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===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.
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