, erudite lyrics and biting social commentary and formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979 by high school students Greg Graffin (vocals), Jay Bentley ( bass guitar) and Jay Ziskrout ( drums), and high school, HoobastankHoobastank is a rock band best known for their hits "Crawling in the Dark" ( 2001), "Running Away" ( 2002) and a hit single, "The Reason" in 2004. Early Career Hoobastank formed in the Los Angeles County suburb Agoura Hills in 1994. Vocalist Doug Robb met, Jack JohnsonJack Johnson a Hawaii-born singer/songwriter, achieved a moderate level of fame in late 2001 with his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales''. The singer had been a professional surfer until an accident forced him to take some time off. He learnt to play guit, Jimmy Eat WorldJimmy Eat World is an American rock group from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. The members are: Jim Adkins: Vocals and Guitar Tom Linton: Guitar, Vocals Rick Burch: Bass Zach Lind: Drums The band's music is commonly classified as emo, in particular because, MobyMoby is slang, in hacker parlance, for "big" or "impressive. Moby is an American electronic musician. Moby's real name is Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York City) he takes his performing name from his relative Herman Melvil, New Found Glory, P.O.D., Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, The Strokes, System of a Down, Unwritten Law, The Vines, The Violent Femmes and Rob Zombie.
July 16 - Simon & Garfunkel release the album Live In New York City, 1967, a recording of their live performance at Lincoln Center on 22 January 1967.
November to December - Die Trying records their self-titled debut album, which was released on June 10, 2003.
November 29 - The Concert For George is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death, under the musical direction of friend Eric Clapton. Performers included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston and others. The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation
December 2 - Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil.
Glastonbury festival, June 28 to 30. Headline acts: Coldplay, Garbage, Stereophonics, Orbital, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, Air
Area 2 Festival, Headline acts: Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, Blue Man Group
Takahiro Nishikawa leaves Dreams Come True on March 24 [1]
U2 and Paul McCartney perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI. U2's performance becomes a tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack.
No new Dynamite Hack album
The Velvet Revolver forms
Megadeth disbands
Stabbing Westward disbands
Godflesh disbands
Apollo Sunshine's musical career begins
Audioslave's musical career begins
Rose Falcon 's musical career begins
Beyoncé Knowles' solo career begins
Zwan's musical career begins

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