26 APRIL
In Music History
2024 Eric Church polarizes fans with a headlining set at the Stagecoach festival where he does a one-man show of mostly cover songs backed by a gospel choir. "I knew there were going to be 30,000 TikTokers who were there to be seen," he says. "The show wasn't for them."
2023 Pras Michel of Fugees is found guilty of acting as a go-between for a Malaysian businessman trying to gain access to the United States government on behalf of China. Details are Byzantine, but it's clear a lot of money flowed through Pras. In 2025 he's sentenced to 14 years in prison.
2017 Father John Misty releases his video for "Total Entertainment Forever," which stars Macaulay Culkin as a crucified Kurt Cobain.More
2013 Deep Purple release Now What?!, their first album produced by Bob Ezrin.
2013 X marks the spot for the Ohio-born Twenty One Pilots, who pledge their devotion to their hometown fans by getting "X" tattoos midway through a performance at the Lifestyles Community Pavilion in Columbus. Frontman Tyler Joseph tells the crowd: "This X is dedicated to you guys. Columbus, Ohio is where we're from and it will always be where we are from. Whenever someone asks what that X means, I am going to say this is for all of you."
2011 The Voice debuts on NBC with coaches Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton, who each choose teams of contestants who then compete against each other. Levine's pick, Javier Colon, goes on to win. The series is a hit and draws lots of famous names as coaches in subsequent seasons, including Kelly Clarkson, Pharrell Williams and Usher.
2011 Folk singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow dies at age 60 after being in a coma for three months due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
2006 Country singer Kellie Pickler gets voted off Season Five of American Idol.
2005 Bruce Springsteen releases Devils & Dust.
2005 Amerie releases "Touch."
2004 Sean Combs (aka Puff Daddy) makes his Broadway debut starring as Walter Lee Younger in the revival of A Raisin In The Sun.
2003 David Cassidy guests on the CBS show The Agency.
1999 English post-punk rocker Adrian Borland (The Sound, The Outsiders) commits suicide at age 41 by throwing himself under a train at London's Wimbledon Station.
1995 The movie Friday, written, produced and starring Ice Cube, hits theaters. The soundtrack goes to #1 and the film becomes a franchise, with two sequels.
1994 Johnny Cash releases American Recordings, the first of a series of albums produced by Rick Rubin that revitalize his career.More
