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9 OCTOBER

In Music History

2025 Diss tracks are protected speech, a judge rules in Drake's defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, which released and promoted Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," a song where he says very hurtful things about Drake. "The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public fact-checked verifiable content," the judge explains.

2018 Mondo Scripto, the first-ever lyrics and drawing exhibition by Bob Dylan, opens at the Halcyon Gallery in London.

2009 Bruce Springsteen plays the last concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Part of his set includes an early version of "Wrecking Ball" that he wrote for the occasion.

2007 LeAnn Rimes releases her ninth studio album, Family, which features the hit singles "Nothin' Better To Do" and "What I Cannot Change."

2006 The Bad Brains kick off a three-night residency at CBGB's, during the famed music venue's last week of operation. Celebrities spotted in the crowd include Ric Ocasek, Paulina Porizkova, Richard Hell, and Elijah Wood.

2003 Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O, a very frenetic performer, is hurt when she tumbles off the stage at a show in Sydney and a monitor lands on her head. After one more song she's taken to the hospital, but two days later she performs from a wheelchair when the band return to the same venue for a festival.

2000 Dennis DeYoung of Styx, unable to tour because of debilitating fatigue, sues the band for touring without him. The suit is eventually settled, but DeYoung never returns to the fold. Styx carries on without him, but leaves most of his songs out of the setlists.

2000 Barry White gives a speech to the debate squad at Oxford University.

2000 On what would have been John Lennon's 60th birthday, the book Lennon Remembers, The Complete Rolling Stone Interviews is released, containing material too controversial to publish years earlier.

2000 The John Lennon museum opens in Japan on what would have been his 60th birthday. Yoko Ono allows it to operate for 10 years before terminating the agreement, as she feels Lennon's spirit should stay in motion.

1999 David Bowie, Sheryl Crow and George Michael are among the performers at NetAid, a set of three simultaneous concerts streamed live to harness the internet as a hub for activism. The shows, which are also broadcast on TV and radio, take place at Wembley Stadium, Giants Stadium and the Palais des Nations in Geneva. They go well but draw surprisingly little interest in activism, as folks would rather use their time online to find photos of Britney Spears than help eradicate third-world debt.

1999 Jazz vibraphonist Milt "Bags" Jackson dies in Teaneck, New Jersey, at age 76. Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie discovered him in 1946 when he hired him for his sextet.

1997 Bernhard Mikulski, founder of the German record label ZYX Music, dies at age 68.

1996 Maxwell sells out the Roxy Theater in a show that was moved from the smaller Cotton Club to meet demand.

1993 Scotty McCreery is born in Garner, North Carolina. At 17, he wins season 10 of American Idol and releases his debut album, Clear As Day, which debuts at #1 on the genre-spanning Billboard 200. The feat makes him the first country singer to debut at the top of the tally with a debut album.