(FORMERLY OF) THE
MUSIC CURRENT AFFAIRS CULTURE
STONE ROSES
1997
Art created by John 45s: Mariah Carey, Honey; Cinema:
Squire in this year: Backstreet Boys, Quit Titanic; Men In Black; The
Blinded By The Sun Playin' Games (With My Lost World: Jurassic Park;
(sunglasses in cement); Heart); The Notorious B.I.G. Good Will Hunting;
Pink Apache; Sea.Cav. (oil (featuring Puff Daddy & Tomorrow Never Dies;
on canvas, 24" x 18"). Mase), Mo Money Mo Boogie Nights; Cube.
Problems; Spice Girls, Who
Do You Think You Fiction:
Are/Mama & Spice Up Your Don DeLillo, Underworld;
Life & Too Much; 2pac, To J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter
Live & Die in LA; Puff and the Philosopher's
Daddy, I'll Be Missing You; Stone; Dan Brown, Digital
The Verve, Bittersweet Fortress; Stephen Fry,
Symphony; Robbie Making History; Candace
Williams, Angels; Natalie Bushnell, Sex and the City.
Imbruglia, Torn; Radiohead, d. Allen Ginsberg (Apr 5),
Karma Police; Texas, Say William S. Burroughs (Aug
What You Want; Eternal, I 2), Harold Robbins (Oct
Wanna Be The Only One 14).
(featuring BeBe Winans);
Aqua, Barbie Girl; Daft Non-fiction:
Punk, Da Funk; All Saints, I Karen Armstrong,
Know Where It's At & Never Muhammad: A Biography of
Ever; Meredith Brooks, the Prophet.
Bitch; Missy Elliott, The
Rain (Supa Dupa Fly); TV / Media:
Echo & the Bunnymen, Debuting: Brass Eye
Nothing Lasts Forever. (Channel 4); King of the Hill
LPs: Spice Girls, (FOX); Teletubbies (BBC1);
Spiceworld; Robbie South Park (Comedy
Williams, Life Thru a Lens; Central); Ally McBeal
The Verve, Urban Hymns; (FOX); Buffy the Vampire
Mariah Carey, Butterfly; Slayer (The WB).
Blur, Blur; Missy Elliott, Ending: The New
Supa Dupa Fly; The Adventures of Superman.
Charlatans, Tellin‟ Stories;
David Bowie, Earthling; The Fashion:
Chemical Brothers, Dig The designer world loses
Your Own Hole; Dr. Dre, Dr. Gianni Versace. Jean Paul
Dre Presents...The Gaultier, Christian Dior by
Aftermath; Jay-Z, In My John Galliano, Alexander
Lifetime, Vol. 1; The McQueen, Clements
Prodigy, The Fat Of The Ribeiro, Antonio Berardi,
Land; U2, Pop; Bob Dylan, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs,
Time out of Mind Richard Tyler.
British Designer of the
February Year: Alexander McQueen.
20 The Seahorses, The
Viper Rooms, Los Angeles, Visual arts:
California. Antony Gormley, Another
March Place; Chuck Close, Self
9 The Notorious B.I.G. is Portrait.
shot dead in Los Angeles. Myra (1995) by Marcus
April April Harvey sparks a firestorm
23 Wulfrun Hall, 21 Ronnie O‟Sullivan of controversy when shown
Wolverhampton, England. completes a 147 break in 5 as part of the Sensation
25 The Seahorses, The minutes 20 seconds at a exhibition at the Royal
Riverside, Newcastle, World Snooker Academy of Art, London.
England. Championship match. d. Roy Lichtenstein (Sep
26 The Seahorses, The 29).
Garage, Glasgow,
Scotland.
27 The Seahorses, L2,
Liverpool, England.
29 The Seahorses, The
Leadmill, Sheffield,
England.
30 The Seahorses, The
Roadmender, Northampton,
England.
May May
2 The Seahorses, TFI 2 Tony Blair is appointed
Friday live TV appearance U.K. Prime Minister.
(Love Is The Law), London,
England.
3 The Seahorses, Dublin
Castle, Dublin, Republic of
Ireland.
4 The Seahorses, The
Limelight, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
21 The Seahorses,
Foster's, Toronto, Canada.
29 The Seahorses, BBC
Radio 1 Evening Session,
Maida Vale Studios,
London, England.
June June
7 The Seahorses, Sala 16 Radiohead, OK
Caracol, Madrid, Spain. Computer.
9 The Seahorses, Rock
City, Nottingham, England.
10 The Seahorses, Town &
Country Club, Leeds,
England.
11 The Seahorses, The
Barrowlands, Glasgow,
Scotland.
13 The Seahorses, Cardiff
University, Cardiff, Wales.
14 The Seahorses, The
Guildhall, Southampton,
England.
15 The Seahorses, UEA,
Norwich, England.
17 The Seahorses, Do It
Yourself.
19 The Seahorses, Essex
University, Essex, England.
20 The Seahorses, The
Forum, London, England.
21 The Seahorses, The
Academy, Manchester,
England.
26 The Seahorses,
Roskilde Festival, Roskilde,
Denmark.
27 The Seahorses, NME
Stage, Glastonbury
Festival, Glastonbury,
England.
July July July
7 Primal Scream, Vanishing 7 Oasis, D‟You Know What 1 People's Republic of
Point. I Mean. China assumes sovereignty
11 The Seahorses, Indie over the British colony of
Stage, Dour Festival, Dour, Hong Kong.
Belgium. 29 Tracie Andrews is
13 The Seahorses, NME sentenced to life
Stage, T In The Park, imprisonment for the
Balado, Scotland . murder of her fiancé.
27 The Seahorses, Main
Stage, Fuji Rock Festival,
Fuji, Japan.
31 The Seahorses, Met
Cafe, Providence, Rhode
Island.
August August August
1 The Seahorses, Paradise 21 Oasis, Be Here Now. 31 Diana, Princess of
Rock Club, Boston, Wales dies after a car
Massachusetts. accident in Paris.
2 The Seahorses, Theatre
Of Living Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
4 The Seahorses, 9:30
Club, Washington DC,
District of Columbia.
5 The Seahorses, Irving
Plaza, New York, New
York.
7 The Seahorses,
Foufounes, Montreal,
Canada.
8 The Seahorses, Opera
House, Toronto, Canada.
9 The Seahorses,
Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
10 The Seahorses, St
Andrews, Detroit, Michigan.
12 The Seahorses, Metro,
Chicago, Illinois.
13 The Seahorses, The
Rave, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
14 The Seahorses, Fine
Line Music Cafe,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
16 The Seahorses, The
Galaxy, St Louis, Missouri.
17 The Seahorses,
Lawrence, Kansas.
19 The Seahorses, Ogden
Theatre, Denver, Colorado.
20 The Seahorses, DV8
Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
22 The Seahorses, La
Luna, Portland, Oregon.
23 The Seahorses, Rage,
Vancouver, Canada.
24 The Seahorses, The
Showbox, Seattle,
Washington.
26 The Seahorses,
Bimbo's, San Francisco,
California.
27 The Seahorses, The
Palace, Hollywood,
California.
28 The Seahorses, The
Viper Rooms, Los Angeles
California.
29 The Seahorses, Cane's,
San Diego, California.
September September
1 The Seahorses, The 5 Mother Teresa dies.
Mayfair, Newcastle,
England.
26 The Seahorses, TFI
Friday live TV appearance,
London, England.
October
11 The Seahorses,
Festhalle, Bern, Switzerland
(supporting The Prodigy).
12 The Seahorses,
Hippodrome de Vincennes,
Paris, France (supporting
The Prodigy).
18 The Seahorses, Forest
Nationale, Brussels,
Belgium (supporting The
Prodigy).
19 The Seahorses, The
Ahoy, Rotterdam,
Netherlands (supporting
The Prodigy).
24 The Seahorses, Hartwell
Arena, Helsinki, Finland
(supporting The Prodigy).
25 The Seahorses,
Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
(supporting The Prodigy).
26 The Seahorses, Student
Festival, Trondheim,
Norway (supporting The
Prodigy).
30 The Seahorses, Garden
Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
November
2 The Seahorses, Akasaka
Blitz, Tokyo, Japan.
4 The Seahorses, Diamond
Hall, Nagoya, Japan.
5 The Seahorses, IMP Hall,
Osaka, Japan.
6 The Seahorses, Liquid
Room, Tokyo, Japan.
10 The Seahorses, Palacio
de la Commidad, Madrid,
Spain (supporting Oasis).
11 The Seahorses, Palacio
de los Deportes, Madrid,
Spain (supporting Oasis).
13 The Seahorses, Geneva
Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(supporting Oasis).
15 The Seahorses,
Palazzetto dello Sport
Casalecchio del reno,
Bologna, Italy (supporting
Oasis).
16 The Seahorses, Fila
Forum Assago, Milan, Italy
(supporting Oasis).
17 The Seahorses, Fila
Forum Assago, Milan, Italy
(supporting Oasis).
19 The Seahorses,
Olympiahalle, Munich,
Germany (supporting
Oasis).
21 The Seahorses,
Sportovni, Prague, Czech
Republic (supporting
Oasis).
22 The Seahorses,
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin,
Germany (supporting
Oasis).
24 The Seahorses,
Messehalle, Hannover,
Germany (supporting
Oasis).
25 The Seahorses,
Festhalle, Frankfurt,
Germany (supporting
Oasis).
27 The Seahorses,
Brabanthallen, Den Bosch,
Netherlands (supporting
Oasis).
28 The Seahorses,
Oberhausen Arena,
Oberhausen, Germany
(supporting Oasis).
December
2 The Seahorses, Town
Hall, Middlesborough,
England.
3 The Seahorses, Royal
Court, Liverpool, England.
4 The Seahorses, Winter
Gardens, Margate,
England.
5 The Seahorses, TFI
Friday live TV appearance,
London, England.
6 The Seahorses, Olympia,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
7 The Seahorses, Queen's
University, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
9 The Seahorses,
Shepherds Bush Empire,
London, England.
10 The Seahorses, Kilburn
National, London, England.
12 The Seahorses, The
Dome, Doncaster, England.
13 The Seahorses, Corn
Exchange, Cambridge,
England.
14 The Seahorses, Exeter
University, Exeter, England.
16 The Seahorses, The
Guildhall, Portsmouth,
England.
17 The Seahorses, Newport
Centre, Newport, Wales.
18 The Seahorses, The
Apollo, Manchester,
England.
19 The Seahorses, The
Civic Hall, Wolverhampton,
England.
21 The Seahorses,
Aberdeen Music Hall,
Aberdeen, Scotland.
22 The Seahorses, The
Barrowlands, Glasgow,
Scotland.
23 The Seahorses, The
Barrowlands, Glasgow,
Scotland.
1998
Art created by John 45s: Robbie Williams, Cinema:
Squire in this year: Millennium; Bran Van 3000, Saving Private Ryan;
None. Drinking in L.A.; Three Armageddon; There's
Drives on A Vinyl, Greece Something About Mary; A
2000; The Goo Goo Dolls, Night at the Roxbury; He
Iris; B*Witched, C'est La Got Game; The Waterboy;
Vie; Len, Steal My Godzilla; The Big Lebowski;
Sunshine; 2Pac, Changes; Fear and Loathing in Las
Celine Dion, My Heart Will Vegas; Pi; Shakespeare in
Go On; Aqua, Turn Back Love; The Thin Red Line.
Time; Beastie Boys,
Intergalactic; George Fiction:
Michael, Outside; Cher, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter
Believe; Madonna, Ray of and the Chamber of
Light; Art of Trance, Secrets; Ian McEwan,
Madagascar; Pete Wylie, Amsterdam; Nick Hornby,
Heart As Big As Liverpool; About a Boy; Julian Barnes,
Pras featuring ODB and England, England.
Mya, Ghetto Supastar; Foo d. Ted Hughes (Oct 28).
Fighters, My Hero.
LPs: Jay-Z, Vol. 2... Hard Non-fiction:
Knock Life; Madonna, Ray Philip Yancey, What's So
of Light; Boyzone, Where Amazing About Grace?
We Belong; Eva Cassidy,
Songbird; Billie, Honey to TV / Media:
the B; UNKLE, Psyence Debuting: Sex and the City
Fiction; Beck, Mutations; (HBO); Dawson's Creek
Lauryn Hill, The (The WB); Who Wants to
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill; Be a Millionaire? (ITV);
Shania Twain, Come On Charmed (The WB); Will &
Over; Beastie Boys, Hello Grace (NBC).
Nasty; Massive Attack, Ending: Seinfeld; The Larry
Mezzanine. Sanders Show.
d. Dermot Morgan (Feb 28).
January
26 On American television, Fashion:
Bill Clinton denies having American designers
“sexual relations” with Michael Kors and Marc
former White House intern Jacobs take the helm of the
Monica Lewinsky. venerable French houses of
February Celine and Louis Vuitton.
2 Ian Brown, Unfinished Julien Macdonald launches
Monkey Business. Album his first signature collection
signing at London Virgin in London. Erin O‟Conner
Megastore. is 1998's fashion 'It Girl'.
Ian Brown is involved in an Celebrity designer Stella
„air rage‟ incident aboard a McCartney begins her
British Airways flight. career at Chloe, and
March Donatella takes the reins at
3 Ian Brown, Blue Note Big Versace, while the New
Issue benefit, London. York MET exhibits a
20 Ian Brown, TFI Friday retrospective of her brother,
live TV appearance, Gianni. More outrageous
London, England. looks from Alexander
30 The Seahorses, The McQueen, Hussein
Lomax, Liverpool, England Chalayan, Jeremy Scott
(supporting Santa Cruz). and hat-master Philip
31 Ian Brown, Big Issue Treacy. In New York, three
benefit, The Blue Note, decades of style at Ralph
London, England. Lauren and fashion classics
April April April at Calvin Klein, Gucci and
16 The Seahorses, 7 George Michael is 10 Good Friday Agreement DKNY.
Gloucestershire, England arrested in a public signed in Belfast. British Designer of the
(supporting Santa Cruz). restroom in Beverly Hills, Year: no ceremony.
18 The Seahorses, Ashton- California for lewd conduct
Under-Lyme, England and sentenced to Visual arts:
(supporting Santa Cruz). community service. John Currin, Honeymoon
19 The Seahorses, St Nude; Ansel Krut, Pasiphaë
Helens, England and the Bull; Peter Davies,
(supporting Santa Cruz). The Hip One Hundred;
20 The Seahorses, Stoke, Antony Gormley, Angel of
England (supporting Santa the North.
Cruz).
May
13 The Seahorses,
Blackburn, England.
14 The Seahorses, The
Buckley Tivoli, Buckley,
Wales.
30 Ian Brown, Umea
Festival, Sweden.
31 Ian Brown, Studion,
Stockholm, Sweden.
June
1 Ian Brown, Aarhus Huest,
Denmark.
4 Ian Brown, Caribana
Festival, Crans-Sur-Nyon,
Switzerland.
19 Ian Brown, The Stage,
Stoke, England.
20 Ian Brown, The Zodiac,
Oxford, England.
21 Ian Brown, The
Guildhall, Gloucester,
England.
23 Ian Brown, The Buckley
Tivoli, Buckley, Wales.
24 Ian Brown, Wedgewood
Rooms, Portsmouth,
England.
26 Ian Brown, New Bands
Tent, Glastonbury Festival,
England.
July
8 The Seahorses, The
Roadmenders,
Northampton, England.
9 The Seahorses, Parr Hall,
Warrington, England.
11 Ian Brown, Big Day Out,
Galway, Republic of
Ireland. The Seahorses,
Main Stage, T In The Park,
Balado, Scotland.
12 Ian Brown, NME Stage,
T In The Park, Balado,
Scotland.
14 Ian Brown, Clickimin
Centre, Lerwick, Shetland
Islands, Scotland.
16 The Seahorses, Puerto
de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
(supporting The Rolling
Stones).
18 The Seahorses, Est.
Mun. De Balaidos, Vigo,
Spain (supporting The
Rolling Stones).
20 The Seahorses, Olympic
Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
(supporting The Rolling
Stones).
29 The Seahorses, Parken
Stadium, Copenhagen,
Denmark (supporting The
Rolling Stones).
31 The Seahorses, Ullevi
Stadium, Goteborg,
Sweden (supporting The
Rolling Stones).
August August
2 The Seahorses, 7 Bombing (linked to
Vallehovin, Oslo, Norway Osama Bin Laden) of U.S.
(supporting The Rolling embassies in Tanzania and
Stones); Primal Scream, Kenya kills 224 people and
Fuji Rock Festival. injures over 4,500.
4 The Seahorses, Tavastia, 15 The Omagh Bombing
Helsinki, Finland (with The carried out by the Real Irish
Posies). Republican Army kills 29
5 The Seahorses, Olympic people and injuries
Stadium, Helsinki, Finland approximately 220.
(supporting The Rolling
Stones).
8 Ian Brown, Fuji Rock
Festival '98, Tokyo Bay,
Japan.
18 The Seahorses, Radio 1
Roadshow, Bournemouth,
England.
19 The Seahorses,
Beirkeller, Bristol, England.
20 The Seahorses, Rock
City, Nottingham, England.
22 Ian Brown, V98,
Chelmsford, England. The
Seahorses, V98 (Main
Stage), Chelmsford,
England.
23 Ian Brown, V98, Leeds,
England. The Seahorses,
V98 (Main Stage), Leeds,
England.
29 The Seahorses, Slane
Castle (Main Stage),
Republic of Ireland.
1999
Art created by John 45s: Britney Spears, Cinema:
Squire in this year: ...Baby One More Time; Star Wars, Episode I - The
'Animal Skull' (animal skull); Backstreet Boys, I Want It Phantom Menace; Toy
„IJ52‟ (acrylic on canvas, That Way; Robbie Williams, Story 2; The Matrix; The
42” x 42”). She's the One; Eminem, My Blair Witch Project;
Name Is…; Christina Audition; Cruel Intentions;
Aguilera, Genie in a Bottle; American Beauty; American
Solar Stone, Seven Cities; Pie; Office Space;
Chicane (with Máire Bowfinger; Eyes Wide Shut;
Brennan), Saltwater; Fight Club; Man on the
Airscape, L'Esperanza; Ann Moon; South Park: Bigger,
Lee, 2 Times; New Longer & Uncut; Wild Wild
Radicals, You Get What West.
You Give; The Chemical
Brothers, Let Forever Be & Fiction:
Out of Control; Suede, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter
She‟s in Fashion; and the Prisoner of
Madonna, Beautiful Azkaban; Tracy Chevalier,
Stranger; Shania Twain, Girl with a Pearl Earring;
That Don't Impress Me Bret Easton Ellis,
Much; Moloko, Sing It Back; Glamorama; Thomas
Bedrock, Heaven Scent; Harris, Hannibal; Frank
Binary Finary, 1999; McCourt, 'Tis; Koushun
Sixpence None the Richer, Takami, Battle Royale.
Kiss Me; Blondie, Maria; d. Iris Murdoch (Feb 8),
Donell Jones feat. Lisa Left Mario Puzo (Jul 2), Quentin
Eye Lopes, U Know What‟s Crisp (Nov 21), Joseph
Up. Heller (Dec 12).
LPs: TLC, Fanmail;
Eminem, The Slim Shady Non-fiction:
LP; Britney Spears, ...Baby Philip Yancey, The Bible
One More Time; Christina Jesus Read; Peter
Aguilera, Christina Aguilera; Jennings and Todd
Westlife, Westlife; Travis, Brewster, The Century.
The Man Who; Blink 182,
Enema of the State; Blur, TV / Media:
13; Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre 2001; Debuting: The Sopranos
Foo Fighters, There Is (HBO); Futurama (FOX);
Nothing Left To Lose; Jay- Family Guy (FOX); Bad
Z, Vol. 3: Life and Times of Girls (ITV1); SpongeBob
S. Carter; Nas, I Am...; SquarePants
Shack, HMS Fable; Beck, (Nickelodeon); Who Wants
Midnite Vultures; Red Hot to Be a Millionaire (ITV);
Chili Peppers, The West Wing (NBC)
Californication; Will Smith, Ending: Noel's House Party;
Willenium; The White Red Dwarf.
Stripes, The White Stripes. d. Ernie Wise (Mar 21); Jill
Dando (Apr 26); Bill Owen
March March (Jul 12).
24 Ian Brown, Club Quattro, 2 Dusty Springfield dies.
Nagoya, Japan. Fashion:
25 Ian Brown, IMP Hall, With Millennium fever at an
Osaka, Japan. all-time high, designers
28 Ian Brown, Garden Hall, push nostalgia to the max.
Tokyo, Japan. Claire McCardell‟s 1950‟s
29 Ian Brown, Garden Hall, influential style is
Tokyo, Japan. everywhere. Betsey
30 Ian Brown, Liquid Room, Johnson, Gianfranco Ferre,
Tokyo, Japan. Vivienne Westwood and
April Yohji Yamamoto celebrate
20 Columbine High School career moments while Yves
massacre: Two teenagers Saint Laurent retires from
from Colorado open fire on his ready-to-wear line.
their teachers and Brazilian model Gisele
classmates, killing 12 Bundchen begins her
students and 1 teacher, superstar reign on the
before committing suicide. runways. Calvin Klein, Anna
May May Sui, Alexander McQueen,
24 Ian Brown, Sir Henry's, 26 Manchester United Bella Freud, Fendi, Gucci
Cork, Republic of Ireland. complete an unprecedented and Valentino.
25 Ian Brown, Olympia treble after winning the British Designer of the
Theatre, Dublin, Republic of Champions League at the Year: Hussein Chalayan.
Ireland. Nou Camp stadium,
26 Ian Brown, The Barcelona, beating Bayern Visual arts:
Limelight, Belfast, Northern Munich 2-1. Anish Kapoor, Taratantara.
Ireland.
27 Ian Brown, The
Limelight, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
29 Ian Brown, Margam Park
(Catatonia), Port Talbot,
Wales.
August
11 Ian Brown, Golden
Greats.
21 Ian Brown, V99 Weston
Park, Stafford, England.
22 Ian Brown, V99 Hylands
Park, Chelmsford, England.
October
1 Ian Brown, Queen‟s
University, Belfast,
N.Ireland.
2 Ian Brown, Olympia
Theatre, Dublin, Republic of
Ireland.
10 Ian Brown, five gigs In
one day:
The Liquid Rooms,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
TJ's, Newport, Wales.
The Attic, Cheltenham,
England.
Riddles Bar, Stoke,
England.
The Road House,
Manchester, England.
November
11 Ian Brown, Conway Hall,
London, England.
23 Ian Brown, Northumbria
University, Newcastle,
England.
25 Ian Brown, The
Octagon, Sheffield,
England.
26 Ian Brown, The Royal
Court, Liverpool, England.
27 Ian Brown, Leeds
University, Leeds, England.
29 Ian Brown, Barrowlands,
Glasgow, Scotland.
30 Ian Brown, Barrowlands,
Glasgow, Scotland.
December December December
2 Ian Brown, Civic Hall, 29 George Harrison is 31 Boris Yeltsin resigns as
Wolverhampton, England. stabbed several times in the President of Russia, to be
3 Ian Brown, UEA, Norwich, chest by an unknown replaced by Vladimir Putin.
England. assailant who had broken Queen Elizabeth II opens
5 Ian Brown, The Apollo, into his home. the Millennium Dome at
Manchester, England. Greenwich, London.
6 Ian Brown, Rock City,
Nottingham, England.
7 Ian Brown, Brixton
Academy, London,
England.
31 Ian Brown, Castlefield
Arena, Manchester,
England.
2000
Art created by John 45s: All Saints, Pure Cinema:
Squire in this year: Shores; Spiller, Groovejet Memento; Chicken Run;
None. (If This Ain‟t Love); The Grinch; American
Eminem, The Real Slim Psycho; Gladiator; The
Shady & Stan (featuring Million Dollar Hotel; O
Dido); Britney Spears, Brother, Where Art Thou?;
Oops!... I Did It Again; Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Kylie, Spinning Around; Dragon; Meet the Parents;
Robbie Williams, Rock DJ; Scary Movie; Erin
Clint Mansell, Lux Aeterna; Brockovich; Billy Elliot;
LeAnn Rimes, Can't Fight Charlie's Angels; Final
the Moonlight; Safri Duo, Destination; Quills; Snatch;
Played-a-live (The Bongo Thirteen Days.
Song); Modjo, Lady (Hear d. Loretta Young (Aug 12).
Me Tonight); Coldplay,
Yellow; Girl Thing, Last One Fiction:
Standing; Chicane, Autumn J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter
Tactics (End of Summer and the Goblet of Fire; Dan
remix); S Club 7, Reach; Brown, Angels and
Nelly Furtado, I‟m Like A Demons.
Bird; Madonna, Music & d. Alfred Elton van Vogt
Don‟t Tell Me; Madison (Jan 26), Anthony Powell
Avenue, Don‟t Call Me (Mar 28).
Baby.
LPs: Eminem, The Marshall Non-fiction:
Mathers LP; All Saints, The Beatles Anthology;
Saints & Sinners; Britney Philip Yancey, Reaching for
Spears, Oops!... I Did It the Invisible God.
Again; Westlife, Coast to d. Charles M. Schulz (Feb
Coast; Madonna, Music; 12).
Alice DeeJay, Who Needs
Guitars Anyway?; U2, All TV / Media:
That You Can't Leave Debuting: Big Brother
Behind. (CBS); Survivor (CBS);
Castaway 2000 (BBC1);
January The Weakest Link (BBC2);
31 Primal Scream, CSI: Crime Scene
XTRMNTR. Investigation (CBS); Curb
February Your Enthusiasm (HBO);
28 Oasis, Standing on the Malcolm in the Middle
Shoulder of Giants. (FOX).
April Ending: Beverly Hills
25 Ian Brown, 90210; Inspector Morse;
Roadmender, Northampton, One Foot in the Grave;
England. Chicago Hope.
26 Ian Brown,
Hammersmith Palais, Fashion:
London, England. Logomania is the hallmark
27 Ian Brown, Empress of the New Millennium.
Ballroom, Blackpool, Fashion's powerhouses vie
England. for top designer names in
29 Ian Brown, Homelands, their corporate stables -
Mosney Holiday Centre, with LVMH and Gucci
County Meath, Republic Of Group garnering some of
Ireland. the most prestigious
May names. Brazilian models
20 Ian Brown, Rodon Club, invade the runways of the
Athens, Greece. world, while print covers
21 Ian Brown, Mylos Club, become dominated by
Thessaloniki, Greece. celebrities. Cerebral
27 Ian Brown, Homelands, fashion is on everyone‟s
Mattersley Bowl, Blackpool, mind from John Galliano‟s
England. whimsical romper room to
June Hussein Chalayan‟s
3 Ian Brown, Homelands, structurally engineered
Dalleagles, Straid Farm, wearable furniture for the
New Cummock, Scotland. modern nomad. Trends are
8 Ian Brown, Keele ladylike with 80‟s touches,
University, Newcastle-u- vibrant prints and lots of
Lyme, England. great accessories. Tom
11 Ian Brown, Ford, Jil Sander and Alber
Laugardalshollin, Reykjavic, Elbaz are the year‟s movers
Iceland. and shakers while the
25 Ian Brown, Bowery always-classic Little Black
Ballroom, New York, USA. Dress enjoys an exhibition
29 Ian Brown, El Rey, at F.I.T. and New York's
Hollywood, Los Angeles, Times Square hosts the
USA. show of the Millennium with
July July July host Rudolph Giuliani.
26 Ian Brown, Main Stage, 10 Coldplay, Parachutes. 18 Sussex police launch a British Designer of the
Quart Festival Kristiansand, murder investigation after Year: Hussein Chalayan.
Norway. the body of a girl found near
27 Ian Brown, Fuji Rock Pulborough is confirmed to Visual arts:
Festival 2000, Nigata, be that of Sarah Payne, Banksy, Flower Chucker;
Japan. who was reported missing Eduardo Chillida, Berlin;
on 1st July. Damien Hirst, Lysergic Acid
25 A Concorde flight from Diethylamide.
Paris to New York crashes
shortly after take-off, killing
all 109 people aboard, and
four others on the ground.
August
4 Ian Brown, Maravillas
Stage, Benicassim Festival,
Spain.
25 Ian Brown, Corn
Exchange, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
26 Ian Brown, Leeds
Festival, Leeds, England.
27 Ian Brown, Reading
Festival, Reading, England.
November November
23 Ian Brown, The Red 7 In the U.S. presidential
Box, Dublin, Republic of election, Republican
Ireland. challenger George W. Bush
24 Ian Brown, The Nerve defeats Democrat Vice
Centre, Derry, Northern President Al Gore, but the
Ireland. final outcome is not known
for over a month because of
disputed votes in Florida.
October
2 Radiohead, Kid A.
December
31 Ian Brown and Primal
Scream, Alexandra Palace,
London, England.
2001
Art created by John 45s: Destiny‟s Child, Cinema:
Squire in this year: Survivor and Bootylicious; Harry Potter and the
'Léger City Butterfly' (oil and Kylie Minogue, Can‟t Get Philosopher's Stone; The
acrylic on canvas, 90" x You Out Of My Head; Dr Lord of the Rings: The
120"). Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, Still Fellowship of the Ring;
D.R.E.; System F, Out of Zoolander; Donnie Darko;
the Blue; S Club 7, Don‟t Hannibal; Shrek, Monsters,
Stop Movin‟; The Strokes, Inc.; Pearl Harbor, Ocean's
Last Nite; Patrick Cassidy, Eleven; Jay and Silent Bob
Vide Cor Meum; Mario Più, Strike Back; Lara Croft:
The Vision; Daft Punk, Tomb Raider; Moulin
Digital Love; NU NRG, Rouge!; Not Another Teen
Dreamland; Madonna, Movie.
What It Feels Like for a Girl;
Missy Elliott, Get Ur Freak Fiction:
On; South, Paint The Dan Brown, Deception
Silence. Point; Douglas Coupland,
LPs: Westlife, World Of Our All Families Are Psychotic.
Own; The Strokes, Is This d. Douglas Adams (May
It, Jay-Z, The Blueprint; 11), Ken Kesey (Nov 10).
Destiny's Child, Survivor;
Enya, A Day Without Rain; Non-fiction:
2pac, Until the End of Time; Dr. Atkins' New Diet
Cast, Beetroot. Revolution; Antonia Fraser,
Marie Antoinette: The
January Journey; Michael Moore,
20 George W. Bush Stupid White Men.
succeeds Bill Clinton as
President of the United TV / Media:
States. Debuting: Pop Idol (ITV1);
February The Office (BBC2); 24
21 UK foot and mouth crisis (FOX); Scrubs (NBC);
begins. Murder in Mind (BBC1).
March Ending: Baywatch;
18 The Rub, Leeds Rocket. Teletubbies.
19 The Rub, Glasgow King
Tuts. Fashion:
20 The Rub, Manchester It's a busy year in fashion
University. as we are seeing double
23 The Rub, London with designers who are
Camden Underworld. working double-duty for two
26 Ian Brown, Planet fashion houses, including
Groove Volume 3. Tom Ford, who took the
May helm at Yves Saint Laurent.
24 Versailles wedding hall The Guggenheim Museum
disaster, Talpiot, in New York celebrates 25
Jerusalem. During the years of elegant fashion
wedding of Keren and Asaf from Giorgio Armani and
Dror, a large portion of the the Metropolitan Museum
third floor of the four-storey acknowledges a return to
building collapsed. As a prim, proper and elegant
result, 23 people fell to their with an ode to fashion's first
deaths and 380 were lady in 'Jacqueline
injured. Kennedy: The White House
June Years'. A bevy of Belgian
4 Radiohead, Amnesiac. models are stealing the
July July scene from their Brazilian
6 Ian Brown, Lynx Zero 26 A Brass Eye counterparts. Trendwise,
Gravity Event, London, 'Paedogeddon' special Military Chic and His on Her
England. causes furore among looks spice up the Ladylike
sections of the British styles that continue to
tabloid press. dominate the runways.
August British Designer of the
18 Ian Brown, V2001, Year: Alexander McQueen.
Western Park, Stafford,
England. Visual arts:
19 Ian Brown, V2001, Peter Doig, 100 Years Ago;
Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Tracy Harris, Funnel; Luc
England. Tuymans, Within.
September September Exhibitions: Max Beckmann
17 Ian Brown, F.E.A.R. 11 Al-Qaeda attacks the retrospective at the
World Trade Centre and Pompidou Centre, Paris.
The Pentagon. d. David Sylvester (Jun 19).
October October
1 Ian Brown, Music Of The 7 In response to 9/11, the
Spheres. U.S. invades Afghanistan.
26 Ian Brown, The
Pumphouse, Brick Lane,
London, England.
November
22 Ian Brown, De Montford
University, Leicester,
England.
23 Ian Brown, Brixton
Academy, London,
England.
24 Ian Brown, The Apollo,
Manchester, England.
30 Ian Brown, Club Quattro,
Nagoya, Japan.
November
30 Beatle George Harrison
dies after a long battle with
cancer.
December
1 Ian Brown, Club Quattro,
Osaka, Japan.
3 Ian Brown, Liquid Room,
Tokyo, Japan.
4 Ian Brown, Liquid Room,
Tokyo, Japan.
2002
Art created by John 45s: Christina Aguilera, Cinema:
Squire in this year: Dirrty; Avril Lavigne, Spider-Man; The Lord of
'All I Really Want' (plaster of Complicated; Scooter, the Rings: The Two
paris, acrylic, cellulose and Ramp! (The Logical Song); Towers; Star Wars Episode
gloss); 'Animal Skull' Sugababes, Freak Like Me; II: Attack of the Clones;
(animal skull, household Vanessa Carlton, A Harry Potter and the
gloss, used on front cover Thousand Miles; Eminem, Chamber of Secrets; Die
of Time Changes Lose Yourself; Jennifer Another Day; Gangs of New
Everything); 'Animal Skull' Lopez, Jenny from the York; 8 Mile; The Bourne
(photograph of a 1999 Block; George Michael, Identity; Bowling for
work, used on front cover of Shoot the Dog; Holly Columbine; 24 Hour Party
Joe Louis CD1); 'Animal Valance, Kiss Kiss; DJ People; Scooby-Doo;
Skull, Foliage' (photograph Sammy, Heaven; Nelly feat. Jackass: The Movie.
of a 1999 work, used on Kelly Rowland, Dilemma; d. George Roy Hill (Dec
front cover of Joe Louis Coldplay, Clocks; Angelus, 27).
CD2); 'Did Your Lazy Good My Heart's Desire; Darren
For Nothing Soldiers Cast Tate vs. Jono Grant, Let Fiction:
Their Cynical Spell' The Light Shine In. Alice Sebold, The Lovely
(photograph); 'Eternal LPs: Eminem, The Eminem Bones; Raymond Benson,
Recurrence' (animal skull, Show; Avril Lavigne, Let Die Another Day; Tracy
household gloss); 'I Heard Go; Christina Aguilera, Chevalier, The Girl with the
Tell There Were Fifty Million Stripped; The Libertines, Up Pearl Earring.
Galaxies' (photograph); 'I the Bracket; Death in
Miss You' (photograph); Vegas, Scorpio Rising; Non-fiction:
'Just A Stone's Throw From Beck, Sea Change. Margaret MacMillan,
Sin' (photograph); 'Nothing Peacemakers: The Paris
Else Cuts Quite Like A Peace Conference of 1919
Knife' (photograph); and Its Attempt to End War;
'Saturday Morning' (acrylic Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man.
on canvas); 'Small Animal
Skull' (animal skull); 'So Tell TV / Media:
Me What Are The Chances Debuting: The Wire (NBC);
Of Us Meeting Like This The Osbournes reality show
Down In The Dirt' (MTV); American Idol: The
(photograph); 'The Artificial Search for a Superstar
Needs Of A Slave (FOX); I'm a Celebrity, Get
Population' (photograph); Me Out of Here! (ITV1); The
'Theologically Speaking' Shield (FX Networks); Harry
(photograph collage); 'To Hill's TV Burp (ITV1); Dick
Find A Way To Your Heart' and Dom in da Bungalow
(photograph); 'Try To See It (CBBC); CSI: Miami (CBS).
From Every Point Of View' Ending: Spin City; The X-
(photograph); 'You Are My Files; Ally McBeal; The
Darkness My Shelter My Generation Game.
Knowledge My Cradle And d. Chuck Jones (Feb 22),
My Sense' (photograph). Spike Milligan (Feb 27),
Dudley Moore (Mar 27).
January January
Primal Scream, Evil Heat. 1 Introduction of euro Fashion:
banknotes and coins in The year's biggest trends
twelve European countries. include Folkloric looks and
February Skirts-over-pants, to the hot
15 Ian Brown, The accessories like boots, big
Octagon, Sheffield, bags and oversized
England. scarves. Young model
16 Ian Brown, Leeds Anne V. is the face of the
University, Leeds, England. moment. Cinematic blue-
17 Ian Brown, The Royal screen collection from
Court, Liverpool, England. Viktor & Rolf. Runway
19 Ian Brown, Llandudno debut for Zac Posen.
Conference Centre, British Designer of the
Llandudno, Wales. Year: no ceremony.
20 Ian Brown, Rock City,
Nottingham, England. Visual arts:
21 Ian Brown, The Ken Currie, Three
Academy, Birmingham, Oncologists; Anish Kapoor,
England. Marsyas.
23 Ian Brown, King d. Herb Ritts (Dec 26).
Georges Hall, Blackburn,
England.
24 Ian Brown, Northumbria
University, Newcastle,
England.
25 Ian Brown, Town Hall,
Middlesbrough, England.
27 Ian Brown, Music Hall,
Aberdeen, Scotland.
28 Ian Brown, Barrowlands,
Glasgow, Scotland.
March March
2 Ian Brown, UEA, Norwich, 30 The Queen Mother dies.
England.
3 Ian Brown, The Guildhall,
Southampton, England.
4 Ian Brown, The Corn
Exchange, Cambridge,
England.
6 Ian Brown, The Rock,
Bristol, England.
7 Ian Brown, Cardiff
University, Cardiff, Wales.
8 Ian Brown, Leas Cliffe
Hall, Folkestone, England.
10 Ian Brown, Shepherds
Bush Empire, London,
England.
11 Ian Brown, Shepherds
Bush Empire, London,
England.
13 Ian Brown, The
Limelight, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
14 Ian Brown, The Nerve
Centre, Derry, Northern
Ireland.
16 Ian Brown, NEC,
Killarney, Republic of
Ireland.
17 Ian Brown, The Olympia,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
18 Ian Brown, South,
Waterford, Republic of
Ireland.
April April
22 Ian Brown, The 15 Oasis, The Hindu Times.
Botanique Orangieies, 21 Peter Buck of R.E.M. is
Brussels, Belgium. alleged to have caused a
23 Ian Brown, Rotown Club, disturbance onboard a
Rotterdam, Holland. transatlantic flight from
24 Ian Brown, Melkweg Seattle to London.
Max Club, Amsterdam, 25 Lisa Lopes dies in a car
Holland. accident in Honduras.
May
10 Ian Brown, May Ball,
Derby Univesity, Derby,
England.
17 Ian Brown, Alternastage,
Rock-im-Park Festival,
Frankenstadion, Nurnberg,
Germany.
18 Ian Brown, Berlin,
Germany.
19 Ian Brown, Walkman
Alternastage, Rock-am-
Ring Festival, Nurburgring,
Germany.
June
6 Ian Brown, Heineken Vibe
Event, Tel Aviv, Israel.
29 Ian Brown, Main Stage,
Glastonbury Festival,
England.
July July
12 Ian Brown, Move 1 Oasis, Heathen
Festival, Old Trafford Chemistry.
Cricket Ground,
Manchester, England.
13 Ian Brown, Witnness
Festival, Dublin, Ireland.
14 Ian Brown, T in The
Park, Kinross, Scotland.
28 Ian Brown, Red
Marquee, Fuji Festival,
Naeba, Japan.
August August
9 Ian Brown, Haldern 26 Coldplay, A Rush of
Festival, Rees, Germany. Blood to the Head.
17 Ian Brown, NME Stage,
V2002, Hylands Park,
Chelmsford, England.
18 Ian Brown, NME Stage,
V2002, Weston Park,
Stafford, England.
October October
10 John Squire, XFM radio 12 Bombings in the tourist
live session, London, district of Kuta, on the
England. Indonesian island of Bali,
20 Ian Brown, Ulster Hall, kill 202 people.
Belfast, Nortern Ireland. 23 Moscow theatre hostage
22 John Squire, Virgin crisis.
Radio live session, London,
England.
November November
11 John Squire, King Tut's 15 Myra Hindley dies from a
Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, heart attack.
Scotland.
12 John Squire, Liverpool
University, Liverpool,
England.
13 John Squire, Academy
2, Birmingham, England.
23 Ian Brown, Gloucester
Hall, Fort Regent, Jersey,
Channel Islands.
26 Ian Brown, Remixes Of
The Spheres.
December
1 Ian Brown, The Point,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers).
3 Ian Brown, NEC,
Birmingham, England
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers).
4 Ian Brown, SECC,
Glasgow, Scotland
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers).
6 Ian Brown, MEN Arena,
Manchester, England
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers); Primal Scream,
The Academy, Brixton,
London.
7 Ian Brown, Wembley
Arena, London, England
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers).
9 Primal Scream, Royal
Court theatre, Liverpool.
10 Ian Brown, Telewest
Arena, Newcastle, England
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers); Primal Scream,
The Academy, Birmingham.
11 Ian Brown, Nottingham
Arena, Nottingham,
England (supporting Manic
Street Preachers).
12 Ian Brown, Brighton
Centre, Brighton, England
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers); Primal Scream,
Sheffield Octagon.
14 Ian Brown, The
Pavilions, Plymouth,
England (supporting Manic
Street Preachers); Primal
Scream, Manchester
University.
15 Ian Brown, Cardiff
Arena, Cardiff, Wales
(supporting Manic Street
Preachers).
2003
Art created by John 45s: Eminem, Sing for the Cinema:
Squire in this year: Moment; Beyoncé featuring The Lord of the Rings: The
'15 Days' (plaster of paris, Jay Z, Crazy In Love; Black Return of the King; Lost in
acrylic and gloss); Eyed Peas, Where Is The Translation; Bruce
'Marshall's House' (oil on Love?; Ultrabeat, Pretty Almighty; Finding Nemo;
canvas, 60" x 60"); Green Eyes; Rank 1, The Matrix Reloaded; The
'Marshall's House (Study)' Breathing (Airwave 2003); Matrix Revolutions;
(oil on canvas, 44" x 82"); Paul van Dyk, Time of Our Terminator 3: Rise of the
'Shine A Little Light' (oak Lives; 4 Strings, Let It Rain; Machines; Kill Bill Vol. 1.
blocks and acrylic in OutKast, Hey Ya!; Britney
drawer, 16" x 20"); 'Sophia' Spears featuring Madonna, Fiction:
(household gloss on glass); Me Against The Music; Dan Brown, The Da Vinci
'Strange Feeling' (oak paint Armin van Buuren feat. Code; J.K. Rowling, Harry
on wood, 14" x 6"); Justine Suissa, Burned Potter and the Order of the
'Swimming Through The With Desire; The Darkness, Phoenix.
Holes In Dead American I Believe in a Thing Called
Painters' (oil on canvas, 30" Love; Justin Timberlake, Non-fiction:
x 72"); 'Welcome To The Rock Your Body; Boogie Gail Collins, America's
Valley' (household gloss on Pimps, Somebody to Love; Women: Four Hundred
glass). Annie Lennox, Pavement Years of Dolls, Drudges,
Cracks; Dannii Minogue, I Helpmates, and Heroines.
Begin To Wonder; Kelly
Rowland, Can't Nobody; TV / Media:
Fabolous feat. Tamia, Into Debuting: Peep Show (Ch
You; Supergrass, Seen the 4); Da Ali G Show (Ch 4);
Light. Nip/Tuck (FX Networks);
LPs: Dido, Life for Rent; The O.C. (FOX); Arrested
Jay-Z, The Black Album; Development (FOX).
Beyoncé, Dangerously In Ending: Buffy the Vampire
Love; Girls Aloud, Sound of Slayer; Dawson's Creek;
the Underground; This Is Your Life; Futurama;
Madonna, American Life; Fifteen to One.
David Bowie, Reality; The
Durutti Column, Someone Fashion:
Else's Party. Some of the year's best
collections include: Gucci,
January Viktor & Rolf, Boudicca and
13 The Who's guitarist, Narciso Rodriguez.
Pete Townshend, is Lingerie looks, animal
arrested by Scotland Yard prints, thigh-high boots and
on suspicion of possessing the year's hottest beauty
indecent images of children trend, fiery red lips. Retro
on his home computer. redone is also a popular
February February February theme as designers go mad
1 John Squire, King Tut's 3 Record producer Phil 15 Global protests against for mod. Rise of Russian
Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Spector is arrested for the proposed invasion of model, Natalia Vodianova.
Scotland. investigation of homicide Iraq. More than 10 million British Designer of the
9 John Squire, London ICA, after the body of actress people protest in over 600 Year: Alexander McQueen.
London, England. Lana Clarkson is found at cities worldwide, the largest
14 - 16 Exhibition of John his home in Alhambra, protest prior to the war's Visual arts:
Squire's artwork (1988 - California. outbreak. Neo Rauch, Gold; Julian
2004): Institute Of Opie, Woman Taking Off
Contemporary Arts, Man‟s Shirt in Two Stages;
London, England. Will Cotton, Ice Cream
March March Cavern; Vincent Desiderio,
21 John Squire, The 20 First American bombs Cockaigne; Tony Cragg,
Limelight, Belfast, Northern dropped on Baghdad, Iraq Stainless Steel Pillar.
Ireland. as President Saddam
25 John Squire, Glasgow Hussein and his sons fail to
Academy, Glasgow, comply with President
Scotland. Bush's 48 hour mandate
26 John Squire, Shepherds demanding their exit from
Bush Empire, London, Iraq.
England. 20 Land troops from United
27 John Squire, States, United Kingdom,
Manchester Academy, Australia and Poland invade
Manchester, England. Iraq.
22 The United States and
the United Kingdom begin
their 'Shock and Awe'
campaign with a massive
air strike on military targets
in Baghdad.
April
9 The statue of Saddam
Hussein is toppled by U.S.
forces as they seize control
of Baghdad.
May May
7 - 16 Exhibition of John 11 Noel Redding, bass
Squire's artwork (1988 - player in the Jimi Hendrix
2004): Great Northern, Experience, dies.
Deansgate, Manchester,
England.
June
9 Radiohead, Hail to the
Thief.
July
18 David Kelly, a key
weapons expert on Iraq, is
found dead.
September
8 Ian Brown, Under The
Influence.
November
Primal Scream, Dirty Hits.
December
13 Saddam Hussein is
captured in Tikrit by US
forces.
17 Ian Huntley is sentenced
to life imprisonment for the
Soham murders of Holly
Wells and Jessica
Chapman.
2004
Art created by John 45s: Avril Lavigne, My Cinema:
Squire in this year: Happy Ending; The Killers, Fahrenheit 9/11; The
'ddd2a' (oil on canvas, 44" x All These Things That I've Passion of the Christ; The
82"); 'gtr' (oil on canvas, 72" Done; Destiny‟s Child, Lose Aviator; Harry Potter and
x 90"); 'Ingredients 4' (oil on My Breath; Kylie, I Believe the Prisoner of Azkaban;
canvas, 92" x 114"); 'Rotten In You & Giving You Up; The Day After Tomorrow;
2c' (acrylic on canvas, 119" Eminem, Just Lose It & Like Anchorman: The Legend of
x 92"); 'Run1' (oil and Toy Soldiers; Girls Aloud, Ron Burgundy; Shrek 2;
acrylic on canvas, 53" x The Show; Eric Prydz, Call Spider-Man 2; The
213"); 'Self portrait' (digitally on Me; Linkin Park & Jay-Z, Incredibles; Meet the
altered photograph); 'SU4' Numb/Encore; Uniting Fockers; Kill Bill Vol. 2;
(oil on canvas, 69" x 51"); Nations, Out of Touch; Dodgeball: A True
'SU5' (oil on canvas, 69" x Green Day, American Idiot; Underdog Story; Dead
51"); 'SU6c' ( oil on canvas, Britney Spears, Toxic; U2, Man‟s Shoes; Harold &
69" x 51"); 'Ten From Ten'; Vertigo; The Libertines, Kumar Go to White Castle;
'The Bull' (oil on acrylic on Can't Stand Me Now; Franz The Stepford Wives.
canvas, 53" x 213") Ferdinand, Take Me Out; d. Marlon Brando (Jul 1).
James Holden, A Break in
the Clouds; StoneBridge Fiction:
feat. Therese, Put 'Em Susanna Clarke, Jonathan
High; Atomic Kitten, Strange & Mr. Norrell: A
Someone Like Me/Right Novel.
Now; Michael Gray, The
Weekend; Kanye West, Non-fiction:
Through the Wire; The 9/11 Commission
Perasma, Swing 2 Report; Bob Dylan,
Harmony; George Michael, Chronicles, Volume 1; Bill
Flawless (Go to the City); Clinton, My Life; Lynne
Eve Stangello, Davali. Truss, Eats, Shoots &
LPs: Avril Lavigne, Under Leaves: The Zero
My Skin; Eminem, Encore; Tolerance Approach to
The Killers, Hot Fuss; The Punctuation; Diarmaid
Libertines, The Libertines; MacCulloch, The
Gwen Stefani, Love. Angel. Reformation: A History.
Music. Baby.; Mylo, Destroy
Rock & Roll; Usher, TV / Media:
Confessions; Franz The Power of Nightmares
Ferdinand, Franz (BBC2).
Ferdinand; U2, How to Debuting: The X Factor
Dismantle an Atomic Bomb; (ITV1); The Apprentice
Beastie Boys, To the 5 (NBC); Strictly Come
Boroughs. Dancing (BBC1);
Shameless (Ch 4);
January January Deadwood (HBO); Green
16 Primal Scream, The 13 Serial killer Harold Wing (Ch 4); CSI: New York
Academy, Glasgow. Shipman is found hanged in (CBS); Lost (ABC);
17 Primal Scream, The his cell at Wakefield Prison. Desperate Housewives
Academy, Glasgow. 28 The Hutton Inquiry (ABC).
18 Primal Scream, The argues that the British Ending: Lizzie McGuire;
Apollo, Manchester. Government did not falsify Sex and the City; Friends;
20 Primal Scream, The information in the "sexed up Frasier; Ricki Lake.
Academy, Birmingham. dossier." The report d. Sir Peter Ustinov (Mar
21 Primal Scream, criticizes the BBC's role in 28).
Southampton Guildhall. the death of David Kelly.
23 Primal Scream, Fashion:
Hammersmith Apollo, This year sees the return of
London. old school couture with the
February craftsmanship of Olivier
3 The CIA admits that there Theyskens at Rochas and
was no imminent threat newcomers Proenza
from weapons of mass Schouler. Perennial
destruction before the 2003 provocateur Alexander
invasion of Iraq. McQueen wows the fashion
6 A suicide bomber kills 41 world with a spectacular
people on a metro car in depression-era dance
Moscow. marathon. Bold prints are a
March major trend, the accessory
11 Simultaneous explosions of the moment is the
on rush hour trains in brooch, and winter's must-
Madrid kill 190 people. have, the cape. Model of
14 In the Russian the year Daria Werbowy
presidential election, graces every cover and
Vladimir Putin easily wins a every catwalk. It is also the
second term. changing of the guard at
April many prestigious fashion
22 Two trains carrying houses with new designers
explosives and fuel collide arriving to take the reins at
in Ryongchon, North Korea, legendary labels including
killing 161 people, injuring Hermès and Yves Saint
1,300 and destroying Laurent.
thousands of homes. British Designer of the
28 Abu Ghraib prisoner Year: Phoebe Philo.
abuse in Iraq is revealed on
the television show 60 Visual arts:
Minutes II. Banksy, Napalm; Anish
May Kapoor, Cloud Gate; Cecily
6 The final episode of Brown, 1000 Thread Count;
Friends airs on NBC, Carlo Maria Mariani, Head
drawing an estimated 52 in the Clouds; Matt
million viewers in North Saunders, Couples (Margit
America. and Karl-Heinz); Zhao Bo,
15 Arsenal complete a Mother 2004.
whole English Premiership A fire in the Momart storage
season unbeaten. warehouse destroys major
19 Tony Blair is hit with a works by Damien Hirst,
purple flour bomb in the Tracey Emin, Helen
chamber of the House of Chadwick, Patrick Heron,
Commons during a session and other British artists
of Prime Minister's (May 24).
Questions. Exhibitions: Edward Hopper
June at the Tate Gallery, London.
5 Ronald Reagan dies.
30 The preliminary hearings
begin in Iraq in the trial of
former president Saddam
Hussein, for war crimes and
crimes against humanity.
July July
10 Ian Brown, London 4 Greece beat Portugal 1-0
Hospital Club-Adidas Store to win Euro 2004.
Launch, England. 25 Lance Armstrong wins
23 Ian Brown, The Village an unprecedented 6th
Dublin, Republic of Ireland. consecutive Tour de France
25 Ian Brown, Claremont cycling title.
Landscape Garden, Surrey,
England.
August August
19 Primal Scream, 22 Armed robbers steal
Shepherds Bush Empire, Edvard Munch's The
London. Scream, Madonna, and
other paintings from the
Munch Museum in Oslo.
29 Michael Schumacher
wins a record seventh world
championship title.
September September September
13 Ian Brown, HMV Store, 28 Brian Wilson completes 1 Chechen terrorists take
Market St, Manchester, Smile, 37 years after its between 1,000 and 1,500
England. original planned release. people hostage, mostly
15 Ian Brown, HMV Store, children, in the Beslan
150 Oxford Street, London, school hostage crisis. They
England. demand the release of
18 Ian Brown, KROQ Inland Chechen terrorists
Invasion, Hyundai Pavillion, imprisoned in neighbouring
California, USA. Ingushetia and the
independence of Chechnya
from Russia. A total of 334
hostages died, 186 of them
children.
17 Hurricane Jeanne leaves
mudslides in Haiti, killing
3,006 people.
October October October
13 Ian Brown, Leeds 26 DJ John Peel dies. 8 Kenneth Bigley, the
University, Leeds, England. British hostage held by Abu
14 Ian Brown, Glasgow Musab al-Zarqawi, an Iraqi
Academy, Glasgow, insurgent, is killed.
Scotland. 16 Arsenal lose for the first
15 Ian Brown, Glasgow time in 49 league games
Academy, Glasgow, after a 2-0 defeat to
Scotland. Manchester United at Old
18 Ian Brown, Manchester Trafford.
Apollo, Manchester,
England.
19 Ian Brown, Manchester
Apollo, Manchester,
England.
21 Ian Brown, Brixton
Academy, London,
England.
22 Ian Brown, Brixton
Academy, London,
England.
November November
5 Ian Brown, Fabric 23 Sir Alex Ferguson takes
Nightclub, London, charge of his 1,000th game
England. as manager of Manchester
16 Ian Brown, Solarized. United.
24 Ian Brown, Sheffield
Leadmill, sheffield,
England.
25 Ian Brown, Greenock
Town Hall, Greenock,
Scotland.
December December
8 Ian Brown, Olympia 15 Home Secretary David
Theatre, Dublin, Republic of Blunkett resigns after it was
Ireland. revealed that he had an
9 Ian Brown, Olympia adulterous relationship with
Theatre, Dublin, Republic of Kimberly Fortier.
Ireland. 22 Armed robbers in
11 Ian Brown, The Nerve Northern Ireland steal over
Centre, Derry, Northern £22 million from the
Ireland. headquarters of the
12 Ian Brown, Ulster Hall, Northern Bank. The
Belfast, Northern Ireland. robbery is linked to the
14 Ian Brown, The Foundry, Provisional Irish Republican
Carlow, Republic of Ireland. Army.
15 Ian Brown, Dolans, 26 The strongest
Limerick, Republic of earthquake in 40 years
Ireland. originates from the Indian
Ocean off the west coast of
Sumatra island in
Indonesia, measuring 9.3
on the Richter Scale and
creating tsunami tidal
waves that sweep across
much of the coastlines of
Sri Lanka, India,
Bangladesh, the Maldives,
Burma, Thailand, Malaysia
and Indonesia. It claims the
lives of at least 290,000
people, from South Asia to
as far as Somalia in Africa.
2005
Art created by John 45s: Eminem, When I'm Cinema:
Squire in this year: Gone; The Pussycat Dolls, Star Wars Episode III:
'Face' (oil on canvas, 6' x Don't Cha & Stickwitu; Revenge of the Sith; Harry
6'); 'Figure In Orange' (oil Sugababes, Push The Potter and the Goblet of
on canvas, 6' x 6'); 'Help: A Button; Girls Aloud, Biology; Fire, Mr. & Mrs. Smith,
Day In The Life'; 'Man With Tiësto, Adagio for Strings; Batman Begins; Sin City;
A Bloody Nose' (oil on Sunset Strippers, Falling War of the Worlds; Kiss
canvas, 8' x 6'); 'Mother' (oil Stars; Sigur Ros, Kiss Bang Bang; The
on canvas, 8' x 6'); Hoppípolla; Jessica Dukes of Hazzard; The
'Swastika' (oil on canvas, 8' Simpson, These Boots Are Chronicles of Narnia: The
x 6'); 'Tattoo' (oil on canvas, Made for Walkin'; Rihanna, Lion, the Witch and the
8' x 6'); 'Torso' (oil on Pon de Replay; KT Tunstall, Wardrobe; King Kong;
canvas, 82" x 41"); 'Woman Suddenly I See; Mylo, In My Brick.
With Magpie' (oil on canvas, Arms; Gwen Stefani, Cool;
8' x 6'). Coldplay, Speed of Sound; Fiction:
Mariah Carey, We Belong Amanda Eyre Ward, How to
Together; Franz Ferdinand, Be Lost; J.K. Rowling,
Do You Want To; Black Harry Potter and the Half-
Eyed Peas, Don't Phunk Blood Prince; Lindsey
with My Heart & My Humps; Davis, See Delphi and Die.
Uniting Nations, You and
Me & Ai No Corrida; Non-fiction:
Jennifer Lopez, Get Right; Azadeh Moaveni, Lipstick
Doves, Black and White Jihad.
Town; Amerie, 1 Thing; The
Chemical Brothers, TV / Media:
Galvanize; Feeder, Feeling Debuting: The Office (U.S.
a Moment; Madonna, Hung version) (NBC); Nathan
Up; Nelly, N Dey Say; Blink Barley (Channel 4); Doctor
182, Not Now; Route 1 feat. Who (BBC1); The Jeremy
Jenny Frost, Crash Kyle Show (ITV1); My
Landing; Joey Negro; Make Name Is Earl (NBC); Bleak
A Move On Me; 4 Strings, House (BBC1); Deal or No
Sunrise; Morjac, Morjac Deal (Ch 4).
Theme; Bananarama, Look Ending: NYPD Blue; The
on the Floor; Tom Novy, Osbournes; Everybody
Your Body. Loves Raymond.
LPs: The Pussycat Dolls, d. Richard Whiteley (Jun
PCD; Sugababes, Taller in 26), Ronnie Barker (Oct 3).
More Ways; Mariah Carey,
The Emancipation of Mimi; Fashion:
Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway; Stiletto-heeled shoes with
Madonna, Confessions on a extreme pointed toes
Dance Floor; Goldfrapp, became the dominant trend
Supernature; Fort Minor, in women's footwear. Big
The Rising Tied; Kate Bush, volume emerges as the
Aerial. major trend. Full skirts rule
the runways, as do
January January January monochromatic collections
22 Ian Brown, Wien Arena, 31 The Michael Jackson 9 Mahmoud Abbas is of white for summer and a
Vienna February. child sexual abuse trial elected to succeed Yasser return to black for winter.
26 Ian Brown, Webster Hall commences in Santa Arafat as Palestinian Now a bonafide
Night Club, New York City, Barbara, California, 14 Authority President. supermodel, Daria
USA. months after his arrest. 20 George W. Bush is Werbowy is still dominating
28 Ian Brown, The Mod inaugurated in Washington, the catwalk. Jennifer Lopez
Club, Toronto, Canada. D.C., for his second term as cashes in on the fashion
29 Aziz, Utrecht, Holland U.S. President. game with the launch of
(support: Marillion). 30 The first free Sweetface. The Council of
30 Aziz, Manchester Apollo Parliamentary elections Fashion Designers of
(Tsunami Appeal). since 1958 take place in America honours style icon
Iraq. Kate Moss and Lanvin
February February designer Alber Elbaz
3 Aziz, Dundalk Spirit Store, 10 North Korea announces among other fashion
ROI. that it possesses nuclear luminaries. The newest
4 Aziz, Sandino‟s, Derry, weapons as a protection crop of models includes:
NI. against the hostility it feels Bianca, Natasha, Cintia and
5 Aziz, Letterkenny Arts from the U.S. Morgane.
Centre, ROI. 13 Lúcia Santos, the last of British Designer of the
6 Aziz, Grange Barry‟s Pub, 3 surviving shepherd Year: Christopher Bailey.
ROI. children to whom Our Lady
7 Aziz, Dublin, ROI. of Fatima appeared in Visual arts:
8 Aziz, Galway Roisin 1917, dies. Inka Essenhigh, Shopping;
Dubh, ROI. Damien Hirst, Beautiful Spill
9 Aziz, The Lobby, Cork, of Light in Destitute
ROI. Blackness Painting; Christo
10 Aziz, Dolans and Jeanne-Claude, The
Warehouse, Limerick, ROI. Gates.
11 Aziz, The Forum, d. Rudolph Moshammer
Waterford, ROI. (Jan 14).
12 Aziz, The Pavillion Bar,
Belfast, NI.
14 Aziz, Chester Beatty
Library, Dublin, ROI.
16 Aziz, The Arts Centre,
Norwich.
20 Aziz, Marrs Bar,
Worcester.
21 Aziz, The Greys,
Brighton.
22 Aziz, The Borderline,
London.
23 Aziz, The West End
Centre, Aldershot.
24 Aziz, The New Roscoe,
Leeds.
26 Aziz, The Town Mill,
Mansfield.
27 Aziz, The Boardwalk,
Sheffield.
March
2 Aziz, The Brickyard,
Carlisle.
3 Aziz, The Birnham House
Hotel, Dunkeld.
4 Aziz, The Meadowhouse,
Berwick-U-Tweed.
5 Ian Brown, Stockholm
Mondon Club, Sweden.
13 Ian Brown, Los Angeles
House of Blues, USA.
14 Ian Brown, Anaheim
House of Blues, California,
USA.
15 Ian Brown, Great
American Music Hall, San
Francisco, USA.
24 Ian Brown, Blackpool
Empress Ballroom,
England; Aziz, Leeds
Cockpit (support: Durruti
Column).
25 Ian Brown, Bridlington
Spa, England; Aziz, The
New Variety Club, Keighley.
26 Ian Brown, Brighton
Centre, England.
28 Ian Brown, Edinburgh
Corn Exchange, Scotland.
29 Ian Brown, Birmingham
Academy, England.
April April
14 Aziz, Islington Academy, 2 Pope John Paul II dies.
London (support: Durruti 9 The marriage of The
Column). Prince of Wales and
15 Aziz, The Underground, Camilla Parker Bowles
Stoke (support: Durruti takes place, after being
Column). briefly postponed after the
16 Aziz, Manchester Pope's death.
Academy 3 (support:
Durruti Column).
23 Aziz, Barcelona Festival,
Spain.
May May May
3 Aziz, The Customs 16 Oasis, Lyla. 12 US sports tycoon
House, South Shields. 23 Gorillaz, Demon Days. Malcolm Glazer wins
28 Ian Brown, Carling 24, 30 Oasis, Don‟t Believe the control of Manchester
Manchester Academy, Truth. United with a £790m
England. takeover bid. Fans react
vehemently to the news.
16 Kuwaiti women given the
right to vote
17 George Galloway
appears before a U.S.
Senate committee, to
answer allegations of
making money from the
Iraqi Oil-for-Food
Programme; Kylie Minogue
reveals that she has breast
cancer.
26 Liverpool FC win a
dramatic Champions
League final on penalties,
after trailing AC Milan 3-0 at
half-time.
31 Mark Felt reveals that he
is Deep Throat, the source
who leaked the secrets of
the Watergate scandal to
the Washington Post in the
1970s, helping to bring
down Richard Nixon.
June June
4 Ian Brown, Berlin Festival, 13 Michael Jackson is
Germany. acquitted of all charges of
21 Aziz, Bridgewater Hall, harming children.
Manchester (support: Taj
Mahal).
26 Ian Brown and Primal
Scream, Glastonbury
Festival, England.
July July July
31 Primal Scream, Fuji 2 20 years after Live Aid, 4 Violent G8
Rock Festival. Live 8 stages concerts in 10 demonstrations in
cities around the world – Gleneagles.
including London, 6 London wins the right to
Philadelphia and Moscow – host the 2012 Olympic
to exert pressure on Games.
political leaders to solve the 7 Four terrorist explosions
problem of poverty in Africa. rock the transport network
in London, three on the
London Underground and
one on a bus. 52 people
were killed and more than
700 injured on 7/7.
21 A terrorist attack on
London, similar to the July 7
attacks, includes 4
attempted bomb attacks on
3 Underground trains and a
London bus. The bombs
failed to explode properly,
and only one injury was
reported.
22 A Brazilian electrician,
Jean Charles de Menezes,
is shot dead at a London
underground station by
police who mistake him for
a suicide bomber.
28 The Provisional IRA
issues a statement formally
ordering an end to the
armed campaign it has
pursued since 1969 and
ordering all its units to
dump their arms.
August August
16 Madonna breaks her left 21 The final mass of World
hand and collarbone when Youth Day is held at
she falls off a horse in the Marienfeld, Cologne.
grounds of her Wiltshire 29 At least 1,800 are killed,
mansion on her 47th and severe damage is
birthday. caused along the U.S. Gulf
22 Oasis, The Importance Coast, as Hurricane Katrina
of Being Idle. strikes the Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama
coastal areas. Within
hours, levees give way and
New Orleans is flooded.
September September
5 Ian Brown, All Ablaze. 12 The English cricket team
19 Ian Brown, The draw their final test match
Greatest. with Australia to win the
Ashes.
October October
21 Ian Brown, Mylos Club, 5 The Church of England‟s
Salonica, Greece. first ever black archbishop,
22 Ian Brown, Rodon @ John Sentamu, is confirmed
Club 22, Athens, Greece. at a ceremony in east
London.
8 An earthquake in Kashmir
kills an estimated 80,000
people.
19 Saddam Hussein‟s trial
begins in Baghdad.
November November November
10 Ian Brown, Bilbao (Kafe 13 Sir Paul McCartney 2 David Blunkett resigns for
Antzokia), Spain. becomes the first musician a second time from Tony
11 Ian Brown, Madrid to broadcast live music to a Blair‟s cabinet.
(Divino Aqualung), Spain. human audience in space. 9 Tony Blair suffers his first
12 Ian Brown, Valencia 19 Gary Glitter is arrested defeat in the House of
(Sala Republicca), Spain. in Vietnam, charged with Commons, when MPs
13 Ian Brown, Barcelona having sex with underage voted against a proposed
(Razzmatazz 2), Spain. girls. amendment to the
17 Ian Brown, Doncaster Terrorism Bill.
Dome, Doncaster, England. 24 Pubs and clubs are
18 Ian Brown, Glasgow allowed to extend their
Academy, Glasgow, opening hours, with some
Scotland. opting for a 24-hour license;
21 Ian Brown, Newcastle Rosa Parks dies.
Academy, Newcastle, 25 George Best dies.
England.
22 Ian Brown, Birmingham
Academy, Birmingham,
England.
25 Ian Brown, Cardiff
University, Cardiff, Wales.
26 Ian Brown, Brixton
Academy, London,
England.
29 Ian Brown, Poole
Lighthouse, Dorset,
England.
30 Ian Brown, Portsmouth
Guildhall, Portsmouth,
England.
December December
1 Ian Brown, UEA, Norwich, 3 The service for George
England. Best takes place at
3 Ian Brown, MEN Arena, Stormont, Belfast, before
Manchester, England. his burial.
5 Ian Brown, Ambassador 5 „Civil partnerships‟
Theatre, Dublin, Republic of between same-sex couples
Ireland. are recognised by law.
6 Ian Brown, Ambassador
Theatre, Dublin, Republic of
Ireland; Primal Scream,
Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone,
Kent, England.
7 Ian Brown, Ambassador
Theatre, Dublin, Republic of
Ireland.
9 Ian Brown, The Ulster
Hall, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
2006
Art created by John 45s: Mickey Modelle feat. Cinema:
Squire in this year: Jessy, Dancing In The The Da Vinci Code; High
'A Sixth Of The Earth' Dark; Nelly Furtado, Say It School Musical; Pirates of
(mixed media on board, 40" Right; Shakira feat. Wyclef the Caribbean: Dead Man's
x 30"); 'All That We Have Jean, Hips Don't Lie; Chest; Ice Age: The
Glows More Brightly Still' Christina Aguilera, Ain‟t No Meltdown; Brick; Casino
(mixed media on board, Other Man; Cascada, Royale; Cars; You, Me and
47.5" x 23.5"); 'And Some Everytime We Touch; Akon Dupree; Wedding Crashers;
Held Butterflies Between feat. Eminem, Smack That; Click; The Prestige.
Their Lips' (mixed media on The Pussycat Dolls, Beep &
board, 12" x 12"); 'Annalee I Don‟t Need A Man; Girls Fiction:
Faro Pearse' (pure pigment Aloud, Something Kinda Douglas Coupland, jPod;
and plaster on canvas on Ooooh; Fedde Le Grande, John Updike, Terrorist.
board, 37.25" x 23.5"); Put Your Hands Up For
'Anything to keep us from Detroit; Ne-Yo, Sexy Love; Non-fiction:
asking those unanswerable Beyoncé featuring Slim Glenn Greenwald, How
questions' (oil and sand on Thug, Check On It & Would a Patriot Act?; Al
canvas, 47" x 35"); 'Blue Irreplaceable; Airwave, Gore, An Inconvenient
Vase' (oil on canvas on Sunspot; Black Pearl, Truth.
board, 29" x 24"); 'Blue Bounty Island; Ferrin &
Vase 2' (oil on canvas on Low, Breeze; Cassie, Me & TV / Media:
board, 29" x 24"); 'Central U; Razorlight, America; Debuting: Hannah Montana
Asian Landscape' (oil on Kanye West featuring Lupe (Disney Channel); Heroes
canvas on board, 27.5" x Fiasco, Touch The Sky; (NBC); Life on Mars
24"); 'Crossing A Rain Slick Adam Nickey, Perfect (BBC1); Hotel Babylon
Street' (oil and sand on Destiny; Sunblock, I‟ll Be (BBC1); Charlie Brooker's
canvas, 32” x 24”); 'Dead Ready & First Time (feat. Screenwipe (BBC Four);
Letter Office' (mixed media Robin Beck); Muse, Saxondale (BBC2).
on board, 23.5" x 11.5"); Starlight; Moonman, Ending: Arrested
'Domestic Bliss' (oil and Galaxia; Michael Gray feat. Development; The West
sand on canvas, 39" x 24"); Shelly Poole, Borderline; Wing; Charmed.
'Erica' (oil on canvas on Lily Allen, Smile; Jojo, Too
board, 27.5" x 24"); 'First Little Too Late; Selu Vibra, Fashion:
Impressions Of The Divine; Mason vs Princess British Designer of the
Magdeburg Sewage Superstar, Perfect Year: Giles Deacon.
System' (mixed media on (Exceeder); Thomas Datt &
board, 23.5" x 11.5"); Robert Nickson, Tabla Visual arts:
'Forced To Dance To The Mizma; Madonna, Sorry & Takashi Murakami, 727-
Sound Of Howling Dogs' (oil Jump; Kasabian, Empire; 727; Mark Alexander, The
on canvas on board, 47.5" x Orson, Happiness; Triniti, Blacker Gachet; Amy
35.5"); 'Her First Punch' (oil Rose On Water; Ashlee Wheeler, Harmony in My
on canvas, 50" x 50"); Simpson, Invisible; Paris Head; Nathan Coley, There
'Hubris' (oil on board, Hilton, Nothing in this Will Be No Miracles Here;
93.75" x 46"); 'Immoral World; Jessica Simpson, A John Alexander, The
Event' (mixed media on Public Affair; Bodyrox feat Parade.
board, 47.5" x 23.5"); 'It's Luciana, Yeah Yeah; Edvard Munch paintings
Your Best Shot At Sanity Shack, Cup Of Tea; Beck, The Scream and Madonna
Man' (oil on canvas on Cellphone‟s Dead; Nerina are recovered in a police
board, 47.5" x 35.5"); Pallot, Everybody‟s Gone to raid in Oslo, Norway (Aug
'Johnny Seven Moons And War; Hellogoodbye, Here 31).
The Golden Gate' (oil on (In Your Arms); Junior Jack, Exhibitions: All the
canvas on board, 29" x Stupidisco. Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum,
24"); 'Lithopedion' (oil on LPs: Arctic Monkeys, Amsterdam.
canvas 39" x 24"); Whatever People Say I Am,
'Omnivorously' (oil on That's What I'm Not; Nelly
canvas, 40" x 30"); 'Only Do Furtado, Loose; Rihanna, A
Wrong When You Feel It's Girl Like Me; Amy
Right' (oil and pure pigment Winehouse, Back to Black;
on canvas, 40" x 30"); Christina Aguilera, Back to
'Oppenheimer' (mixed Basics; Snow Patrol, Eyes
media on board, 47.5" x Open; Hannah Montana,
33.5"); 'Outlaws' (oil and Hannah Montana
pure pigment on canvas, (soundtrack); Ne-Yo, In My
40" x 30"); 'Rasputitsa' Own Words; The Strokes,
(mixed media on board, First Impressions of Earth.
23.5" x 11.5"); 'Shamus And
The U-235' (oil on canvas
on board, 47.5" x 35"); 'She
Hid In A Huge Ornately
Carved Wooden Cupboard'
(mixed media on board, 50"
x 50"); 'Silence Was His
Only Hope' (oil and pure
pigment on canvas, 40" x
30"); 'Surveillance' (oil and
sand on canvas, 40" x 30");
'The Absentee' (oil on
canvas on board, 24" x
24.5"); 'The Advantages Of
A Sudden Death' (mixed
media on board, 47.5" x
35.5"); 'The Beheading Of
Sophie Scholl' (mixed
media on board, 47.5" x
23.5"); 'The Big Builders'
(pure pigment and plaster
on canvas on board, 47.5" x
35.5"); 'The Colour of
Everything' (oil and sand on
canvas, 37” x 24”); 'The
Heat Death Of The
Universe' (mixed media on
board, 23.5" x 11.5"); 'The
White Rose' (mixed media
on board, 47.5" x 23.5");
'Through Paul Pena' (oil on
canvas on board, 24" x
20.5"); 'Vincent' (oil on
canvas on board, 29" x
24"); 'When Everything Else
Is Gone' (mixed media on
board, 47.5" x 23.5"); '404'
(mixed media on board, 12"
x 12");„#462‟ (oil and
multimedia on postcard,
RCA postcard series).
January January
2 Ian Brown, Southbound 7 Charles Kennedy resigns
Festival, Perth, Australia. as leader of the Liberal
4 Ian Brown, Brisbane Democrats, two days after
Tivoli, Australia. admitting to a drink
5 Ian Brown, The Metro, problem.
Sydney, Australia.
8 Ian Brown, The Forum,
Melbourne, Australia.
February February February
10 Ian Brown, Braehead 22 The 1 billionth song is 7 An Egyptian passenger
Arena, Scotland. purchased from the Apple ferry carrying more than
11 Ian Brown, Aberdeen iTunes Store. 1,400 people sinks in the
AECC, Scotland. Red Sea off the Saudi
13 Ian Brown, Glenrothes coast.
Hall, Scotland. 22 Over £53.1 million is
14 Ian Brown, Newcastle stolen during the Securitas
Academy, England. depot robbery, the largest
15 Ian Brown, Koko Club ever cash robbery in the
(ShockWaves NME Awards UK.
2006), London, England.
18 Ian Brown, Bangkok 100
Rock Festival, Lakeside,
Muangthong Thani,
Bangkok, Thailand.
March
11 Slobodan Milošević is
found dead in his cell in the
UN war crimes tribunal's
detention centre, located in
the Scheveningen section
of The Hague.
22 ETA declares a
permanent ceasefire in their
campaign for Basque
independence from Spain.
April April
16 Ian Brown, Chibuku 5 A swan with Avian Flu is
Shake Shake Easter Party, discovered in Cellardyke in
Wolstenholme Square, Fife, Scotland (the first case
Liverpool, England. in the UK).
28 Ian Brown, Carling 24, 9 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Carling Academy Islington, Sharon is removed from
London, England. office after four months in a
30 Ian Brown, Heineken coma.
Green Energy Festival, 10 Romano Prodi narrowly
Dublin Castle, Dublin, defeats Silvio Berlusconi in
Republic Of Ireland. the Italian parliamentary
elections.
19 Han Myeong Sook
becomes the first female
Prime Minister of South
Korea.
May May
27 Ian Brown, HiFi Festival 13 Liverpool defeat West
(North), Matfen Estate, near Ham on penalties in the
Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2006 FA Cup Final
England. following a 3-3 draw (after
28 Ian Brown, HiFi Festival extra time).
(South), Matterley Bowl, 27 A 6.3 magnitude
Winchester, Hampshire, earthquake strikes central
England. Java in Indonesia, killing
more than 6,000, injuring at
least 36,000 and leaving
some 1.5 million people
homeless; The first
demonstration for gay rights
in Moscow is broken up by
police.
June
3 Montenegro declares
independence.
5 The state union of Serbia
and Montenegro is
dissolved, leaving Serbia as
the successor state.
6 The Union of Islamic
Courts gains control of
Somalia's capital
Mogadishu, ending warlord
rule of the city.
29 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld:
The United States Supreme
Court rules that the military
commissions to be used to
try some detainees in the
Guantanamo Bay
detainment camp are
illegal.
July July
7 Syd Barrett dies of 9 Italy wins the 2006 FIFA
complications from World Cup by beating
diabetes. France 5-3 on penalties.
30 Top of the Pops Zinedine Zidane is sent off
broadcasts for the last time. for headbutting an
opponent.
August August
29 Ian Brown, MTV EXIT 24 The International
Sofia, Bulgaria. Astronomical Union defines
'planet' at its 26th General
Assembly, demoting Pluto
to the status of 'dwarf
planet' more than 70 years
after its discovery.
September
4 Australian wildlife expert
Steve Irwin dies after being
pierced in the chest by a
stingray.
October October
15 Ian Brown, Rockit 2 Amish school shooting,
Festival, Victoria Park, Pennsylvania.
Hong Kong. 9 North Korea claims to
have conducted its first ever
nuclear test.
10 Google buys YouTube
for USD$1.65 billion.
November November
18 Ian Brown, Club Ciudad 1 The Stardust Resort &
de Buenos Aires, Buenos Casino closes after 48
Aires, Argentina. years of business in Las
19 Ian Brown, San Carlos, Vegas.
Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile. 5 Former Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein and two
of his senior allies are
sentenced to death by
hanging after an Iraqi court
finds them guilty of crimes
against humanity.
8 U.S. Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld resigns.
17 Sony launches its next-
generation console, the
PlayStation 3, in North
America.
19 Nintendo launches its
next-generation console,
the Wii, in North America.
24 Michael Stone is
arrested for breaking into
the parliament buildings at
Stormont while armed.
December
26 Australian cricket
spinner Shane Warne
claims his 700th test wicket
in the fifth Ashes test.
Australia go on to achieve a
5-0 whitewash over
England to reclaim the
Ashes.
30 Saddam Hussein, former
Iraq president, is executed
in Baghdad.