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25 SEPTEMBER

In Music History

2022 The movie Don't Worry Darling, starring Harry Styles, tops the box office while his song "As It Was" remains at #1 on the Hot 100. The film is directed by Olivia Wilde, who started dating Styles after meeting him on set.

2020 Van Morrison releases the song "Born To Be Free" where he protests coronavirus lockdown measures. "Don't need the government cramping my style," he sings. He follows it up with two more lockdown-protest songs: "As I Walked Out" and "No More Lockdown."

2019 The first installment of Ken Burns' eight-part documentary series Country Music airs on PBS. The film chronicles the evolution of the genre from the early "hillbilly" musicians of the '20s with Fiddlin' John Carson through the New Traditionalists of the '90s with Garth Brooks.

2012 The Insane Clown Posse sues the FBI, claiming the organization has refused to turn over evidence as to why ICP fans (Juggalos) are listed as a "hybrid gang" in the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. The suit is eventually dismissed.

2012 Two con artists, Alpha Lorenzo Walker and Tamara Diaz, are sentenced to 292 days in jail and 3 years' probation after an attempt to blackmail Stevie Wonder. The pair had somehow obtained or created a video portraying Wonder in a negative light and were demanding $5 million under threat of releasing it to the public. The pair were caught in a sting operation.

2010 Bush perform at the second Epicenter Music Festival in Fontana, California. This concert marks the band's first live appearance since 2002.

2007 Bruce Springsteen releases Magic.

2003 Indie rocker Matthew Jay dies at age 24 from an unexplained fall from a London apartment building.

2001 The voice of Bob Marley ushers satellite radio onto the air, promising listeners greater variety on the dial - for a price - with the launch of XM Satellite Radio. It is the first worldwide broadcast of a satellite radio station.

2001 For the first time ever, the Recording Academy agrees to accept a downloadable single for Grammy consideration. Virgin Records releases two singles: "Dig In," by Lenny Kravitz and "God Gave Me Everything" by Mick Jagger, which are released to digital retailers via Liquid Audio.

2001 Rapper Erick Sermon sustains serious injuries when, according to his publicist, he is involved in an auto accident. It is announced by police one week later that the injuries are actually the result of a plunge out a third-story window.

1993 Stung by a bad review, Billy Corgan comes out for the encore at a Smashing Pumpkins concert in London dressed like an angry clown. "I've sold out, how about you?" he rants at the audience. He later explains: "The joke was: you're all making me feel like a clown, so I'm going to be one."

1993 The keyboard player/composer Yanni puts on a concert at the Herodes Atticus Theatre in Athens, Greece that is later released as a PBS TV special and sold on video as Live At The Acropolis. A grand production with Yanni's signature mix of keyboards and symphonic instruments, it becomes one of the best-selling concert videos of the era and vaults him to stardom.

1993 The US Postal Service issues a Patsy Cline commemorative stamp.

1992 Teddy Swims is born Jaten Dimsdale in Conyers, Georgia, near Atlanta. His parents push him to play football, but the 5' 7" Swims is much more adept at music, where he can put his rich, soulful voice to use. He releases a series of singles starting in 2019 that go unnoticed until "Lose Control" in 2023, which becomes a #1 hit.