The Rolling Stones kick off their A Bigger Bang world tour at Boston's Fenway Park, supporting a new Virgin album of the same name. More...

Eminem enters rehab after it is revealed he has a dependency on sleep medication. More...

Ozzy Osbourne announces that 2005 will be his final year headlining the Ozzfest tour. The almost 10-year-old touring hard rock festival has always included Osbourne as a show closer, either with Black Sabbath or with his solo band. More...

Blondie, Public Enemy, Bad Brains' HR and Institute perform in New York's Washington Square Park to rally support for historic punk club CBGB's. The nightclub faces eviction by its landlord, which has been sparring with owner Hilly Kristal over rent. More...

Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight is shot in the leg while he attended a Kanye West-sponsored MTV Video Music Awards party in Miami.

Madonna celebrates her 47th birthday by breaking a collarbone, a hand and cracking three ribs in a fall from a horse in England.

Marc Cohn, best known for his hit song "Walking in Memphis," is shot in head in Denver after an attempted car-jacking, but is expected to fully recover.

Usher and 50 Cent tie as top winners at the Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) 2005 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. The popular R&B and rap/hip-hop artists each earn three statuettes. Mario and Alicia Keys each take home two awards, while Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith, who led the field of finalists with five nods, earns kudos as top R&B/hip-hop producer. More...

Touted as the biggest mash-up concert ever, the inaugural AmsterJam is held at New York's Randall's Island. The event brings together rock, hip-hop and Latin performers, including Red Hot Chili Peppers with Snoop Dogg. More...

LEGALITIES:

Art Garfunkel is busted on possession charges in New York when police find a marijuana cigarette in his car's ashtray. This is the second time he has been charged with the offense, the first in January 2004.

Kanye West files a lawsuit against a Chicago DJ in order to stop the release of recordings he made as a teenager in 1995. More...

Slash and Duff McKagan sue former Guns N' Roses bandmate Axl Rose over royalties, accusing him of switching up publishers without their consent in order to yield a profit. The two also sued Rose in 2004 over copyrights, claiming Rose disallowed motion pictures companies from using certain Guns N' Roses songs in their productions. Rod Stewart takes Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to court over a canceled concert. The artist was unable to perform a show in 2000 while he recovered from surgery, but did not return the $2 million he was paid upfront for the gig. A federal jury found in favor of the Rio.

50 Cent sues car dealership in Philadelphia for using his name and likeness in their print advertising. Also in August, two members of the rapper's G-Unit crew are arrested for felony gun possession. Two guns were found in their tour van after it was pulled over for allegedly running a red light.

Courtney Love, on probation from a variety of charges, is ordered into rehab after she fails a drug test.

Four years after a fan was trampled to death in a mosh pit at a festival show in Sydney, Limp Bizkit is sued by its own insurance company over legal fees the band incurred in its court battle over wrongful death charges.

Leonard Cohen sues his longtime business manager for allegedly defrauding the famed singer/songwriter of at least $5 million. More...