This is the last competition with only one host until 2013.
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May 13 – The 40th Eurovision Song Contest, held at Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, is won by Irish-Norwegian band Secret Garden, representing Norway with the song " Nocturne".
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May 5 – Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges.Shakur was serving a four-and-a-half year jail term on sexual assault charges. April 29 – Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA.April 22 - Janet Jackson ends her Janet World Tour in London, England after nearly two years of touring.April 17 – Ed Rosenblatt replaces David Geffen as chairman and CEO of Geffen Records.The man was tackled by security guards who were injured in the brawl. During a performance in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, Jimmy Page narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife.The event was called "Black Friday" by Hispanics worldwide. Tejano singer Selena is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had recently been fired for embezzling money from the fan club.March 30 – Celine Dion releases D'eux, which goes on to be the most successful French-language album of all time.March 28 – Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage.March 26 – Rapper Eric Lynn Wright, better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS.The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks. March 14 – With the release of Me Against the World, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison.March 13 – Radiohead album The Bends and Elastica album Elastica are released.March 8 – Former Helloween drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, commits suicide by jumping under a subway train.Bruce Springsteen won four awards, including Song of the Year for " Streets of Philadelphia", while Tony Bennett's MTV Unplugged live album wins Album of the Year and Sheryl Crow's " All I Wanna Do" wins Record of the Year. The 37th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Paul Reiser.He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a concert in Switzerland after suffering a brain aneurysm. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards (he ended up winning two awards). February 25 – Lyle Lovett suffers a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico.Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún, Mexico.Roxette play to a crowd of 12,000 in Beijing, China, becoming the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the Workers' Indoor Arena for ten years.Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide. February 14 – Richey Edwards' Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a service station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK, with evidence that he had been living in it.He tried calling his family and 911 for help, but received none. February 12 – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared from Highway 101, USA as he tried to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport.February 7 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge.February 1 – Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7 am.
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