This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007. [edit] Events [edit] January [edit] February Arcturus officially announce that they will be splitting up because they are too busy with other matters to focus on the band. - May 5 — Avril Lavigne scores her fifth number one single "Girlfriend" and top the Billboard Hot 100 for the very first time.
- May 8 — The rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony come up with Strength and Loyalty album since their last one in 2002.
- May 11 — Guitarist Chickn posts a message on MySpace confirming that D.I. would finally release the long-awaited first reunion album On the Western Front on August 7.[10] This would be their first official album featuring new material since 1994's State of Shock.
- May 12 — The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 is held in Helsinki, Finland, and is won by Serbia.
- May 15 — Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park sells more than 600,000 copies in the USA and more than 1,000,000 worldwide and is the third most selling album in the first week.
- May 16 – May 20 — The European Festival of Youth Choirs is currently being held in Basel, Switzerland.
- May 17 - Peter Lindgren, Quits Opeth as well as Ending his Career in Music.
- May 19 — The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the fifteenth annual Weenie Roast. Bands that played there were: Linkin Park, Social Distortion, Interpol, Queens of the Stone Age, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Bravery, Silversun Pickups,
The Killers → Incubus, Korn, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Tim Armstrong, Peter Bjorn and John, Tiger Army, and Plain White T's.[11] - May 23 — Jordin Sparks of Arizona wins Season 6 of American Idol.
- May 25–May 28 — Salzburg Festival
- May 26–May 27 — Sasquatch! Music Festival
- May 30–June 5 — The Peel Bay Festival Isle of Man TT
- June 4 — Yoshiki announces that X Japan would reunite for a new tour and a single.
- June 8 – June 10 — Download Festival
- June 14 — Daft Punk came back in Paris for a show, ten years after their last performance in the French capital.
- June 22–23 — Radio Expres Festival - the first music festival of Slovak radio station Rádio Expres
- June 22–25 — Glastonbury Festival
- June 28 — Spice Girls announce their reunion at the O2 in London in a press conference televised worldwide.
- June 29 – July 1 — Heineken Open'er Festival takes place in Babie Doły military airport, Gdynia, Poland. Confirmed bands that will play there are: Beastie Boys, Björk, Muse, The Roots, Sonic Youth, Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, Groove Armada, Dizzee Rascal, Laurent Garnier, Crazy P, The Strike Boys, Freeform Five.
- July 1 — The Concert for Diana takes place at Wembley Stadium in London. Performers include Duran Duran, Elton John, Fergie, Joss Stone, Kanye West, Nelly Furtado, Rod Stewart, and Tom Jones.
- July 7 — Live Earth, worldwide series of concerts to initiate action against global warming. Acts include: Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Bon Jovi, Fall Out Boy, Shakira, John Mayer, Rihanna, Beastie Boys, Duran Duran, Madonna, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Spinal Tap, Jack Johnson, Lenny Kravitz, Metallica as well as the reunited bands The Police, Genesis, The Smashing Pumpkins and Crowded House.
- July 7–8 — T In The Park, Oxegen 2007
- July 17 — Joe Payne joins Divine Heresy.
- July 21 — KoЯn release Untitled Korn album.
- July 27 — Atom Willard leaves The Offspring and is replaced by former Face to Face and Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada.
[edit] August [edit] September - September 3 — My Chemical Romance lead singer, Gerard Way, marries Mindless Self Indulgence bassist, Lyn-Z, backstage at Projekt Revolution in Denver, Colorado
- September 4 — Small Faces and Don Arden plaque unveiled at 52-55 Carnaby Street, London, England[13]
- September 8 — "Weird Al" Yankovic performs his 1,000th live show at Idaho Falls, Idaho.[14]
- September 9
- September 12 – October 1 — Prague Autumn International Music Festival
- September 20 – September 23 — 4th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle
- September 22 – September 29 — 35th North Wales International Music Festival is held at St Asaph.
- September 24 — Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise wins the Canadian Polaris Music Prize for 2007.
- September 25 - Foo Fighters release their latest album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
september:metro station- first album [edit] October - Placebo's drummer Steve Hewitt leaves the band, citing "personal and musical differences" as the cause of the split.
- October 1 - Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist of Radiohead announces on the band's site that they will release the new album In Rainbows in ten days, which consumers could pay whatever price they wanted for.
- October 4 — Fred Mascherino announces his departure from Taking Back Sunday, to pursue his solo career called The Color Fred.
- October 15 - Reggae musician Burning Spear is awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction in the Officer class.
- October 18 - At the Gates, Reunite.
- X Japan official site announces that the band will perform the song "I.V." (main theme of Saw IV) on October 22.
- October 22 — X Japan performs for the first time in ten years and announces a concert in Tokyo in spring, followed by a world tour.
- October 23 — Carrie Underwood releases her second album Carnival Ride, which will go 3 times platinum.
- October 27
- October 30 - Britney Spears releases her first studio album since 2003, Blackout. The album opens on #2 on the Billboard 200 instead of #1, due to a last minute rule change.
[edit] November [edit] December - December 2 - Spice Girls open their reunion tour in Vancouver, Canada.
- Dec 4 - Cryptopsy Hires Matt McGachy.
- December 8–9 — The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the eighteenth annual Acoustic Christmas. Bands that played are: Linkin Park, Bad Religion, Angels & Airwaves, Rise Against, Avenged Sevenfold, Serj Tankian, Paramore, Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, Spoon, Feist, The Shins, Silversun Pickups and Muse.
- December 9 - Evanescence finish touring for The Open Door, and part ways with hired musicians, Will Hunt and Troy McLawhorn.
- December 10
[edit] Bands formed [edit] Returning performers [edit] Bands disbanded [edit] Bands re-formed [edit] Bands on hiatus [edit] Albums released [edit] Best-selling albums globally The best-selling records in 2007 according to IFPI[16]: [edit] Classical music [edit] Instrumental works [edit] Ballet [edit] Musical film - Hairspray - an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, itself adapted from John Waters' 1988 comedy film. It was released July 20, 2007.
- Across the Universe a musical which tells a love story during war times, using adapted versions of music from The Beatles. It was widely released October 12, 2007.
[edit] Musical theater [edit] Musical television [edit] Deaths [edit] January-February - January 1—Del Reeves, American country singer, 74
- January 6—Pete Kleinow, American gutairist (Flying Burrito Brothers), 72
- January 8—Mercedes Murciano, Cuban singer (Miami Sound Machine), 49.
- January 13—Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophorist, 57 (leukemia)
- January 16—Thornton "Pookie" Hudson, American singer (The Spaniels), 73
- January 17—Uwe Nettlebeck, German producer and multi-instrumentalist (Faust), 67
- January 18—Brent Liles, American punk bassist (Social Distortion), 43 (road accident)
- January 19—Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas), 66
- January 22—Disco D, American music producer and composer, 26 (suicide by hanging)
- January 28—Karel Svoboda, composer, 68
- January 31—Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer, 56
- February 1—Gian Carlo Menotti, composer, 95
- February 4—Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian songwriter, 47 (spinal cancer)
- February 6
- February 8—Joe Hunter, American pianist (The Funk Brothers), 79
- February 15—Ray Evans, American songwriter, 92
- February 18—John "Bam Bam" Lane, American drummer (Bill Haley & His Comets), 76
- February 19—Janet Blair, American actress and singer, 85
- February 23
- February 28—Billy Thorpe, British-born Australian rock performer, 60
[edit] March-April - March 7—Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, 88
- March 9—Brad Delp, American singer (Boston), 55 (suicide)
- March 19—Luther Ingram, American singer, 69
- April 5—Mark St. John, American guitarist (Kiss, White Tiger), 51
- April 9—Egon Bondy, Czech songwriter (Plastic People of the Universe), 77
- April 10—Dakota Staton, American jazz vocalist, 74
- April 14—Don Ho, Hawaiian musician, 76
- April 17—Kitty Carlisle, American singer, 96
- April 20-Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist, 75
- April 25—Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer 69
- April 26—San Fadyl, American drummer (The Ladybug Transistor), 31
- April 27—Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor, 80
- April 30
[edit] May-June - May 6—Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter, 63
- May 20—Ben Weisman, American pianist, 95
- May 27—Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard), 40
- June 1—Tony Thompson, American singer (Hi-Five), 36 (freon overdose)
- June 2—John Pyke, American drummer (Ra Ra Riot), 23
- June 4—Freddie Scott, American singer, 74
- June 8—Nellie Lutcher, American jazz and pop singer and pianist, 94
- June 18—Hank Medress, American singer (The Tokens), 67
- June 24—Natasja, Danish reggae singer, 33 (car accident)
- June 29—George McCorkle, American guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), 60
[edit] July-August - July 2—Hy Zaret, American lyricist, 98
- July 3—Boots Randolph, American saxophonist, 80
- July 4—Bill Pinkney, American vocalist (The Drifters), 81
- July 5—George Melly, British Jazz vocalist, 80
- July 8—Jindřich Feld, Czech composer, 82
- July 11—Rod Lauren, American singer, 67
- July 15—Kelly Johnson, British guitarist (Girlschool), 49
- July 23—Ron Miller, American songwriter and producer, 74
- July 29—Trevor Hudson, American bassist (Bottom of the Hudson), 27 (car accident)
- August 4—Lee Hazlewood, American singer and songwriter, 78
- August 10—Anthony Wilson, British record executive (Factory Records), 57
- August 12—Merv Griffin, American singer, television producer and land developer, 82
- August 16—Max Roach, American jazz drummer, 83
[edit] September-October - September 3 - Carter Albrecht, American keyboardist (Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians), 34 (shot)
- September 6—Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor, 71
- September 9 - Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist, 55 (heart attack)
- September 10 - Thomas Hansen, Norwegian musician, 31 (drug-related)
- September 11
- September 12 - Bobby Byrd, American soul singer, 73
- September 15 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan composer, pianist and conductor, 79
- September 25 — Patrick Bourque, American bassist (Emerson Drive), 29
- October 9 - Jacqueline "Lady Jaye" Breyer, British experimental musician (Psychic TV), 38
- October 16 - Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer, 26 (car accident)
- October 17 - Teresa Brewer, American singer, 76
- October 18 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, 43 (shot)
- October 20 - Paul Raven, British bassist (Killing Joke) 46 (heart attack)
- October 24 - Petr Eben, Czech composer, 78
- October 28 - Porter Wagoner, American country singer, 80
- October 30 - Robert Goulet, American singer, 73
[edit] November-December - November 2 - Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer, 23 (bus accident)
- November 6 - Hank Thompson, American country singer and guitarist, 82
- November 11 - John Petersen, American drummer (The Beau Brummels, Harpers Bizarre), 65
- November 12 - Peter "Cool Man" Steiner, Swiss singer, 90
- November 16 - Grethe Kausland, Norweigen singer, 60
- November 19
- November 20 - Ernest "Doc" Paulin, American jazz musician, 100
- November 23 - Frank Guarrera, American singer, 83
- November 24 - Casey Calvert, American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights) 26 (drug overdose)
- November 27 - Cecil Payne, American saxophonist, 84
- November 28
- November 29 - Jim Nesbitt, American country singer, 75
- November 30 - Patrick Mason, American bassist Arsonists Get All the Girls, 21
- December 3 - Sergio Gomez, Mexican singer (K-Paz de la Sierra), 34
- December 4 - Pimp C, American rapper (UGK), 33 (drug-related)
- December 5 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German avant-garde composer, 79
- December 12 - Ike Turner, American guitarist, 76
- December 16
- December 21 - Ruth Wallis, American singer, 87
- December 22 - Joe Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers), 88
- December 23
- December 25 - Pat Kirkwood, English actress and singer, 86
- December 26 - Joe Dolan, Irish singer, 68
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