Editing 1995 in music (section)

==Events==
===January–February===
* [[January 1]] – [[Mo Ostin]] steps down as chairman and CEO of [[Warner Music Group]].
* [[January 8]] – [[Pearl Jam]] frontman [[Eddie Vedder]] hosts "Self-Pollution Radio", a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, [[Soundgarden]], [[Mudhoney]], and others. Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program.<ref name="pearljamhistory">{{cite web |url=https://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJChronology1995-January.htm |title=January 1995 |publisher=The Unofficial Pearl Jam History Page |access-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514054309/http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJChronology1995-January.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Michel Sardou]] begins a record-breaking run of 113 shows at the [[Olympia (Paris)|Paris Olympia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bertrand Tessier |title=Sardou : 50 années ensemble |publisher=Fayard |place=Paris |year=2015 |page=205 |isbn=978-2-213-68740-7}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Perry Farrell]] is arrested for cocaine possession, being under the influence and possession of a syringe at a Los Angeles hotel.<ref name="RS #703">{{cite magazine |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |date=March 9, 1995 |title=In the News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=703 |page=26 }}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[Jerry Garcia]] crashes his rented [[BMW]] into a guard rail near [[Mill Valley, California]], USA, but is not injured in the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html |title=This Week in Entertainment History: January 16, 2016 – January 22, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KXTV |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=August 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819202832/http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[January 20]]–[[February 5]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], headlined by [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Hole (band)|Hole]], [[The Cult]] and [[The Offspring]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |work=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon}}</ref> Originally, [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] were also named in the lineup, but had to cancel their performance due to co-frontman [[Liam Gallagher]] losing his voice.
* [[January 27]] – ''[[Live from the House of Blues]]'' premieres on TBS.
* [[February 1]] – Welsh rock band [[Manic Street Preachers]] band member [[Richey Edwards|Richey James Edwards]] goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7&nbsp;am.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/manicstreetpreachers/articles/story/5933273/manic_legally_dead_tomorrow |title=Manic Legally Dead Tomorrow |last=Strickman |first=Andrew |date=January 31, 2002 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=April 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414013150/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/manicstreetpreachers/articles/story/5933273/manic_legally_dead_tomorrow |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/08/nyregion/rapper-faces-prison-term-for-sex-abuse.html |title=Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse |last=James |first=George |date=February 8, 1995 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085007/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDB1339F93BA35751C0A963958260 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> He is later released on appeal.
* [[February 12]] – [[Iron Butterfly]] bassist [[Philip Taylor Kramer]] disappears<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9906/04/showbuzz/ |title=Remains identified as Iron Butterfly bass player |date=June 4, 1999 |work=CNN Showbuzz |publisher=Cable News Network |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=February 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207201705/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9906/04/showbuzz/ |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> from [[U.S. Route 101|Highway 101]], USA as he tried to get back home from the [[Los Angeles International Airport]]. He tried calling his family and [[9-1-1|911]] for help, but received none. His remains are found in 1999. 
* [[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. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1995/feb/22/artsfeatures |title=Sweet exile |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |author2=Alex Bellos |date=February 22, 1995 |work=The Guardian |location=London |publisher=Guardian News and Media |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=November 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125012316/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/1995/feb/22/artsfeatures |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[February 19]]
**[[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.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=roxette+china&pg=PA66|title=Hong kong comes into Focus|magazine=Billboard|first=Mike|last=Levin|page=66|access-date=2010-10-22|date=1995-12-23}}</ref>
**[[Mötley Crüe]] drummer [[Tommy Lee]] marries ''[[Baywatch]]'' actress [[Pamela Anderson]] on a beach in [[Cancún]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1995/02/21/1995-02-21__baywatch__bride_watch__ande.html |title='Baywatch' Bride Watch: Anderson Weds Tommy Lee |last=Rush |first=George |author2=Joanna Molloy |date=February 21, 1995 |work=NY Daily News |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=November 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123050509/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1995/02/21/1995-02-21__baywatch__bride_watch__ande.html |location=New York |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – [[Lyle Lovett]] suffers a broken [[clavicle|collarbone]] in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the [[Grammy Awards]] (he ended up winning two awards).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/env-1995grammys,0,3227134.story |title=4 Grammys for Poignant Song by Springsteen |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=March 2, 1995 |work=Baltimore Sun |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604150526/http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/env-1995grammys,0,3227134.story |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – [[Traci Lords]] releases their debut studio album ''[[1000 Fires]]''.

===March–April===
* [[March 1]]
** [[R.E.M.]] drummer [[Bill Berry]] leaves the stage during a concert in [[Switzerland]] after suffering a brain [[aneurysm]]. He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/17/rem-road-worriers/ |title=R.E.M.:Road Worriers |last=Browne |first=David |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012065959/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,296430,00.html |date=March 17, 1995 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
** The [[37th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Paul Reiser]]. [[Bruce Springsteen]] won four awards, including [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for "[[Streets of Philadelphia]]", while [[Tony Bennett]]'s ''[[MTV Unplugged (Tony Bennett album)|MTV Unplugged]]'' live album wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Sheryl Crow]]'s "[[All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)|All I Wanna Do]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]. Crow also wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. 
* [[March 8]] – Former [[Helloween]] drummer, [[Ingo Schwichtenberg]], commits suicide by jumping under a subway train.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingofdrums.net/biography.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101000914/http://www.kingofdrums.net/biography.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2014|title=Memory of Ingo Schwichtenberg|website=www.kingofdrums.net|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – Radiohead album ''[[The Bends (album)|The Bends]]'' and Elastica album [[Elastica (album)|Elastica]] are released.
* [[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|''Billboard'' 200]] chart while in prison.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sewell|first=Tony|title=Black Masculinities and Schooling: How Black Boys Survive Modern Schooling|publisher=Trentham Books|year=1997|page=206|isbn=978-1-85856-040-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O7AL1Hq24j4C&q=tupac+prison+me-against-the-world&pg=PA206}}</ref> The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks.
* [[March 25]] – [[The Cult]] perform its last show in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, with [[Ian Astbury]] leaving the band. The Cult would reunite in April 1999. 
* [[March 26]] – Rapper [[Eazy-E|Eric Lynn Wright]], better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/28/obituaries/eazy-e-31-performer-who-put-gangster-rap-on-the-charts.html?pagewanted=all |title=Eazy-E, 31, Performer Who Put Gangster Rap on the Charts |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=March 28, 1995 |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201045607/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DB1F3EF93BA15750C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=July 27, 2018 }}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – [[Lyle Lovett]] and actress [[Julia Roberts]] announce their separation after 21 months of marriage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105480,00.html |title=One Last Sad Song |last=Schneider |first=Karen S. |date=April 10, 1995 |work=People |publisher=Time Inc |access-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=December 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212025451/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105480,00.html |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[March 30]] – [[Celine Dion]] releases ''[[D'eux]]'', which goes on to be the most successful French-language album of all time.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* [[March 31]]
** [[Tejano music|Tejano]] singer [[Selena]] is [[Murder of Selena|shot and killed]] by [[Yolanda Saldívar|Yolanda Saldivar]], her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had recently been fired for embezzling money from the fan club. The event was called "Black Friday" by [[Hispanic]]s worldwide.
** During a performance in [[Auburn Hills, Michigan]], USA, [[Jimmy Page]] narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/04/05/1995-04-05_extra__extra__late-breaking_.html |title=Extra! Extra! Late-breaking News from the World of Entertainment |last=Hinckley |first=David |date=April 5, 1995 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003160359/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/04/05/1995-04-05_extra__extra__late-breaking_.html |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> The man was tackled by security guards who were injured in the brawl.
* [[April 17]] – Ed Rosenblatt replaces [[David Geffen]] as chairman and CEO of [[Geffen Records]].<ref name="RS #709">{{cite magazine |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |date=June 1, 1995 |title=In the News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=709 |page=21 }}</ref>
* [[April 22]] – [[Janet Jackson]] ends her [[Janet World Tour]] in London, England after nearly two years of touring. 
* [[April 29]] – Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the [[Clinton Correctional Facility]], New York, USA. Shakur was serving a four-and-a-half year jail term on sexual assault charges. They would later divorce.

===May–June===
* [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21409801.html?dids=21409801:21409801&FMT=ABS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020162826/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21409801.html?dids=21409801:21409801&FMT=ABS|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2012|title=Drug Charge for Ex-Rock Star Crime: Former drummer with Guns N' Roses was reporedly found in his car in a heroin-overdose stupor.|last=O'Neill|first=Ann W.|date=April 27, 1995|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 19, 2008}}</ref>
* [[May 13]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1995|40th Eurovision Song Contest]], held at [[Point Theatre]] in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]], is won by Irish-Norwegian band [[Secret Garden (duo)|Secret Garden]], representing [[Norway]] with the song "[[Nocturne (Secret Garden song)|Nocturne]]". This is the last competition with only one host until 2013.
* [[May 15]] – [[Stone Temple Pilots]] singer [[Scott Weiland]] is arrested outside a motel in [[Pasadena, California]], for possession of heroin and cocaine.<ref name="RS #711">{{cite magazine |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |date=June 29, 1995 |title=Weiland Arrested For Drugs |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=711 |page=16 }}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – [[Sam Phillips (musician)|Sam Phillips]] makes her motion picture debut in the [[Bruce Willis]] action film, ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]''. Phillips plays one of the main terrorists in the film.
* [[June 1]] – [[Alan Wilder]] leaves [[Depeche Mode]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Jonathan|title=Stripped: Depeche Mode|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2004|page=390|isbn=978-1-84449-415-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gIrZbmss3kEC&q=alan+wilder+depeche+mode&pg=PA390|access-date=December 24, 2008}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] – Icelandic singer [[Björk]] releases ''[[Post (Björk album)|Post]]'', her critically acclaimed second album as a solo artist. The musically diverse album contained some of her most popular work to date, including "[[Army of Me (Björk song)|Army of Me]]", "[[Hyperballad]]", "[[I Miss You (Björk song)|I Miss You]]" and a [[Betty Hutton]] cover of "[[It's Oh So Quiet]]".
* [[June 20]] – [[Michael Jackson]] released his first double-album ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I|HIStory]]'', which became the best-selling multiple-album of all time, with 35 million copies (70 million copies) sold worldwide.

===July–August===
* [[July 3]] – The members of [[TLC (group)|TLC]] file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, declaring debts of over $3.5 million.
* [[July 9]] – [[Grateful Dead|The Grateful Dead]] performs its final show with [[Jerry Garcia]] at [[Soldier Field]] in Chicago. He dies one month later of a heart attack at the age of 53.
* [[July 14]] – [[George Michael]] and [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]] complete their acrimonious split. In 1994 Michael lost a lawsuit seeking to be released from his Sony contract, but he vowed to never sing for the company again. Michael will now record for the new label [[DreamWorks Records]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/14/business/the-media-business-george-michael-severs-sony-tie-to-join-dreamworks-and-virgin.html |title=George Michael Severs Sony Tie To Join Dreamworks and Virgin |date=July 14, 1995 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[Robbie Williams]] announces he is leaving [[Take That]].<ref name="totta">{{cite web |url=http://icansavethisloveforever.tumblr.com/post/22481643707/monday-july-17-1995-a-day-most-of-us-will-never |title=The Official Take That Annual |year=1995 |access-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129115914/http://icansavethisloveforever.tumblr.com/post/22481643707/monday-july-17-1995-a-day-most-of-us-will-never |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[July 18]] – [[Selena]] becomes the first [[Hispanic]] singer to have an album debut and peak at number-one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart. She also becomes the first and only female singer to place five albums simultaneously on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.
* [[August 9]]
** [[Jerry Garcia]] of [[The Grateful Dead]] passes away of a heart attack at age 53. In cities all over the United States, [[deadhead]]s spontaneously gather to mourn his death and celebrate his life.<ref name="RS #717">{{cite magazine |last1=Foege |first1=Alec |date=September 21, 1995 |title=Funeral for a Friend |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=717 |pages=23–28 }}</ref>
** [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] performs on [[MTV Unplugged]]. The band's current lineup is joined by original members [[Peter Criss]] and [[Ace Frehley]], setting the stage for the band's [[Alive/Worldwide Tour|reunion tour]] the following year.
* [[August 12]] – [[The Offspring]]'s [[Dexter Holland]] marries hairstylist Kristine Luna, who co-wrote the band's song "Session" from ''[[Ignition (The Offspring album)|Ignition]]''.<ref>{{IMDb name|0390664|Dexter Holland|section=bio}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] – [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] release their third studio album ''[[...And Out Come the Wolves]]''. Along with [[Green Day]]'s ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'' and [[The Offspring]]'s ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]'' (both released [[1994 in music|a year before]]), this album helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, and becomes one of the best-selling independent records of all time. ''...And Out Come the Wolves'' eventually goes platinum.
* [[August 23]] – [[Dwayne Goettel]] of [[Skinny Puppy]] dies of a heroin overdose at his parents' home in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]].
* [[August 28]]
** [[Oingo Boingo]] announce that they will break up following a series of [[Halloween]] shows in Los Angeles, California, USA.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} Lead singer [[Danny Elfman]] has established a career scoring motion pictures.
** The official end of [[Sarah Records]] is marked with a farewell party featuring live sets by many of the label's acts. It was the last live appearance by [[The Orchids]] before they split up.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
* [[August 29]] – [[Al Jourgensen]] and [[Mike Scaccia]] of [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] are arrested for heroin possession in two separate incidents in Texas.<ref name="RS #719">{{cite magazine |date=October 19, 1995 |title=In the News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=719 |page=25 }}</ref>

===September–October===
* [[September 1]] – The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] opens in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, USA.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Deanna R.|title=Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection|publisher=Kent State University Press|year=2002|page=582|isbn=978-0-87338-691-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBCZvsVKomwC&pg=PA582}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] – The [[Luminiş]] Villa, [[George Enescu]] Memorial House, becomes an official memorial to the composer.
* [[September 5]] – The [[Backstreet Boys]] release their debut single "[[We've Got It Goin' On]]".
* [[September 8]] – [[For Squirrels]] vocalist Jack Vigliatura, bassist Bill White and manager Tim Bender are all killed in a van accident near [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref name="RS #719" />
* [[September 15]] – Alternative-country magazine ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'' publishes its first issue, with [[Son Volt]] on the cover.
* [[September 27]] – [[Time Warner]] agrees to sell back its 50 percent share of [[Interscope Records]]. The media giant had come under intense fire for the explicit lyrics of rap artists on the label.<ref name="nydn">{{cite news |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-09-28/news/17981251_1_stake-in-interscope-records-time-warner-rap-lyrics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328072723/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-09-28/news/17981251_1_stake-in-interscope-records-time-warner-rap-lyrics |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 28, 2012 |title=Gangsta Rap Label Dropped; Time Warner Wants Out |author=Tom Lowry with Karen Hunter and Dave Eisenstadt |date=September 28, 1995 |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
* [[October 2]] 
**The first International Guitar Festival is held in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buenos-Aires Festivals |url=https://www.buenos-aires.com/v/festivals/ |website=www.buenos-aires.com |access-date=8 June 2019}}</ref>
**[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] release their second album, ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''. The album spawns several number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best-selling album in the UK of all time.
*[[October 10]]
** [[Mariah Carey]] performs at [[Madison Square Garden]] to promote her album ''[[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]]''.
** [[Green Day]] release their fourth album ''[[Insomniac (Green Day album)|Insomniac]]''. While it didn't sell as well as their previous album ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'', it still sold 4 million copies.
* [[October 11]] – [[Tupac Shakur]] is released from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA, on US$1.4 million bail which was posted by [[Suge Knight]]. In return, Tupac signed a three-album deal with Knight's [[Death Row Records]].
* [[October 21]] – [[Blind Melon]] singer [[Shannon Hoon]] is found dead of a cocaine overdose at the age of 28.
* [[October 23]] – [[Def Leppard]] enters the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]]'' by performing three shows in three continents in the same day, playing [[Tangier]], Morocco, [[London]], England and [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>''[[The Guinness Book of Records]], 1997'' p.272</ref>
* [[October 24]] – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] release their album ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]''.
* [[October 30]] – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] release their single "[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]."

===November–December===
* [[November 6]] 
** [[Cher]] releases her first album in four years, ''[[It's a Man's World (Cher album)|It's A Man's World]]'', her first original recording for [[Warner Music Group]]. The album would get its U.S. debut in June 1996.
** [[Queen band|Queen]] releases their [[Made in Heaven|final studio album]] that includes contributions from all original members following [[Freddie Mercury]]'s death [[1991|four years earlier]]. It goes on to be a huge success, selling 20 million copies worldwide.
* [[November 21]]
** [[dc Talk]] release their 4th studio album [[Jesus Freak (album)|''Jesus Freak'']]. It was a departure from their previous hip hop albums taking on a [[rap rock]] sound. It achieved the biggest 1st week sales for a Christian album selling more than 80,000 copies in its first week and entering the [[Billboard Top 200]] at #16. It is known as one of the most important Christian albums of all time.
** [[The Offspring]] re-release their debut album (which originally appeared in 1989), on CD for the first time. This proves to be the band's final release on [[Epitaph Records]]; they leave Epitaph and sign with Columbia Records the next year.
** [[Enrique Iglesias]] releases his debut album, in Spanish. It tops the Latin album charts and would go on to win a Grammy and produce five No. 1 singles on ''Billboard'''s [[Hot Latin Tracks]] chart.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
* [[December 4]] – [[The Beatles]] release "[[Free As A Bird]]" as their first new single in over 20 years.
* [[December 21]] – [[Madonna]] is subpoenaed to testify on January 3, 1996, against her stalker, Robert Hoskins, at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in May 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her.
* [[December 31]] – The twenty-fourth annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], [[Goo Goo Dolls]], [[Kool & The Gang]], [[Martin Page]], and [[The Rembrandts]].

===Also in 1995===
* [[In Flames]] hires [[Björn Gelotte]] & [[Anders Fridén]].
* Three members of R.E.M., [[Bill Berry]], [[Mike Mills]] and [[Michael Stipe]], fall ill while on the band's "Monster Tour". Berry suffers an [[aneurysm]] which required immediate surgery, Stipe suffers a [[hiatal hernia]] and Mills undergoes an [[appendicectomy|appendectomy]].
* [[Paul D'Amour]] leaves [[Tool (band)|Tool]].
* [[John Denver]] – ''The Wildlife Concert'' (US single: "For You")
* [[Kid 'n Play]] disbands.