2004 in music
See also: 2003 in music, other events of 2004, list of 'years in music', 2000s in music
Events
- January 1 - Traditional Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti
- January 1 - Kurt Nilsen won the World Idol
- January 3 - Britney Spears marries an old childhood friend in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later.
- February 17 - The Brit Awards are held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake, and KRS-One are among the winners.
- February 17 - Billy Corgan posted a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'Arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of The Smashing Pumpkins.
- March 10 - George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". He stated that future releases will be available from his web site for in return for donations to his favourite charities.
- April 6 - A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called My Mother's Hymn Book was released a year after his death on September 12, 2003.
- May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel expected to be held.
- May 25 - Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will breakup following the Summer 2004 Tour.
- May 26 - Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of American Idol defeating Diana DeGarmo.
- June - Staind stared recording their fourth album on a new label Epic Records produced by David Bottrill known for his work with Tool and Staind's new album is not released until late this year or next year.
- The Velvet Revolver's first album Contraband has debuted in the top slot on the Billboard album charts, selling over 250,000 copies it’s first week out.
- June 4 - Creed dissolved because guitarist Mark Tremonti is working in a side project Alter Bridge and their first album is One Day Remains and it's scheduled to be released on August 10th.
- June 10 - Ray Charles dies of kidney failure at the age of 73.
- June 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ will air the 12th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, The Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, The Hives, Hoobastank, The Killers, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Story of the Year, The Strokes, The Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard.
- June ? - The Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is hospitalized in Los Angeles of prostate cancer and diagnosed. The cancer has spread through his body.
- June 22 - The 14th annual Lollapalooza festival is cancelled. Organizers cite 'poor ticket sales.'
- June 23 - The UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station policy.
- July 17 - The 14th annual Lollapalooza will air with Morrissey, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, The Flaming Lips, The Von Bondies, String Cheese Incident, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Gomez, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, DJ Danger Mouse, Polyphonic Spree, Broken Social Scene, The Datsuns, Bumblebeez 81, The Secret Machines, The Thrills, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Elbow, Wheat and The Coup.
- Dynamite Hack returns with their second album which is scheduled to be released sometime in summer or fall of this year or next year (2005). This is their first album in 4-years since they released Superfast.
- Megadeth reunites with their new studio album since 2001's The World Needs a Hero which is scheduled to be released on September 28.
- Pink Floyd returned to the studio early this year for their first new album in 10 years since The Division Bell, the new album is currently scheduled for around the end of 2004 or the first quarter 2005.
- Tool will disband after completing their final album, currently scheduled for late 2004 or early 2005. Frontman Maynard James Keenan will continue his involvement in A Perfect Circle.
- Blender magazine's May issue includes a list of the 50 worst songs.
Albums Released
- Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet - (January 6) - LP
- Sapphire Blue - Larry Carlton - (January 13) - LP
- Legion of Boom - The Crystal Method - released in Europe in 2003 - (January 13) - LP
- The Glorious Burden - Iced Earth - (January 13) - LP
- Slow - Richie Kotzen - (January 13) - LP
- The Unnamed Feeling - Metallica - (January 13) - CD-Single
- These Times - Mike Stern - (January 13) - LP
- The Opera Band - Amici Forever - (January 13) - LP
- Educated Guess - Ani DiFranco - (January 20) - LP
- Woman's Gotta Do Her Thing - Sally Fingerett - (January 20) - LP
- Kimi Ga Suki - Matthew Sweet - (January 20) - LP
- Immortal Memory - Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy - (January 26) - LP
- Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001 - The Cure - (January 27) - Compilation (4-CD Set)
- Delirium Cordia - Fantômas - (January 27) - LP
- Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997 - Helmet - (January 27) - Compilation
- Because I Can - Katy Rose - (January 27) - LP
- Kamikaze - Twista - (January 27) - LP
- The Battle for Everything - Five for Fighting - (February 3) - LP
- A Crow Left of the Murder - Incubus - (February 3) - LP
- Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters - (February 3) - LP
- Start Something - The Lostprophets - (February 3) - LP
- 50 First Dates - Soundtrack - (February 3) - Soundtrack Album
- Yes to Everything - The Washdown - (February 3) - LP
- That's What I'm Talking About - Shannon Noll - (February 8) - LP
- New Found Power - Damageplan - (February 10) - LP
- 'Merican - The Descendents - released in Europe in 2003 - (February 10) - EP
- Feels Like Home - Norah Jones - (February 10) - LP
- America's Sweetheart - Courtney Love - (February 10) - LP
- Body Language - Kylie Minogue - (February 10) - LP
- Turn of the Screw - 1208 - (February 10) - LP
- All That We Let In - The Indigo Girls - (February 17) - LP
- About a Burning Fire - Blindside - (February 24) - LP
- Schizophrenic - JC Chasez - (February 24) - LP
- Shadows Collide With People - John Frusciante - (February 24) - LP
- Bodysong - Jonny Greenwood - (February 24) - LP
- Punk Statik Paranoia - Orgy - (February 24) - LP
- Scorpio Rising - Prong - (February 24) - LP
- After We Go - Tantric - (Feburary 24) - LP
- Nude - VAST - (February 24) - LP
- The Guilt Show - The Get Up Kids - (March 2) - LP
- MODERN ARTillery - The Living End - released in Europe on October 28, 2003 - (March 2) - LP
- Sunrise Over Sea - The John Butler Trio (March 8) Australia
- Temple of the Damned - Exodus - (March 9) - LP
- All of Our Names - Sarah Harmer - (March 9) - LP
- Don't Stop the Music - Play - (March 9) - LP
- Patience - George Michael - (March 16) - LP
- The Very Best of Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne - (March 16) - Greatest Hits
- Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1984-1993) - Camper Van Beethoven - (March 16) - Re-Issue, LPs
- Split Personality - Cassidy - (March 16) - LP
- Eminem is Back - Eminem - (March 16) - Compilation
- The Other Side - Godsmack - (March 16) - 8-Track Acoustic EP
- Frustration Plantation - Rasputina - (March 16) - LP
- Dead Letters - The Rasmus - (March 16) - LP (US release)
- Till Death Us Do Part - Cypress Hill - (March 23) - LP
- Cool to Be You - The Descendents - first album of a new material since 1996 - (March 23) - LP
- Guns n' Roses' Greatest Hits - Guns n' Roses - (March 23) - LP
- Peace, Love, Death Metal - The Eagles of Death Metal - (March 23) - LP
- Me and Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton - (March 23) - LP
- MP3 - Marcy Playground - (March 23) - LP
- Fly or Die - N.E.R.D. - (March 23) - LP
- REDEFiNE - SOiL - (March 23) - LP
- 4 Times - Revolution - (March 23) - LP
- Blackmail - Cory P - (March 23) - LP
- The Punisher - Soundtrack - (March 23) - Soundtrack Album
- Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - Soundtrack - (March 23) - Soundtrack Album
- Confessions - Usher - (March 23) - LP
- Now That's What I Call Music! 15 - Various Artists - (March 23) - LP
- Winning Days - The Vines - (March 23) - LP
- Solace - Xavier Rudd - (March 28) - LP - Australia
- Honkin' on Bobo - Aerosmith - (March 30) - LP
- The Essential Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains - (March 30) - Greatest Hits
- Me & Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton - (March 30) - LP
- Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1975-1979) - Fleetwood Mac - (March 30) - Re-Issue, LPs
- Damita Jo - Janet Jackson - (March 30) - LP
- Prophecy - Soulfly - (March 30) - LP
- You Are Here - UFO - (March 30) - LP
- Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1982-1992) - Bad Religion - (April 6) - Re-Issue, LPs
- J Wess Presents Tha LP - J-Wess - (April 5) (Australia) LP
- The Curse of the Blondie - Blondie - (April 6) - LP
- My Mother's Hymn Book - Johnny Cash - April 6 - posthumous release
- Re-Issue of 3 oldest albums (Jethro Tull Live - Bursting Out, 1978 live album, Stormwatch, 1979 album and A, 1980 album) - Jethro Tull - (April 6) - Re-Issue, LPs
- Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? - Local H. - (April 6) - LP
- Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse - (April 6) - LP
- Indestructible Object - They Might Be Giants - (April 6) - EP
- Is There Love in Space? - Joe Satriani - (April 13) - LP
- Cutting - Red Skeleton - (April 13) - LP (Her Second Album)
- Palm Trees and Power Lines - Sugarcult - (April 13) - LP
- Hangover Music, Vol. VI - Black Label Society - (April 20) - LP
- Me - The Marques Sisters - (April 20) - LP
- Cuckoo Clocks of Hell - Buckethead - (April 20) - LP
- High Volume - Corrosion of Conformity - (April 20) - LP
- Desensitized - Drowning Pool (new singer: Jason 'Gong' Jones, came in 2003 after Dave Williams' death) - (April 20) - LP
- Archetype - Fear Factory - (April 20) - LP
- Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - released in europe on March 9th - (April 20) - LP
- Deeper - Hanson - (April 20) - LP
- Fire It Up - The Kottonmouth Kings - (April 20) - LP
- Through the Ashes of the Empires - Machine Head - released in Europe in 2003 - (April 20) - LP
- Musicology - Prince - (April 20) - LP
- Hurt No More - Mario Winans - (April 20) - LP
- Stone Age Complications - Queens of the Stone Age - (April 20) - Compilation EP
- Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - (April 20) - Compilation
- Walk The Tightrope - Human Nature - (April 26) - LP
- re.present - Jimmie's Chicken Shack - first album of a new material since 1999 - (April 27) - LP
- D12 World - D12 - (April 27) - LP
- The Girl In The Other Room - Diana Krall - (April 27) - LP
- Marbles - Marillion - (May 3) - LP
- Endangered Species - Flaw - (May 4) - LP
- Metalogy - Judas Priest - (May 4) - Greatest Hits (4-CD Set)
- The Ride - Los Lobos - (May 4) - LP
- Duets - The Notorious B.I.G. - his first album of a new material since 1999 - (May 4) - LP
- Lost in the Bermuda Triangle - A Perfect Circle - (May 4) - DVD
- Wave of Mutilation - Best of Pixies - The Pixies - (May 4) - Compilation LP, Concert & Documentary DVD
- Just for You - Lionel Richie - (May 4) - LP
- Matt Sharp - Matt Sharp, bassist of Weezer - (May 4) - LP
- Police State - The Transplants - (May 4) - LP
- Dis/Location - Seven Mary Three - (May 11) - LP
- The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage - (May 11) LP
- A Song Is A City - Eskimo Joe - (May 16) - LP (Australia)
- Baptism - Lenny Kravitz - (May 18) - LP
- So-Called Chaos - Alanis Morissette - (May 18) - LP
- You Are the Quarry - Morrissey - his first album of a new material since 1997 - (May 18) - LP
- Catalyst - New Found Glory - (May 18) - LP
- A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets - (May 18) LP
- Meltdown - Ash - (May 24) - LP
- It's About Time - Christina Milian - (May 24 International - June 15 US) - LP
- Café Naturale - Wendy Matthews - (May 24) - LP Australia
- The Human Equation - Ayreon - (May 24) - LP
- The Printz - Bumblebeez 81 - (May 25) - LP
- White Trash Beautiful - Everlast - his first album of a new material since 2000 - (May 25) - LP
- Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne - (May 25) - LP (her second album)
- Vol. 3: the Subliminal Verses - Slipknot - (May 25) - LP
- Mercury4 - Mercury4 - (May 31) - LP - Australia
- Wayward Angel - Kasey Chambers - (May 31 - LP- Australia)
- No Said Date - Masta Killa - his first solo release in his 11 year music career - (June 1) - LP
- Rock the Block - Krokus - (June 1) - LP
- Melissa Auf der Maur - Melissa Auf der Maur - (June 1) - LP (her first solo album)
- Stand Back: the Anthology - The Allman Brothers Band - (June 8) - Compilation
- The Empire Strikes First - Bad Religion - (June 8) - LP
- Purple Haze - Cam'ron - (June 8) - LP
- Un - Chumbawamba - (June 8) - LP
- Borrowed Heaven - The Corrs - (June 8) - LP
- One Soul Now - The Cowboy Junkies - (June 8) - LP
- Keep Your Wig On - Fastball - (June 8) - LP
- Uh Hu Her - PJ Harvey - (June 8) - LP
- Live at Bonnaroo - Warren Haynes - (June 8) - Live
- Happy People - R. Kelly - (June 8) - LP
- Asshole - Gene Simmons - (June 8) - LP
- Greatest Hits '93-'03 - 311 - (June 8) - Compilation
- Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 9 - Various Artists, Punk-O-Rama - (June 8) - Compilation
- Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth - (June 8) - LP
- Contraband - Velvet Revolver - (June 8) - LP
- Up All Night - Rob Mills - (June 14) - (LP) - Australia
- Sound Shattering Sound - Gyroscope - (June 14) Australia
- To the 5 Boroughs - The Beastie Boys - first album of a new material since 1998 - (June 15) - LP
- Hot Fuss - The Killers - (June 15) - LP
- Undermined - Phish - (June 15) - LP
- Revival - The Reverend Horton Heat - (June 15) - LP
- Afrodisiac - Brandy - (June 22) - LP
- Will to Death - John Frusciante - (June 22) - LP
- Jupiter's Darling - Heart - (June 22) - LP
- Lit - Lit - (June 22) - LP
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve - Lynyrd Skynyrd - (June 22) - Live
- Scream and Whisper - Edwin McCain - (June 22) - LP
- The Houses of the Molé - Ministry - (June 22) - LP
- Inferno - Motörhead - (June 22) - LP
- Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love - Jonathan Richman - (June 22) - LP
- Unbreakable - Scorpions - first album of a new material since 1999 - (June 22) - LP
- A Ghost is Born - Wilco - (June 22) - LP
- Gettin' In Over My Head - Brian Wilson - (June 22) - LP
- The Cure - The Cure - first album of new material since 2000 - (June 28) - LP
- Mojave - Concrete Blonde - (June 29) - LP
- Two - Earshot - (June 29) - LP
- Live at the Gorge - Dave Matthews Band - (June 29) - Live
- Forget What You Know - Midtown - (June 29) - LP
- This Magnificent Distance - Chris Robinson - (June 29) - LP
- Feedback - Rush - (June 29) - LP
- III: Ghost Tigers Rise - Tiger Army - (June 29) - LP
- Hollywood Potato Chip - The Vandals - (June 29) - LP
- 72 and Sunny - Uncle Kracker - (June 29) - LP
- In Between Evolution - The Tragically Hip - (June 29) - LP
- Stone Love - Angie Stone - (July 6) - LP
Albums Expected (Pre-Releases)
- Live on the Rocks - Blues Traveler - (July 13) - LP
- License to Chill - Jimmy Buffett - (July 13) - LP
- Songs in the Key of W - George W. Bush Singers - (July 13) - LP
- Hell to Pay - Dokken - (July 13) - LP
- Viking - Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, formerly guitarist of Rancid - (July 13) - LP
- Eat Your Face - Guttermouth - (July 13) - LP
- Keep Right - KRS-One - (July 13) - LP
- Some Kind of Monster - Metallica - (July 13) - CD-Single
- The Tipping Point - The Roots - (July 13) - LP
- Shhh...Don't Tell - Adam Sandler - his first album of a new material since 1999 - (July 13) - LP
- Lock-Sport-Krock - Nikola Sarcevic - (July 13) - LP
- Soft Commands - Ken Stringfellow (formerly member of The Posies and Big Star) - (July 13) - LP
- The Spine - They Might Be Giants - (July 13) - LP
- Über Cobra - Winespread Panic - (July 13) - LP
- No Roots - Faithless
- Those Are Not My Bongos - Fuck - (July 20) - LP
- Hazen Street - Hazen Street - (July 20) - Debut LP
- Tyrannosaurus Hives - The Hives - (July 20) - LP
- B Is for B-sides - Less Than Jake - (July 20) - Rarities LP
- Beneath, Between, Beyond - Static-X - (July 20) - Rarities LP
- The Best of Both Worlds: The Very Best of Van Halen - Van Halen - (July 20) - Compilation
- Throwback, Volume 1 - Boyz II Men - (July 27) - LP
- Whiskey Tango Ghosts - Tanya Donelly - (July 27) - LP
- Kevin Lyttle - Kevin Lyttle - (July 27) - LP (US)
- Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1986-1999) - Megadeth - (July 27) - Re-Issue, LPs
- The Beginning of Survival - Joni Mitchell - (July 27) - LP
- Prince of the South - Mystikal - (July 27) - LP
- Live at Benaroya Hall - Pearl Jam - (July 27) - Live
- The Rolling Stones Singles: 1965-1968 - The Rolling Stones - (July 27) - Box
- Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters - (July 27) - LP
- Where You Want to Be - Taking Back Sunday - (July 27) - LP
- Drive Train - 38 Special - (July 27) - LP
- Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - (August) - Compilation
- Another Intervention - Down to Earth Approach - (August 3) - LP
- Accentuate the Positive - Al Jarreau - (August 3) - LP
- Village Gorilla Head - Tommy Stinson (formerly member of The Replacements) - (August 3) - LP
- One Day Remains - Alter Bridge (side project of Creed's Mark Tremonti) - (August 10) - Debut LP
- The Best of Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber - (August 10) - Compilation
- Crosby Nash - David Crosby & Graham Nash - (August 10) - LP (2-CD)
- ²Armed Love² - The (International) Noise Conspiracy - (August 10) - LP
- Bubblegum - Mark Lanegan - (August 10) - LP
- The Best of Sepultura - Sepultura - (August 10) - Compilation
- Noise From the Basement - Skye Sweetnam - (August 10) - LP
- Potter's Field - 12 Stones - (August 10) - LP
- Live - 2Pac - (August 10) - Live
- Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - (August 10) - Compilation
- Sail On: the 30th Anniversary Collection 1974-2004 - Kansas - (August 17) - Box
- Love Everybody - Presidents of the United States of America - first album of a new material since 2000 - (August 17) - LP
- Survival of the Sickest - Saliva - (August 17) - LP
- Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You - Queen - (August 17) - Compilation
- The Revolution Starts...Now - Steve Earle - (August 24) - LP
- Hide Nothing - Further Seems Forever - (August 24) - LP
- Half Smiles of the Decomposed - Guided By Voices - (August 24) - LP
- Untitled - Tim McGraw - (August 24) - LP
- Paper - Rich Robinson - (August 24) - Debut LP
- The Secondman's Middle Stand - Mike Watt - first album of new material since 1997 - (August 24) - LP
- Medulla - Björk - (August 31) - LP
- Circle of Snakes - Danzig - (August 31) - LP
- DEFinition - LL Cool J - (August 31) - LP
- Just One of the Boys - Michelle Poe - (August 31) - LP
- Untitled - The Used - (August 31) - LP
- Reise Reise - Rammstein - (September) - LP
- In the Meantime - Christine McVie - (September 7) - LP
- It Came From New Jersey: The Smithereens Anthology - The Smithereens - (September 7) - Compilation
- A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup - (September 14) - LP
- Wet From Birth - The Faint - (September 14) - LP
- American Idiot - Green Day - first album of a new material since 2000 - (September 14) - LP
- Size Matters - Helmet - first album of new material since 1997 - (September 14) - LP
- The System Has Failed - Megadeth - (September 14) - LP
- Getting Away With Murder - Papa Roach - (September 14) - LP
- Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - Prodigy - (September 14) - LP
- Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears - first album of a new material since 1995 - (September 14) - LP
- Untitled - Chevelle - (September 21) - LP
- Untitled - Elvis Costello (with backup band the Imposters) - (September 21) - LP
- Il Sogno - Elvis Costello - (September 21) - LP
- Untitled - Peter Murphy - (September 21) - LP
- Welcome to Woddy Creek - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - (September 21) - LP
- The Rolling Stones Singles: 1969-1971 - The Rolling Stones - (September 21) - Box
- Souls Saved Here - Big Satan - (September 28) - LP
- American V - Johnny Cash - (September 28) - Final LP
- Untitled - Hilary Duff - (September 28) - LP (her second album)
- Antics - Interpol - (September 28) - LP
- Shangri-La - Mark Knopfler - (September 28) - LP
- SMiLe - Brian Wilson - (September 28) - LP
- Pressure Chief - Cake - (October 5) - LP
- Palookaville - Fatboy Slim - his first album of a new material since 2000 - (October 5) - LP
- Chronicles of Life and Death - Good Charlotte - (October 5) - LP
- Real Gone - Tom Waits - (October 5) - LP
- New Roman Times - Camper Van Beethoven - first album of new material since 1989 - (October 12) - LP
- Untitled - Clay Aiken - (October 12) - Christmas Album
- Untitled - Ruben Studdard - (October 12) - Gospel Album
- Iron Bottom Sound - Flick - first album of a new material since 1998 - (October 19) - LP
- Humming to Myself - Linda Ronstadt - (October 19) - LP
- The Great American Songbook III - Rod Stewart - (October 19) - LP
- Untitled - The Donnas - (October 26) - LP
- Untitled - Trisha Yearwood - (November 2) - LP
- R&G - Snoop Dogg - (November 16) - LP
- Spongebob Squarepants: the Movie - Soundtrack - (November 16) - Soundtrack Album
- Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple - her first album of a new material since 1999 - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- Here We Go Again - SR-71 - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- What Are You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- Untitled - Duran Duran - first album of a new material since 2000 - (September/October) - LP & DVD
- Bleedthrough - Nine Inch Nails - first album of a new material since 1999 - (Late Summer/Early Fall) - LP
- Re-Issue/Remaster of Power Station 33-1/3 - (Late Summer/Early Fall) - Power Station - LP
- Khulami Phase - Lauryn Hill - her first album of a new material since 1998 - (Late Summer/Early Fall) - LP
- Music to Help You Breathe More Easily - XTC - (Late Summer/Early Fall - if ever) - LP
- Smile - The Beach Boys - (Late 2004) - LP
- A Time 2 Love - Stevie Wonder - his first album of a new material since 1995 - (Late 2004) - LP
- Strap it On - AC/DC - first album of a new material since 2000 - (Late 2004/Early 2005 - if ever) - LP
- Chinese Democracy - Guns n' Roses - first album of a new material since 1993 - (Late 2004/Early 2005 - if ever) - LP
- Red Light District - Ludacris - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
- Face the Promise - Bob Seger - his first album of a new material since 1995 - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
Albums To Be Announced
- The Ataris - (Early 2005) - LP
- Beck - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- The Black Crowes - (Early 2005) - LP
- Blue Öyster Cult - (no date) - LP
- Boards Of Canada - (no date) - LP
- Kate Bush - first album of new material since 1993 - (Late 2004) - LP
- Camp Freddy - (no date) - LP
- Coldplay - (mid-2005) - LP
- Depeche Mode - (no date) - LP
- The Distillers - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
- The Doors - first album of a new material since 1978 - (Fall) - LP & DVD
- Dynamite Hack - first album of new material since 2000 - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- The Eagles - first album of new material since 1979 - (Late 2004/Early 2005 - if ever) - LP & DVD
- 50 Cent - (November) - LP (his second album)
- Foo Fighters - (no date) - LP
- Fugazi - (no date) - LP
- Garbage - (mid-2005) - LP
- Home Grown - (Early 2005) - LP
- Michael Jackson - his first album of a new material since 2001 - (no date) - LP
- The Jerky Boys - first album of a new material since 1999 - (Late 2004/Early 2005 - if ever) - LP
- Jimmy Eat World - (October) - LP
- Queen Latifah - (Summer) - LP
- Melvins - (no date) - LP
- Mötley Crüe - (no date) - LP
- Paul McCartney - (no date) - LP
- O-Town - (no date) - LP
- Oasis - (Late 2004) - LP
- Ozzy Osbourne - (no date) - LP
- Pink Floyd - first album of a new material since 1994 - (no date) - LP
- Primer 55 - (no date) - LP
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
- Silverchair - (no date) - LP
- Social Distortion - first album of new material since 1996 - (Summer/Fall - if ever) - LP
- Tool - (Late 2004/Early 2005 - if ever) - LP (final album)
- U2 - (September/October - if ever) - LP
- Unwritten Law - (Fall) - LP
- Violent Femmes - (Late 2004) - LP & DVD
- Scott Walker - his first album of a new material since 1995 - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
- Weezer - (Late 2004) - LP
- The Warlocks - (no date) - LP
- Yes - (no date) - LP
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 so far
- Assassins Broadway production
- Bombay Dreams Broadway production
- Fiddler On The Roof Broadway production
- De-Lovely released June 13 starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter and Ashley Judd
Births
Deaths
- January 13 - Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby
- 17 January - Czeslaw Niemen (65) - Polish rock singer
- January 17 - Tom Rowe, musician
- 22 January - Billy May (87) - US big band & pop music arranger
- January 22 - Ann Miller, actress, singer and dancer
- February 1 - Rocco Clein, 35, journalist, musician ([1]); ([2])
- February 3 - Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
- February 8 - Cem Karaca, 58, Turkish singer and composer
- February 16 - Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
- February 21 - Bart Howard, 87, composer and pianist
- February 23 - Don Cornell, 84, US singer
- February 23 - Alvino Rey, 95, US bandleader and guitarist
- March 4 - John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL
- March 6 - Peggy DeCastro, 82, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
- March 18 - Vytas Brenner, 57,musician, keyboardist and composer
- March 28 - Sylvia Froos, 89, US singer
- April 3 - Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian Singer
- April 9 - Harry Babbitt, 90, US singer with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
- April 10 - Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
- May 1 - Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double)
- 12 May - John LaPorta, 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
- May 12 - John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist, shot dead
- May 17 - Elvin Jones, 76, Jazz Drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s.
- May 19 - Arnold Moore, 90, blues artist
- June 4 - Irene Manning, 91, US actress, singer and dancer
- June 10 - Ray Charles, 73, US singer and pianist
- June 15 - James F. Arnold, 72, first tenor with the Four Lads
- June 17 - Jackie Paris, US jazz singer
Awards
Country Music Association Awards
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