SPECIAL ISSUE: DECEMBER 2009 / JANUARY 2010 – NO. 37

The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, age 50.

The composer and pianist Elton John postponed several concerts on The Red Piano Tour, after falling ill with E.coli.

A U2 concert held at the Brandenburg Gate to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall became controversial after a wall was built around the venue.

Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul & Mary, age 72.

Guitar legend Les Paul, né Lester William Polsfuss, age 94.

In an annual report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it was revealed that 95 percent of music available online is downloaded illegally.

Blender Magazine — "The Ultimate Guide to Music and More" — shut down after eight years.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails completed the band's farewell tour.

Consistently feuding British band Oasis split up.

The drummer of The Shins reported he was fired and went on to open a taco truck in Portland, OR

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