Editing 1995 in music (section)

===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]]''.