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May 25 1926
Birth of jazz trumpet supremo Miles Davis in Alton, Illinois. (1926)

May 25 1955
Ray Charles plays at the City Auditorium, Houston, Texas. (1955)

May 25 1956
Returning to the UK after a tour of the USA, popular bandleader and recording artist Ted Heath confidently predicts that, ?Rock?n?roll is mainly performed by coloured artists for coloured people and is therefore unlikely to prove popular here.? (1956)

May 25 1962
An early line-up of the Rolling Stones rehearses at the Bricklayer?s Arms, London, featuring Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Brian Knight and Ian Stewart. (1962)

May 25 1965
John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife Cynthia attend the Cannes Film Festival in France. (1965)

May 25 1973
Led Zeppelin play in Denver Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, USA. (1973)

May 25 1975
Lauryn Hill, Fugees singer and solo performer, is born in South Orange, New Jersey. (1975)

May 25 1985
The Dire Straits album Brothers In Arms debuts at No1 in the UK. (1985)

May 25 1989
The Miracle by Queen is certified as a UK platinum album by the BPI. (1989)

May 25 1995
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones pays $80,000 for an original tape of him and guitarist Keith Richards playing songs at home in 1961, made by one of their old school pals and offered up at an auction in London. (1995)

May 25 1996
Noel Gallagher of Oasis flies to the Caribbean island of Mustique for a holiday with girlfriend Meg Matthews, where they hang out with actor Johnny Depp and model Kate Moss. On the same day, Brad Nowell, lead vocalist of Californian punk/ska band Sublime, dies in a hotel room in Petaluma, California, from a heroin overdose. (1996)

May 25 1997
Bob Dylan is admitted to hospital in Los Angeles for nine days suffering from "histoplasmosis", a potentially fatal heart condition. After recovering he quips, ?I really thought I?d be seeing Elvis soon.? (1997)

May 25 1999
Cher releases her new single, Believe, in Japan. (1999)

May 25 2002
Ozzy Osbourne?s Ozzfest is held at Donington Park, UK, featuring Black Sabbath, Tool, Slayer and System Of A Down. (2002)


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May 25 2009
21st Century Breakdown by Green Day reaches No1 in the Japanese Oricon Album Chart. (2009)

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