March 8 – Former Helloween drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, commits suicide by jumping under a subway train. Bruce Springsteen won four awards, including Song of the Year for " Streets of Philadelphia", while Tony Bennett's MTV Unplugged live album wins Album of the Year and Sheryl Crow's " All I Wanna Do" wins Record of the Year. The 37th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Paul Reiser. He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a concert in Switzerland after suffering a brain aneurysm. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards (he ended up winning two awards). February 25 – Lyle Lovett suffers a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún, Mexico. Roxette play to a crowd of 12,000 in Beijing, China, becoming the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the Workers' Indoor Arena for ten years. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide. February 14 – Richey Edwards' Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a service station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK, with evidence that he had been living in it. He tried calling his family and 911 for help, but received none. February 12 – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappears from Highway 101, USA as he tried to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. February 7 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge. February 1 – Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7 am. January 27 – Live from the House of Blues premieres on TBS. Originally, Oasis were also named in the lineup, but had to cancel their performance due to co-frontman Liam Gallagher losing his voice. January 20– February 5 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Ministry, Primal Scream, Hole, The Cult and The Offspring. January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident. January 14 – Perry Farrell is arrested for cocaine possession, being under the influence and possession of a syringe at a Los Angeles hotel. January 10 – Michel Sardou begins a record-breaking run of 113 shows at the Paris Olympia. 
Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program. January 8 – Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts "Self-Pollution Radio", a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others.
January 1 – Mo Ostin steps down as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group.
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