Oasis were at No.1 on the UK chart with the compilation album Time Flies... 1994–2009. First released in June 2010 by Big Brother Recordings, the album contains all 27 UK singles released by the band between 1994 and 2009. The band kicked off their Oasis Live '25 Tour on 4 July 2025, at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, their first show in 16 years. Time Flies... became the group's third best-selling album in the UK after (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and Definitely Maybe.

Taylor Swift was at No.1 on the UK album chart her eighth studio album Folklore. Upon release, Folklore broke the Guinness World Record for the biggest opening day on Spotify for an album by a female act. Three of its tracks reached the top 10 of the official charts in eight countries. It was Swift's seventh consecutive No.1 album on the US Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of 2020.

American musician Bob Birch died from an self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Los Angeles home, aged 56. Birch was badly injured in a car accident in 1995 and since then struggled with constant headaches, dizziness, vertigo, and severe pain throughout his body. He worked with Doobie Brothers, Bryan Adams, Lionel Richie, George Michael, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Phil Collins, Keith Emerson,Barry Manilow and Elton John.

U2's first UK gig on their current tour broke the attendance record for a Wembley Stadium concert. Over 88,000 people attended the show.

US record producer Jerry Wexler, who influenced the careers of singers including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Bob Dylan died at his home in Sarasota, Florida aged 91. Wexler produced the Aretha Franklin hit 'Respect', the Wilson Pickett song, 'In the Midnight Hour' and helped Bob Dylan win his first Grammy award by producing the 1979 album, Slow Train Coming. He also coined the term ‘rhythm and blues’ while writing for Billboard magazine in the late 1940s.

Sixteen solo John Lennon albums were made available to download on iTunes for the first time. A deal was approved by the late Beatle's widow Yoko Ono following a lengthy legal battle between the band's label Apple Corps and Apple Inc, which owned Tunes.

Leonard Cohen filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that his former manager, Kelley Lynch, mismanaged his retirement funds to the tune of $5 million. The fraudulent activities purportedly began during the five years Leonard spent away from his career in seclusion at the Mount Baldy Zen Center monastery.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was being treated for throat cancer after being diagnosed with the disease in June. The 63-year-old musician was undergoing radiotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital near his home in Chelsea, west London.

A memorial to John Lennon was unveiled in the remote Scottish village of Durness where Lennon had spent his holidays from age seven to fifteen. The lyrics from 'In My Life' had been inscribed on three stones.

David Bowie and his wife Iman celebrated the birth of their first child a baby girl named Alexandria Zahra Jones.

Boyzone scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'No Matter What', making them the first Irish group to have four No.1 singles. Also Boyzone became the first act in history to reach the Top 5 with their first 12 single releases. The song came from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 'Whistle Down The Wind'.

The Dublin hotel owned by U2 'The Clarence' was damaged by a fire which took over three hours to control. Also 'The Kitchen' nightclub in the same building was affected by the fire and was evacuated.

Vince Neil’s daughter, Skylar Neil, died of cancer at the age of 4. The Motley Crue singer later founded the Skylar Neil Memorial Fund in her honor. Since that time, Neil and the foundation have raised awareness and funding for various children's illnesses and has donated millions of dollars to The T.J. Martell Foundation, and it sponsors an annual golf tournament to raise money for children with cancer.

INXS went to No.1 on the UK chart with their eighth studio album Welcome To Whoever You Are, their first UK No.1 album, (the first album by an Australian artist to debut on the UK album chart at No.1 since AC/DC's Back in Black, released in 1980). The album featured the UK hit singles 'Heaven Sent', 'Baby Don't Cry' and 'Beautiful Girl'.

Boyz II Men started a 13 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'End Of The Road' the group's first US No.1. Taken from the Eddie Murphy film Boomerang, it broke the 36-year-old record held by Elvis Presley for the longest run at No.1

Jamaican singer-song writer Jackie Edwards died. Edwards worked as a singer, songwriter for Island Records. He wrote both ‘Keep On Running’ and ‘Somebody Help Me’, that became No.1 singles for The Spencer Davis Group as well as releasing his own albums.

Paul Simon played a free concert in New York's Central Park before an audience of three-quarters of a million people as part of his Born at the Right Time tour. The show was broadcast live on the HBO television network as well as being recorded for audio and video release, which was released in November 1991 as Paul Simon's Concert in the Park

Nirvana played a concert at The Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, where they invited fans to attend the shoot for their first video, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' which was being filmed two days later. Hundreds of fans showed up at the shoot and appeared in the video.

Michael Jackson had his third UK No.1 with the single 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You', a duet with Siedah Garrett. It was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and either Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Session singer Siedah Garrett also worked with Madonna.

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie started a nine week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Endless Love', a No.7 in the UK. The song was the title from a film starring Brooke Shields.

The futuristic satire film 'Americathon' premiered in Los Angeles featuring Meat Loaf. The soundtrack included songs by The Beach Boys, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello.

ABBA released 'Dancing Queen' as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival. Dancing Queen' (which had the working title of 'Boogaloo') went on to top the charts in more than a dozen countries including the United States where it became ABBA's only No.1.

Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. Woodstock offered the counterculture generation a respite amid the Vietnam War and unrest at home, and would become a defining moment of the era, as well as an iconic milestone in pop culture history. The festival would be captured in a subsequent documentary (1970’s Woodstock) as well as a best-selling soundtrack to the film.

During a North American tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio. Jethro Tull and Sweet Smoke were also on the bill. During the show Zeppelin received abuse from locals due to the length of their hair.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience played a one-night-only show at The Fifth Dimension club, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The club closed its doors on October 8, 1968, with a final performance featuring local punk pioneers MC5 and The Stooges. The club is now demolished.

During a US tour The Beatles appeared at the D.C. Stadium in Washington DC to over 32,000 fans. Tickets cost $3. Five members of the Ku Klux Klan, led by the Imperial Wizard of Maryland, picketed the concert.

The Beatles set a new world record for the largest attendance at a pop concert when they played in front of 55,600 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City. The Beatles were paid $160,000 for the show, the set list included: ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘She's a Woman’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzie’, ‘Ticket to Ride’, ‘Can't Buy Me Love’, ‘Baby's In Black’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘A Hard Day's Night’, ‘Help!’, and ‘I'm Down’. Two of the Rolling Stones were among the audience, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and later that evening; Bob Dylan visited The Beatles at their hotel.

Lennon and McCartney drove from Liverpool to Skegness, to ask Ringo Starr to join the Beatles, (Starr was playing a residency with Rory Storm & the Hurricanes at Butlins). Shortly before, Starr had agreed to join Kingsize Taylor in Hamburg, as Taylor was offering £20 a week, but Lennon and McCartney offered £25 a week, which Starr accepted.

Elvis Presley started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with It’s Now or Never also No.1 in the UK. The song which was based on the Italian song, 'O Sole Mio', gave Presley his first post-army No.1.

Elvis Presley attended a meeting in Memphis with his manager Bob Neal, Colonel Tom Parker and Vernon Presley, at which a new contract was signed that named Colonel Parker as "special advisor" with control of virtually every aspect of Elvis' career. Parker was not really a Colonel at all, but a Dutch immigrant named Andreas Cornelius van Kujik, whose honorary title was given to him in 1948 by Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana. He was a flamboyant promoter whose pre-Elvis experience included shows called The Great Parker Pony Circus and Tom Parker And His Dancing Turkeys and was a veteran of carnivals, medicine shows and various other entertainment enterprises.

American musician, record producer, and songwriter Michael Tucker known professionally as BloodPop. Tucker has produced tracks for Britney Spears, Madonna and Lady Gaga.

Joe Jonas, American singer and actor, from the American pop rock band Jonas Brothers, who had the 2009 US No.1 album Lines, Vines and Trying Times. They gained popularity from their appearances on Disney Channel. They starred in the 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and its 2010 sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. They also starred in their own Disney Channel series Jonas.

American rapper, songwriter Nipsey Hussle. He initially became known for his numerous mixtapes, including his Bullets Ain't Got No Name series, The Marathon, The Marathon Continues and Crenshaw. His debut studio album Victory Lap was released in February 2018 to critical acclaim and commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019. He died on 31 March 2019 age 33 after being shot multiple times in the parking lot of his store, Marathon Clothing, in South Los Angeles.

Ted Dwane, bassist of the Grammy Award winning British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. Their second studio album 'Babel' released in 2012 debuted at No.1 on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It became the fastest selling album of 2012 in the UK. The live performance at the 2011 Grammy ceremony with Bob Dylan and The Avett Brothers led to a surge in popularity for the band in the US. The band received eight total Grammy nominations for Babel and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

David Welsh, guitarist, from American rock band The Fray who scored the 2005 US Top 3 single ‘How to Save a Life’. The group's self-titled, second album, released in 2009, debuted at No.1 on the Billboard charts.

Tim Foreman bassist for Switchfoot. Their 2014 album Fading West reached No.6 on the US album chart.

Simon Dawbarn, singer from the English pop group 911. In their five years together, 911 scored ten UK top 10 singles and sold over 10 million singles and 6 million albums around the world.

Mike Graham, vocals, Boyzone, who have had 21 UK hit singles, including 6 UK No.1 singles. Their breakthrough hit was their second single and cover version of the classic Osmonds hit, 'Love Me for a Reason', which peaked at No.2 on the UK Singles Chart.

British musician Marshall Schofield, keyboards, The Fall, (from 1986–1990), who had the 1987 UK No.30 single with a cover of the R. Dean Taylor hit 'There's A Ghost In My House'.

English singer-songwriter Matt Johnson best known as the lead vocalist and only constant member of his band the The who had the 1993 UK hit single 'Slow Emotion Replay'. Their second studio album, Infected, reached No. 14 in the UK Albums Chart and remained in the chart for 30 weeks.

English musician Brendan Croker who recorded albums under his own name and with occasional backing band; The Five O'Clock Shadows. He was also a member of The Notting Hillbillies. He also recorded with Eric Clapton, Tanita Tikaram and Mark Knopfler. Croker died due to complications from leukaemia on 10 September 2023, at the age of 70.

American singer, songwriter, and musician Bobby Caldwell. He wrote many songs for other artists, including the Billboard No.1 single 'The Next Time I Fall' for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera. Caldwell died on 14 March 2023, at the age of 71.

American heavy metal and hard rock drummer Tommy Aldridge. He is noted for his work with numerous bands and artists since the 1970s, such as Ozzy Osbourne, Motorhead, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy and Yngwie Malmsteen.

American singer and songwriter Billy Griffin. He is best known for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles in 1972. He co-wrote the Miracles' most successful single, the No.1 hit 'Love Machine', in 1975.

American musician Tom Johnston the guitarist and vocalist, known principally as a founder and songwriter for The Doobie Brothers who have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. They scored the 1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes' and the 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin.'

Jimmy Webb American singer and songwriter who wrote the 1968 hit for Richard Harris MacArthur Park, plus 'Galveston', for Glen Campbell (and other hits for Campbell), and 'Up Up and Away', a hit for 5th Dimension. According to BMI, his song 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix' was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.

British drummer Pete York, one of the original members of the Spencer Davis Group, along with Spencer Davis and the brothers Steve and Muff Winwood. They scored the 1966 UK No.1 single 'Keep On Running' and US Top 10 hits 'Gimme Some Lovin'' and 'I'm a Man'.

Don Rich, country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens. Rich died on July 17, 1974.

American drummer Stix Hooper, a founding member of The Crusaders, who had the 1979 UK No.5 & US No.36 single 'Street Life'. Hooper has also worked with B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Marvin Gaye, Nancy Wilson and the Rolling Stones.

Bobby Helms, American country music singer best known for his 1957 hit, ‘Jingle Bell Rock’. Died of emphysema at his home in Martinsville, Indiana. He was 63.

Bill Pinkney, The Drifters, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me'). He died on July 4th 2007.

Floyd Ashman from the American vocal group The Tams who had the 1964 US hit 'What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)' and the 1971 UK No.1 single 'Hey Girl Don't Bother Me'. The group took their name from the Tam o'shanter hats they wore on stage.

Leon Theremin, Russian inventor. Most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments. He first performed the theremin with the New York Philharmonic in 1928. He died on 3rd November 1993.