Editing 1998 in music (section)

===April===
*[[April 3]] – [[Dave Navarro]] is fired by the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kiedis|first=Anthony|title=Scar Tissue|year=2004|publisher=Hyperion|location=New York|isbn=9781401307455|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781401307455/page/394 394]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781401307455/page/394}}</ref> 
*[[April 6]] – Organizers announce that [[Lollapalooza]] will not be staged in 1998 due to the inability to sign a major headlining act. The festival would return in 2003.
*[[April 7]] – [[George Michael]] is arrested in a public restroom in [[Beverly Hills, California]], USA for lewd conduct. He is subsequently sentenced to community service, and later describes it as a "subconsciously deliberate act".<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Andrew|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=George Michael: Why I had to keep my homosexuality secret|newspaper=The Independent|date=2007-09-30|access-date=2012-12-17|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[April 8]] – [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] makes her debut under [[Avex Trax]] with the single "[[Poker Face (Ayumi Hamasaki song)|Poker Face]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2109126/full/|title=浜崎あゆみ、20周年ライブで感涙 ファン大合唱に感激「すてきなステージを作ることが出来た」|work=[[Oricon]]|date=April 8, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2018}}</ref>
*[[April 14]] – The first ''[[VH1 Divas|VH1 Divas Live]]'' concert is broadcast on VH1, starring [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]], [[Shania Twain]] and [[Mariah Carey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=VH1 Divas Live at 20: A Look Back at the Major Music Moment That Almost Never Happened
|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/927843/vh1-divas-live-at-20-a-look-back-at-the-major-music-moment-that-almost-never-happened|work=E!|access-date=16 June 2013}}</ref>
*[[April 17]]–19 – The second [[Terrastock]] [[music festival|festival]] takes place in San Francisco, USA.
*[[April 29]] – [[Steven Tyler]] breaks his knee at a concert in [[Anchorage, Alaska]], USA, delaying [[Aerosmith]]'s [[Nine Lives Tour]] and necessitating camera angle adjustments for the filming of the video for "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]".{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}