Nuno Bettencourt, Extreme’s guitarist, turns 60
Nuno Bettencourt was born on 20 September 1966 in Praia da Vitória, on Terceira in the Azores. The family moved to Hudson, Massachusetts, when he was...
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Trisha Yearwood turns 62: from a country number one to the Grand Ole Opry
Trisha Yearwood was born on 19 September 1964 in Monticello, Georgia. On 19 September 2026 she turns 62. Her voice marked country music from the early...
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85 years since the birth of Cass Elliot, a voice of the Mamas & the Papas
Ellen Naomi Cohen was born on 19 September 1941 in Baltimore. She became Cass Elliot. 19 September 2026 marks 85 years since the birth of a voice that...
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53 years since the death of Gram Parsons, an advocate of “Cosmic American Music”
Gram Parsons died on 19 September 1973, aged 26, at Joshua Tree, California, from the toxic effects of drug use, according to biographical accounts. T...
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92 years since the birth of Brian Epstein, the manager who helped drive the Beatles’ rise
Brian Epstein was born in Liverpool on 19 September 1934 into a family of retailers. At the NEMS record shop, customer demand for the local scene brou...
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74 years since the birth of Nile Rodgers, the guitarist connecting disco, funk and pop
Nile Rodgers was born on 19 September 1952. On 19 September 2026 the American guitarist, songwriter and producer turns 74. His career links late-1970s...
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56 years since the first Glastonbury Festival
On 19 September 1970, farmer Michael Eavis opened the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Glastonbury grew from that event....
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56 years since the death of Jimi Hendrix, the guitarist who reshaped rock sound
Jimi Hendrix died in London on 18 September 1970, aged 27. Born in Seattle in 1942 as Johnny Allen Hendrix and later known as James Marshall Hendrix,...
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103 years since Hank Williams was born: the artist who transformed country music during an extraordinarily short career
17 September 2026 marks 103 years since the birth of Hank Williams, one of the defining figures of American country music. The Country Music Hall of F...
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Three stages and around 20 artists as free Septembre Indien festival returns to Ménilmontant
Paris’s Ménilmontant neighbourhood hosts the fifth Septembre Indien festival on 19 and 20 September, a free event organised entirely by volunteers. T...
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Techno Parade returns to the streets of Paris after a two-year absence
Techno Parade returns to Paris on Saturday, 19 September after a two-year absence. The event is scheduled from 12:00 to 18:00 local time and begins a...
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International Mechanical Music Festival returns to Iași on 18 September at the Palace of Culture
Iași hosts the 15th International Mechanical Music Festival from 18 to 20 September 2026. It is organised by the Ștefan Procopiu Science and Technolog...
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