Events in 2024
- Aerosmith announced the cancellation of their touring plans due to an injury to Steven Tyler’s vocal cords.
- Maurice Williams, singer of Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs and writer of “Stay,” died at the age of 86 from unspecified causes.
- Pitbull became the first artist to acquire naming rights to a stadium when he signed a 10-year, $12 million agreement with Florida International University to rename its stadium Pitbull Stadium. The deal also included the opportunity to host concerts and festivals there.
- Americký rockový zpěvák Jack Russell, bývalý frontman a zakládající člen hardrockové skupiny Great White, zemřel ve věku 63 let po boji s demencí s Lewyho tělísky a atrofií svalového systému. Great White měli v závěru 80. a na začátku 90. let šest skladeb v Billboard Hot 100, včetně „Once Bitten Twice Shy“, která dosáhla 5. místa.
- Sabrina Carpenter získala svou první skladbu v kategorii Spotify „Billions Club“, když „Espresso“ překročilo hranici jedné miliardy streamů.
- Tři koncerty Taylor Swift ve Vídni byly zrušeny kvůli možnému bezpečnostnímu ohrožení. Koncerty měly být součástí jejího turné Eras v Ernst Happel Stadium.
- He died at the age of 63 from Lewy body dementia. He was the singer of Great White, known among other things for the hit “Once Bitten, Twice Shy”.
- The original 1953 Gibson Les Paul owned by Carl Perkins was offered at auction by GottaHaveRockandRoll.com. Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes" on the instrument and also played it on his recordings for Sun Records; the estimated value was $150,000.
- At the Democratic National Convention, a DJ played a different song for each state while the votes were being presented for Kamala Harris as the future nominee. Massachusetts was represented by “I'm Shipping Up to Boston” by Dropkick Murphys, Nevada by “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers, and New Jersey by “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen. Lil Jon appeared in person and performed “Turn Down For What” for Georgia.
- GottaHaveRockAndRoll offered 24 concert contracts from The Beatles' concerts during their 1964 North American tour for auction. Each document was signed by the band's manager Brian Epstein or NEMS employee Bernard Lee.
- Reports emerged that former Beatles drummer Pete Best had converted his mother's former home at 8 Haymans Green in Liverpool into a short-term Airbnb rental. The basement of the house once housed the Casbah Coffee Club, where the early Beatles played almost forty times. Best, who was dismissed by the group's manager Brian Epstein on August 16, 1962, still maintained that he was neither angry nor bitter about his dismissal and that the event no longer bothered him.
- Foo Fighters announced that they had not given Donald Trump permission to use the song “My Hero” at his campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona, where he brought Robert F. Kennedy Jr. onto the stage. The band said that they had not been asked for permission and that, had they been asked, they would not have allowed the use of the song. A Foo Fighters representative said that any royalties from the use of the song would be donated to Kamala Harris's campaign.
- Sabrina Carpenter released her sixth album “Short n' Sweet”. With hits including “Espresso” and “Please Please Please”, the album represented her major breakthrough and placed her among successful singers who first became famous as actresses.
- Patricia Carey, Mariah Carey's mother, and her sister Alison Carey died on the same day. Patricia Carey died at the age of 87 and Alison Carey at the age of 63.
- Amy Winehouse's 2007 performance on Radio 1 Live Lounge, in which she sang a cover of “Valerie” by The Zutons, was voted the best performance on the programme during its first 25 years. Arctic Monkeys came second and third.
- ABBA and their record label Universal Music protested against the use of the song “The Winner Takes It All” at a campaign rally for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign without permission. They joined artists including Foo Fighters, Celine Dion, Adele, R.E.M., and The Rolling Stones in protesting the unauthorized use of their music at campaign rallies.
- Danielle Moore, singer of the British electronic group Crazy P, died at the age of 52. The group released six albums and several singles, beginning with “Digging Deeper” in 1996, and built a strong following in Australia, where they performed several times.
- Sabrina Carpenter became the first female artist and the third artist overall to simultaneously occupy No. 1 on the UK albums and singles charts with the single “Taste” and the album “Short ’n Sweet”. When “Taste” debuted at No. 2 on the US Hot 100, Carpenter became the first artist since The Beatles to place her first three hits in the Top 5 in a single week.