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2004 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2004.

Specific locations

 * 2004 in British music
 * 2004 in Irish music
 * 2004 in Norwegian music
 * 2004 in South Korean music

Specific genres

 * 2004 in classical music
 * 2004 in country music
 * 2004 in heavy metal music
 * 2004 in hip hop music
 * 2004 in Latin music
 * 2004 in jazz

January–February

 * January 1
 * The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.
 * Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol.
 * January 3 – Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage is annulled 55 hours later.
 * January 15 – Rapper Mystikal is sentenced to six years in prison for sexual battery.
 * January 16–February 1 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Metallica. A Perfect Circle is originally named in the lineup but later withdraw, with Fear Factory appearing as a mystery artist in place of all of A Perfect Circle's scheduled slots.
 * February 1
 * Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform onstage at Super Bowl XXXVIII. The performance concludes with Jackson's right breast being exposed to the audience. The phrase "wardrobe malfunction" is coined during the ensuing controversy.
 * Daron Hagen is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City.
 * February 8 – The 46th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below becomes the first rap album to win Album of the Year. Beyoncé wins five awards. Coldplay's "Clocks" wins Record of the Year, while Luther Vandross' "Dance with My Father" wins Song of the Year. Evanescence win Best New Artist.
 * February 9 – Blink-182 release single "I Miss You" from the album Blink-182. The song will reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.
 * February 10 – Paulina Rubio releases her seventh studio "Pau-Latina" under Universal Music Mexico. The album charted at #1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and at #105 on the Billboard 200. The album also got certified 2× Platinum (Latin) by the RIAA.
 * February 13 – Elton John begins The Red Piano concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled for 75 performances, it would run for 248 shows over five years, including twenty-four tour dates in Europe.
 * February 17
 * BRIT Awards are held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake and KRS-One are among the winners.
 * Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of the band.

March–April

 * March 2 – Britney Spears embarks on The Onyx Hotel Tour, her first tour in 2 years to support her fourth studio album, In The Zone.
 * March 9 – Westlife member Brian McFadden leaves the band.
 * March 10 – George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record. Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
 * March 13 – Luciano Pavarotti gives his last performance in an opera, in Tosca at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
 * March 23 – Usher releases his Confessions album selling 1.1 million copies its first week, making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that. The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles.
 * April 6
 * A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called My Mother's Hymn Book is released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.
 * Modest Mouse, an American indie rock band releases Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
 * April 20 – Fear Factory returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album Archetype.
 * April 26
 * Deborah Voigt, sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at Carnegie Hall.
 * Dream Theater performs at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

May–June

 * May 1-2 – The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California. Headlined by Radiohead and The Cure, the lineup also features Pixies, The Flaming Lips, Belle and Sebastian, Muse, MF Doom, Basement Jaxx, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Kraftwerk and Kool Keith.
 * May 10
 * Blender magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship, is rated worst.
 * Peter Tägtgren replaces Mikael Åkerfeldt In Bloodbath.
 * Keane release Hopes and Fears which becomes the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8× platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the BRIT award for best album.
 * May 12–15 – The 49th Eurovision Song Contest, held at Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, is won by Ukrainian singer Ruslana with the song "Wild Dances". It is the first contest to take place as a multi-date event.
 * May 18-23 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) is held in Basel.
 * May 24 – Madonna starts The Re-Invention Tour in 20 cities with a total of 56 shows and making it the most successful concert tour of the year with a gross of $124.5 million.
 * May 25
 * Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
 * Skinny Puppy releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called The Greater Wrong of the Right.
 * May 26 – Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of American Idol, defeating Diana DeGarmo.
 * May 28 – June 6 – The Rock in Rio concert festival is staged in Lisbon, Portugal under the name Rock in Rio Lisboa. Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Britney Spears and Sting headline each of the six days.
 * June 4
 * Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
 * Creed dissolved. Guitarist Mark Tremonti, Drummer Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall (ex Bassist of Creed) were working on side project Alter Bridge along with Myles Kennedy of The Mayfield Four Their first album is One Day Remains, which was scheduled to be released on August 10.
 * June 5-6 – The annual Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, with Linkin Park and Metallica headlining the main stage. Pennywise and HIM headline the Snickers "Game On" stage, while the Barfly stage is headlined by Peaches and SuicideGirls.
 * June 7 – The Killers released their first album Hot Fuss.
 * June 8 – Velvet Revolver released their first album Contraband.
 * June 10 – Ray Charles dies at the age of 73 from acute liver disease.
 * June 11 – The Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 kicks off in Greensboro, North Carolina, marking the return of Sammy Hagar on vocals for the first time since his acrimonious departure from the band in 1996.
 * June 12 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 12th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, The Hives, Hoobastank, The Killers, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Story of the Year, The Strokes, Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard.
 * June 22 – 14th annual Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: Lollapalooza 2004 lineup.)
 * June 23 – UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station policy.
 * June 25
 * Eric Clapton sells his famous guitar "Blackie" at a Christie's auction, raising $959,000 to benefit the Crossroads drug rehabilitation center that he founded in 1998.
 * While in Scheeßel, Germany for his A Reality tour, David Bowie suffers a heart attack onstage and is subsequently rushed to the emergency room for an angioplasty. The incident brings an abrupt end to the tour and prompts Bowie to move away from both musicianship and public life in the following years, with his next album coming out nearly nine years later.

July–August

 * July 10
 * Ex-S Club star Rachel Stevens sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief.
 * American Idol winner Fantasia becomes the first artist in history to debut at number-one on the Hot 100 with a first record.
 * July 11 – McFly debut at #1 on the UK album charts with Room On The 3rd Floor. They break the record set by The Beatles as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.
 * July 20 – Van Halen releases The Best of Both Worlds, a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
 * July 24 – The Robert Smith organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. Performing along with The Cure are Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Cursive, Muse, Head Automatica, Thursday, Scarling., The Cooper Temple Clause, and Melissa Auf der Maur.
 * July 24–25 – The Splendour in the Grass music festival is held in Byron Bay, Australia, headlined by PJ Harvey & Jurassic 5.
 * July 25 – The Doobie Brothers record and perform Live at Wolf Trap at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia. The live album was released two months later, on October 26.
 * July 31
 * Simon & Garfunkel perform a free concert in front of the Colosseum in Rome for an audience of 600,000 people.
 * Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, Massachusetts.
 * August 8 – Dave Matthews Band's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois.
 * August 15 – Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont.
 * August 17 – Moments in Grace release their debut studio album Moonlight Survived.
 * August 23 – The Prodigy release their much anticipated and postponed first full-length album Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned, 7 years after 1997's The Fat Of The Land.

September–October

 * September 7 – Senses Fail release their debut studio album Let It Enfold You
 * September 18 – Britney Spears marries Kevin Federline.
 * September 20 – Green Day release their seventh studio album American Idiot, making a comeback for the band, following disappointing sales of their 2000 album Warning. American Idiot eventually receives the award for Best Rock Album at the 47th Grammy Awards on February 13, 2005.
 * September 26 – Avril Lavigne begins her Bonez Tour.
 * September 28
 * Brian Wilson releases Brian Wilson Presents Smile, the first official interpretation of the Smile sessions since their shelving in 1967.
 * On the same day, young Filipino singer Christian Bautista unveiled his first self-titled debut album.
 * October – Jazz at Lincoln Center performance venue opens in New York City.
 * October 2 – Billy Joel marries for the third time, to the food critic and chef Katie Lee.
 * October 11
 * The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album Astronaut, which is preceded by the single "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise".
 * Melissa Etheridge undergoes surgery for breast cancer.
 * October 23 – Ashlee Simpson is accused of lip synching after an abortive live performance on the television show Saturday Night Live.
 * October 25 – Indian singer Hariharan is awarded the Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award for his outstanding contribution to Indian film music.

November–December

 * November 4 – Three members of the band RAM, who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the recently deposed former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are detained by Haitian police during a concert performance in Port-au-Prince; no charges are ever filed or official explanation for the detentions given.
 * November 9 – Britney Spears releases her first compilation album titled Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.
 * November 11 – Eric Clapton receives a CBE at Buckingham Palace.
 * November 12 – Eminem's fourth major studio album, Encore is released four days before schedule to combat Internet bootleggers. The album sells 710,000 copies in only three days and becomes Eminem's third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts.
 * November 16 – Destiny's Child released their fourth and final studio album Destiny Fulfilled by Columbia Records in North America.
 * November 17 – Within Temptation release the single "Stand My Ground".
 * November 21 – Casey Donovan is crowned winner of the second season of Australian Idol. Anthony Callea was named runner-up.
 * November 24 – Brian & Eric Hoffman leave Deicide after a royalties dispute.
 * November 30 – Jay-Z and Linkin Park's album "Collision Course" debuts at number #01 in the Billboard 200, later becoming the best-selling CD/DVD of that year.
 * December 7 – Lindsay Lohan releases her début album, Speak.
 * December 8 – Dimebag Darrell is murdered on stage while performing in Columbus, Ohio, by a deranged fan, who shoots the guitarist three times in the head with a 9mm Beretta handgun. The gunman kills three other people and wounds a further three before being shot dead by police.
 * December 11 – Steve Brookstein is crowned winner of the first series of The X Factor. G4 are named the runner-ups, while Tabby Callaghan and Rowetta Satchell finish in third and fourth place respectively.
 * December 11–12 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas with Chevelle, Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hoobastank, Incubus, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Keane, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Muse, The Music, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The Shins, The Used, and Velvet Revolver.
 * December 14 – Clint Lowery leaves Sevendust due to fights with band about gaining control of the band and doubts of the band's future after being released from their label TVT Records.

Bands formed
See Musical groups established in 2004

Bands on hiatus

 * Spineshank (reformed in 2008)
 * Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus (disbanded in 2006)
 * Matchbox Twenty (reformed in 2007)

Bands disbanded
See Musical groups disestablished in 2004

Bands re-formed

 * Megadeth
 * Restless Heart
 * Destiny's Child
 * Vaya Con Dios
 * The Shadows (till 2015)
 * New York Dolls

Unknown release dates

 * 3rd Strike – 3 Feet Smaller
 * 5 Stories EP – Manchester Orchestra
 * 9Live – Angie Aparo
 * Bombs Below – Living Things
 * Crwth – Cass Meurig (first CD release of crwth music)
 * Field Rexx – Blitzen Trapper
 * ForThemAsses – OPM
 * Gathering Speed – Big Big Train
 * Get Saved – Pilot to Gunner
 * Golden (compilation) – Failure
 * Guerilla Disco – Quarashi
 * Leaving Town Tonight (EP) – Hit the Lights
 * Life Story (compilation) – The Shadows
 * Negatives 2 – Phantom Planet
 * Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations – Isis
 * The Pink Spiders Are Taking Over! – The Pink Spiders
 * Point of Origin – There for Tomorrow
 * The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
 * Safely From the City – Locksley
 * Set Your Goals (Demo EP) – Set Your Goals
 * Sherwood (EP) – Sherwood
 * Smoking Weed in the President's Face – Hockey
 * Tripped Into Divine – Dexter Freebish
 * Watching the Snow – Michael Franks (United States release)
 * We (Don't) Care – The Management (MGMT)
 * Welcome to Woody Creek – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Popular songs
• "1, 2 Step" – Ciara ft. Missy Elliott

• "10 A.M. Automatic" – The Black Keys

• "1985" – Bowling for Soup

• "99 Problems" – Jay-Z

• "À chaque pas" – Jonatan Cerrada

• "Accidentally in Love" – Counting Crows

• "All Downhill From Here" – New Found Glory

• "All That I've Got" – The Used

• "All These Things That I've Done" – The Killers

• "Almost" – Bowling for Soup

• "Always" – Blink-182

• "Amazing" – George Michael

• "American Idiot" – Green Day

• "Amerika" – Rammstein

• "Another Planet" – Pendulum

• "Baba Oje' Is The Oldest One" – Arrested Development

• "Baby It's You" – JoJo featuring Bow Wow

• "Back Up" – Pitbull

• "Balla Baby" – Chingy

• "Banzai" – B'z

• "Beautiful Soul" – Jesse McCartney

• "Because of You" – Nickelback

• "Because You Live" – Jesse McCartney

• "Before I Forget" – Slipknot

• "Black Betty" – Spiderbait

• "Bless The Broken Road" – Rascal Flatts

• "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day

• "Breakaway" – Kelly Clarkson

• "Breaking the Habit" – Linkin Park

• "Bridging the Gap" – Nas featuring Olu Dara

• "Bring 'Em Out" – T.I.

• "Burn" – Usher

• "Bus durch London" – Christina Stürmer

• "Butterflies and Hurricanes" – Muse

• "California Dreamin'" – Royal Gigolos

• "Call On Me" – Eric Prydz

• "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" – The Offspring

• "Caught Up" – Usher

• "Cerca de ti" – Thalía

• "Chains" – Duran Duran

• "Ch-Check It Out" – Beastie Boys

• "Club Foot" – Kasabian

• "Cold" – Crossfade

• "Come Clean" – Hilary Duff

• "Comfortably Numb" – Scissor Sisters

• "Culo" – Pitbull

• "Curtain Falls" – Blue

• "Daughters" – John Mayer

• "A Decade Under the Influence" – Taking Back Sunday

• "Despre tine" – O-Zone

• "Det gör ont" – Lena Philipsson

• "Ding Dong Song" – Günther and the Sunshine Girls

• "Dirt off Your Shoulder" – Jay-Z

• "Disco Inferno" – 50 Cent

• "Divide The Hate" – Sumbersed

• "Don't Tell Me" – Avril Lavigne

• "Down" – Blink-182

• "Dragostea Din Tei" – O-Zone

• "Drop It Like It's Hot" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams

• "Dry Your Eyes" – The Streets

• "Duality" – Slipknot

• "Everybody's Changing" – Keane

• "Everytime" – Britney Spears

• "Face à la mer" – Calogero and Passi

• "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" – Nickelback

• "Femme Like U (Donne-moi ton corps)" – K.Maro

• "Figured You Out" – Nickelback

• "First" – Lindsay Lohan

• "Flap Your Wings" – Nelly

• "Flawless (Go to the City)" – George Michael

• "Float On" – Modest Mouse

• "Fly" – Hilary Duff

• "For You" – The Disco Boys

• "Força" – Nelly Furtado

• "From the Inside" – Linkin Park

• "Gasolina" – Daddy Yankee

• "Getting Away with Murder" – Papa Roach

• "Ghetto" – Akon

• "Girls " – The Prodigy

• "Goodies" – Ciara featuring Petey Pablo

• "Hands to Heaven" – Christian Bautista

• "Heaven" – Los Lonely Boys

• "Heavy on My Heart" – Anastacia

• "Hey Mama" – The Black Eyed Peas

• "High" – James Blunt

• "Hitomi no Juunin" – L'Arc-en-Ciel

• "Holiday" – Green Day

• "Hollaback Girl" – Gwen Stefani

• "Hollow" – Submersed

• "Hotride" – The Prodigy

• "How We Do" – The Game

• "I Am" – Killing Heidi

• "I Believe In You" – Kylie Minogue

• "I Don't Wanna Know" – Mario Winans featuring Enya & P.Diddy

• "I Just Wanna Live" – Good Charlotte

• "I Miss You" – Blink-182

• "I Predict a Riot" – Kaiser Chiefs

• "I Wish" – Guy Sebastian

• "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" – My Chemical Romance

• "In the Shadows" – The Rasmus

• "Just Be" – Tiësto

• "Just Lose It" – Eminem

• "Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw" – Christian Bautista

• "Killin' Me" – Drowning Pool

• "Kryptonite" – Guy Sebastian

• "La La" – Ashlee Simpson

• "La Rivière de notre enfance" – Garou and Michel Sardou

• "Laid to Rest" – Lamb of God

• "Laissez-moi danser" – Star Academy 4

• "Last Train Home" – Lostprophets

• "Lazy Generation" – The F-Ups

• "Leave (Get Out)" – JoJo

• "Left Outside Alone" – Anastacia

• "Let Me Love You" – Mario

• "Let's Get It Started" – The Black Eyed Peas

• "Let's Get Blown" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams

• "Little Voice" – Hilary Duff

• "Life" – Seven Wiser

• "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw

• "Locked Up" – Akon

• "Lose My Breath" – Destiny's Child

• "Lovers & Friends" – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris

• "Lovesong" – 311

• "Lying from You" – Linkin Park

• "Maps" – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

• "Meant to Live" – Switchfoot

• "Milkshake" – Kelis

• "Modern Times" – J-five

• "Money" – David Guetta

• "Move Ya Body" – Nina Sky

• "Mr. Brightside" – The Killers

• "Musicology" – Prince

• "My Band" – D12

• "My Boo" – Usher featuring Alicia Keys

• "My Immortal" – Evanescence

• "My Happy Ending" – Avril Lavigne

• "My Place" – Nelly featuring Jaheim

• "My Prerogative" – Britney Spears

• "My Secret Life" – Eric Burdon

• "My Spirit Will Go On" – DragonForce

• "Nasty Girl" – Nitty

• "Naughty Girl" – Beyoncé

• "Nobody's Home" – Avril Lavigne

• "Not in Love" – Enrique Iglesias featuring Kelis

• "Not Listening" – Papa Roach

• "Obsesión" – Aventura

• "Ocean Avenue" – Yellowcard

• "Oh My God" – Kaiser Chiefs

• "Oh Oh" – Guy Sebastian

• "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" – Hélène Ségara & Laura Pausini

• "On the Way Down" – Ryan Cabrera

• "Open Your Eyes" – Alter Bridge

• "Out with My Baby" – Guy Sebastian

• "Outrageous" – Britney Spears

• "Over" – Lindsay Lohan

• "Oye Mi Canto" – N.O.R.E. featuring Nina Sky

• "Party for Two" – Shania Twain featuring Billy Currington/Mark McGrath

• "Physical" – Alcazar

• "Pieces of Me" – Ashlee Simpson

• "Predictable" – Good Charlotte

• "Pump It Up!" – Danzel

• "Push Up" – Freestylers

• "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" – Duran Duran

• "Real N***a Roll Call" – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ice Cube

• "The Reason" – Hoobastank

• "Rich Girl" – Gwen Stefani ft. Eve

• "Right to Be Wrong" – Joss Stone

• "Rockit" – Gorillaz

• "Rumors" – Lindsay Lohan

• "Same Direction" – Hoobastank

• "Scars" – Papa Roach

• "See You at the Show" – Nickelback

• "Shake That Bush Again" – The Mooney Suzuki

• "She Wants to Move" – N.E.R.D.

• "She Will Be Loved" – Maroon 5

• "She's No You" – Jesse McCartney

• "Shadow" – Ashlee Simpson

• "Si demain... (Turn Around)" – Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn

• "Sick and Tired" - Anastacia

• "Since U Been Gone" – Kelly Clarkson (#1 on Radio Top 40 of 2005)

• "Single" – Natasha Bedingfield

• "Slash Dot Dash" – Fatboy Slim

• "Slither" – Velvet Revolver

• "Sobri (notre destin)" – Leslie & Amine

• "Soldier" – Destiny's Child

• "Soldiers of the Wasteland" – DragonForce

• "Solitary Man" – H.I.M.

• "Somebody Told Me" – The Killers

• "Somethin' is Goin' On" – Cliff Richard

• "Someone's Watching Over Me" – Hilary Duff

• "Somewhere Only We Know" – Keane

• "Spare Me the Details" – The Offspring

• "Stay" – David Guetta featuring Chris Willis

• "Step Up" – Drowning Pool

• "Sunshine" – Twista featuring Anthony Hamilton

• "Superstar" – Jamelia

• "Take It Away" – The Used

• "Take Me As I Am" – Seven Wiser

• "Take Me Out" – Franz Ferdinand

• "Take My Breath Away" – Jessica Simpson

• "Talk About Our Love" – Brandy featuring Kanye West

• "Thank You" – Jamelia

• "That's Nasty" – Pitbull

• "These Words" – Natasha Bedingfield

• "Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist" – Muse

• "'Till I Get My Way"/"Girl Is on My Mind" – The Black Keys

• "Time Is Running Out" – Muse

• "Tipsy" – J-Kwon

• "Thief's Theme" – Nas

• "This Is the World We Live In" – Alcazar

• "This Love" – Maroon 5

• "Toujours pas d'amour" – Priscilla Betti

• "Toxic" – Britney Spears

• "Trick Me" – Kelis

• "True" – Ryan Cabrera

• "Truth of My Youth" – New Found Glory

• "U Should've Known Better" – Monica

• "Unholy Confessions" – Avenged Sevenfold

• "Unwritten" – Natasha Bedingfield

• "Used to Love U" – John Legend featuring Kanye West

• "Vertigo" – U2

• "Vindicated" – Dashboard Confessional

• "Wake Me Up When September Ends" – Green Day

• "Walkie Talkie Man" – Steriogram

• "The Way"/"Solitaire" – Clay Aiken

• "The Way You Look At Me" – Christian Bautista

• "Welcome to My Life" – Simple Plan

• "We're All To Blame" – Sum 41

• "Westside Story" – The Game

• "What U Gon' Do" – Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz featuring Lil Scrappy

• "What You Waiting For?" – Gwen Stefani

• "When You're Gone" – Richard Marx

• "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" – Relient K

• "Who Is It" – Björk

• "Wisemen" – James Blunt

• "With You" – Jessica Simpson

• "The World is Mine" – David Guetta

• "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

• "You Had Me" – Joss Stone

• "You Won't Forget About Me" – Dannii Minogue vs. "Flower Power"

• "You're Beautiful" – James Blunt

Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US

 * 1) Confessions – Usher ~ 7,979,000
 * 2) Feels like Home – Norah Jones ~ 3,843,000
 * 3) Encore – Eminem ~ 3,517,000
 * 4) When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney ~ 3,072,000
 * 5) Under My Skin – Avril Lavigne ~ 2,970,000
 * 6) Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw ~ 2,787,000
 * 7) Songs About Jane – Maroon 5 ~ 2,708,000
 * 8) Fallen – Evanescence ~ 2,614,000
 * 9) Autobiography – Ashlee Simpson ~ 2,577,000
 * 10) Now That's What I Call Music! 16 – Various ~ 2,560,000

Top 15 selling albums of the year globally

 * 1) Confessions – Usher
 * 2) Feels Like Home – Norah Jones
 * 3) Encore – Eminem
 * 4) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
 * 5) Under My Skin – Avril Lavigne
 * 6) Love. Angel. Music. Baby. – Gwen Stefani
 * 7) Greatest Hits – Robbie Williams
 * 8) Greatest Hits – Shania Twain
 * 9) Destiny Fulfilled – Destiny's Child
 * 10) Greatest Hits – Guns N' Roses
 * 11) Songs About Jane – Maroon 5
 * 12) American Idiot – Green Day
 * 13) Elephunk – The Black Eyed Peas
 * 14) Greatest Hits: My Prerogative – Britney Spears
 * 15) Anastacia – Anastacia

Classical music

 * Michel van der Aa – Second self
 * Louis Andriessen – Racconto dall'Inferno
 * Cornelis de Bondt – Madame Daufine
 * Elliott Carter – Réflexions
 * George Crumb – Winds of Destiny for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
 * Mario Davidovsky – Sefarad: Four Spanish-Ladino Folkscenes, baritone voice, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, violin and cello
 * Joël-François Durand – Ombre/Miroir for flute and 14 instruments
 * Ross Edwards – Concerto for Guitar and Strings
 * Ivan Fedele – Odos
 * Lorenzo Ferrero – Guarini, the Master for violin and strings
 * Philip Glass – Symphony No. 7 Toltec
 * Georg Friedrich Haas – Haiku
 * Hans Werner Henze – Sebastian im Traum
 * Alun Hoddinott – Trombone Concerto
 * York Höller – Ex Tempore
 * Guus Janssen
 * Memory Protect Extended
 * Wankeling
 * Karl Jenkins – In These Stones Horizons Sing
 * Jan Klusák – Axis Temporum
 * Rolands Kronlaks – Paion
 * Hanna Kulenty – Run
 * Theo Loevendie – De 5 Driften
 * Frederik Magle – Souffle le vent, 1st symphonic poem from the suite Cantabile.
 * Roderik de Man – Mensa Sa
 * Peter Maxwell Davies
 * Naxos Quartet No. 4 Children's Games
 * Naxos Quartet No. 5
 * Marijn Simons
 * Symphony No 1, Opus 26
 * String Quartet No. 3, Opus 27
 * Dobrinka Tabakova
 * Concerto for Viola and Strings
 * Schubert Arpeggione, arrangement for string orchestra
 * Suite in Old Style for viola, strings and harpsichord
 * Whispered Lullaby for viola and piano

Opera

 * Thomas Adès – The Tempest
 * Harrison Birtwistle – The Io Passion
 * William Bolcom – A Wedding

Musical theater

 * Assassins – Broadway production opened at Studio 54 and ran for 101 performances
 * Bombay Dreams – Broadway production opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 284 performances
 * Fiddler On The Roof – Broadway revival
 * The Woman in White, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel and book by Charlotte Jones, freely adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins – London production opened on September 15 at the Palace Theatre, London.
 * People Are Wrong! – Off-Broadway production

Musical films

 * Alt for Egil, starring Kristoffer Joner
 * Beyond the Sea, starring Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin
 * Bride and Prejudice, starring Aishwarya Rai
 * De-Lovely released June 13, starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter and Ashley Judd
 * Home on the Range, a Disney animated feature
 * Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles
 * Red Riding Hood
 * Pixel Perfect, a Disney Channel Original Movie that is also a musical.
 * Swing Girls
 * The Phantom of the Opera, starring Emmy Rossum as Christine and Gerard Butler as the Phantom
 * Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
 * Where's Firuze?, starring Haluk Bilginer and Demet Akbağ

Births

 * January 4 – Alexa Curtis, Australian singer, Winner of The Voice Kids Australia, Coach was Delta Goodrem
 * January 10 – Kaitlyn Maher, American child singer and actress
 * January 15 – Grace VanderWaal, American musician, singer/songwriter, ukulele player
 * March 21 - Anton, South Korean singer (Riize)
 * April 20 – Redveil, American rapper
 * June 4 – Mackenzie Ziegler,  American dancer, singer, actress and model
 * June 5 – Iván Cornejo, American regional Mexican music singer-songwriter
 * June 10 – Gayle, American singer
 * August 31 – Jang Won-young, South Korean singer (IVE)
 * September 1 – Iam Tongi, American singer
 * October 9 – Theodor Andrei, Romanian singer
 * November 21 – Yvngxchris, American rapper
 * December 13 – Matt Ox, American rapper
 * December 15 – quinn, American rapper
 * December 16 – Ka$hdami, American rapper
 * December 20 – Slump6s, American rapper

January–February

 * January 3 – Ronald Smith, 82, British pianist
 * January 6 – Jimmy Hassell, 62, Guitarist/co-lead singer in The First Edition from 1972 to 1976
 * January 12 – Randy VanWarmer, 48, songwriter and guitarist
 * January 15 – Terje Bakken, 25, also known as Valfar, lead singer and founder of Norwegian black/folk metal band Windir (died of hypothermia in a blizzard)
 * January 16 – John Siomos, 56, drummer
 * January 17
 * Czeslaw Niemen, 65, Polish rock singer
 * Tom Rowe, 53, musician
 * January 22
 * Billy May, 87, US big band & pop music arranger
 * Ann Miller, 80, actress, singer and dancer
 * January 30 – Julius Dixson, 90, songwriter and record company executive
 * February 3 – Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
 * February 6 – Jørgen Jersild, 90, Danish composer and music educator
 * February 8 – Cem Karaca, 58, Turkish singer and composer
 * February 16 – Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
 * February 21
 * Les Gray, 57, English singer (Mud)
 * Bart Howard, 88, composer and pianist
 * February 23
 * Don Cornell, 84, US singer
 * Alvino Rey, 95, US bandleader and guitarist
 * February 24 – A.C. Reed, 77, blues saxophonist

March–April

 * March 4 – John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL
 * March 6 – Peggy DeCastro, 82, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
 * March 9 – Rust Epique, 36, guitarist (Crazy Town)
 * March 10 – Dave Schulthise, 47, punk bassist (The Dead Milkmen)
 * March 11 – Edmund Sylvers, 47, lead singer of The Sylvers
 * March 13 – Vilayat Khan, 75, sitar player
 * March 15 – Eva Likova, 84, operatic soprano
 * March 16 – Vilém Tauský, 93, Czech conductor and composer
 * March 18
 * Vytas Brenner, 57, musician, keyboardist and composer
 * Erna Spoorenberg, 78, Dutch operatic soprano
 * March 21 – Johnny Bristol, 65, singer, songwriter and record producer
 * March 26 – Jan Berry, 62, US singer of Jan and Dean
 * March 30 – Timi Yuro, 63, soul and R&B singer and songwriter
 * April 1 – Paul Atkinson, 58, guitarist for The Zombies
 * April 3 – Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian singer
 * April 6 – Niki Sullivan, 66, guitarist for The Crickets
 * April 9 – Harry Babbitt, 90, US singer with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
 * April 10 – Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
 * April 15
 * Ray Condo, 53, Canadian rockabilly musician
 * Hans Gmür, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer

May–June

 * May 1 – Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double)
 * May 5
 * Coxsone Dodd, 72, Jamaican record producer
 * Ritsuko Okazaki, 44, Japanese songwriter
 * May 6 – Barney Kessel, 80, jazz guitarist
 * May 11 – John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist (shot dead)
 * May 12 – John LaPorta, 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
 * May 17
 * Gunnar Graps, 52, Estonian singer (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group)
 * Elvin Jones, 76, Jazz Drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s
 * May 19 – Arnold Moore, 90, blues artist
 * May 23 – Gundars Mauševics, 29, Latvian guitarist of Brainstorm
 * May 31 – Robert Quine, 61, guitarist
 * June 2 – Billboard, 25, rapper, The Game's best friend
 * June 4 – Irene Manning, 91, US actress, singer and dancer
 * June 6 – Iona Brown, 63, conductor and violinist
 * June 7 – Quorthon, 38, Swedish multi-instrumentalist, founder and songwriter of Bathory
 * June 10 – Ray Charles, 73, US singer and pianist
 * June 15 – James F. Arnold, 72, first tenor with the Four Lads
 * June 17 – Jackie Paris, 77, US jazz singer
 * June 27 – Sis Cunningham, 95, folk musician

July–August

 * July 6 – Syreeta Wright, 57, singer (congestive heart failure, a side effect of cancer treatment)
 * July 13
 * Arthur Kane, 55, bassist (New York Dolls)
 * Carlos Kleiber, 74, conductor
 * July 21 – Jerry Goldsmith, 75, US composer, Academy Award winner
 * July 22
 * Illinois Jacquet, 81, US jazz saxophonist
 * Sacha Distel, 71, French singer
 * August 2 – Don Tosti, 81, American composer
 * August 6
 * Rick James, 56, US funk singer
 * Argentino Ledesma, 75, Argentinian singer
 * Tony Mottola, 86, US Guitarist
 * August 9 – David Raksin, 92, US composer
 * August 15 – William Herbert York, 85, bassist for Drifting Cowboys
 * August 17 – Bernard Odum, 72, bass player for James Brown
 * August 18 – Elmer Bernstein, 82, US composer
 * August 20 – María Antonieta Pons, 82, Cuban Rumbera
 * August 26 – Laura Branigan, 52, US singer (brain aneurysm)
 * August 31 – Carl Wayne, 61, vocalist (The Move)

September–October

 * September 2
 * Michael Connor, 54, American country rock keyboardist (Pure Prairie League)
 * Billy Davis
 * September 11 – Juraj Beneš, 64, Slovak composer
 * September 12
 * John Buller, 77, British composer
 * Kenny Buttrey, 59, Nashville session drummer
 * Fred Ebb, 72, US lyricist
 * September 15 – Johnny Ramone, 55, US guitarist and founding member of The Ramones (prostate cancer)
 * September 16 – Izora Armstead, 62, member of The Weather Girls
 * September 19 - Skeeter Davis, 72, singer
 * September 29 – Heinz Wallberg, 81, German conductor
 * September 30 – Jacques Levy, 69, songwriter and theatre director
 * October 1 – Bruce Palmer, 58, bassist of Buffalo Springfield
 * October 7 – Miki Matsubara, 44, Japanese composer and singer
 * October 19 – Greg Shaw, 55, music historian and record label owner
 * October 25 – John Peel, 65, British DJ and broadcaster (heart attack)
 * October 28 – Gil Melle, 72, film and television music composer

November–December

 * November 1
 * Mac Dre, 34, Bay Area rapper (highway shooting)
 * Terry Knight, 61, lead singer of Terry Knight and the Pack and manager-producer of Grand Funk Railroad(stabbed in domestic dispute)
 * November 12 – Usko Meriläinen, 74, Finnish composer
 * November 13
 * John Balance, 42, British musician from Coil
 * Ol' Dirty Bastard, 35, African American rapper (drug overdose)
 * Carlo Rustichelli, 87, Italian film composer
 * November 14 – Michel Colombier, 65, composer
 * November 18 – Cy Coleman, 75, US composer
 * November 19 – Terry Melcher, 62, musician and producer
 * November 24 – James Wong Jim, 63, Cantopop lyricist and songwriter
 * December 2 – Kevin Coyne, 60, singer, composer and guitarist
 * December 4 - Willem Duyn, 67, singer of Mouth and MacNeal
 * December 5 – Bill Maybray, 60, lead singer of The Jaggerz (cancer)
 * December 8 – Dimebag Darrell, 38, former Pantera guitarist (shot to death in Ohio)
 * December 13 – Alex Soria, 39, guitarist for The Nils (suicide)
 * December 14 – Sidonie Goossens, 105, harpist
 * December 16 -Freddie Perren, 61, songwriter, producer, arranger and conductor
 * December 19 – Renata Tebaldi, 82, operatic soprano
 * December 20 – Son Seals, 62, blues musician
 * December 26 – Sigurd Køhn, 45, Norwegian jazz saxophonist (tsunami)
 * December 27 – Hank Garland, 74, Nashville session guitarist
 * December 30 – Artie Shaw, 94, Swing Era Clarinetist and Bandleader

Awards
The following artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Jackson Browne, The Dells, George Harrison, Prince, Bob Seger, Traffic, Z Z Top

ARIA Music Awards

 * ARIA Music Awards of 2004

BRIT Awards

 * 2004 BRIT Awards

Country Music Association Awards

 * 2004 Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

 * Eurovision Song Contest 2004
 * Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Grammy Awards

 * Grammy Awards of 2004

Juno Awards

 * Juno Awards of 2004

MTV Video Music Awards

 * 2004 MTV Video Music Awards

Triple J Hottest 100

 * Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

title: 2004 in music


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Talk:2004 in music

It's written here that Ray Charles died of kidney failure, but in the article on him the cause of death is liver disease. Somebody correct it.

aren't you going to fill it in? jimfbleak 12:23 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I believe this page has been Michaeled. Check the page history. Some of the information may be intentionally incorrect. Maximus Rex 02:18, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

This article needs to be locked.
It's full of incorrect information (notably, the "Tool will disband after their next album" under events). Way too many Michael edits.

 * Fix what you can, then; we can't protect an article on something like this just because of a few bad edits. Everyking 16:52, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Albums Released
Is this really necessary? The list is obviously far from complete; I think compiling a list of all of the albums released this year would be devilishly difficult to compile; it's just not worth it. Matthew McVickar 01:36, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)

 * Because of the excessive size of the page, I've taken out albums where there is no article for either artist or title. It seems to me that these must be pretty obscure not to have acquired an article by now. Deb 18:04, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I've been going through every year since 1955, I notice there are a lot of duplications. Sometimes an album is listed three years running in Albums released which is totally ridiculous and unnecessary. Once is enough. Unless there is an article first for either a band/artist and album released editors should not add "empty" links to the list - the sea of "red ink" looks unprofessional and untidy. Megan1967 07:10, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Consistency?
How does one decide what year an album gets listed? I ask because Snow Patrol's "Final Straw" is listed in the 2004 section when it was released in 2003 in the UK. What's the convention on this, are we using US release dates only, or the first existence of an album? --Badlydrawnjeff 14:58, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Hot 100 Number One Hits of 2004
In what chart? If no-one says, I'll delete it. Average Earthman 08:04, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, 15 days and no-one knows. I've deleted it. Average Earthman 11:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I believe the Hot 100 was the Billboard's Hot 100 hits. I believe the Top Hits section needs to be reorganized into something like the ones for the 2005 and 2006 articles. (Tigerghost 08:18, 4 June 2006 (UTC))

Top Selling Albums
There's a top ten list, but no statement of if this is worldwide or one market, or who measured it. Anyone know? If nobody does, I think we should delete it on the grounds of being unverified. Average Earthman 19:41, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This link has the same list, it says it's from cnn.com, but cnn's link is dead. Eivindt@c 22:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Where's American Idiot on the top selling list? It's sold over 6 million copies in America. And on the article for "Under My Skin" it claims the total album sales in America to be only 3 million. Here it lists 6 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.239.55 (talk) 20:44, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Dead link
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--JeffGBot (talk) 12:42, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

suggestion for inclusion
three cheers for sweet revenge, my chemical romance, was released june 8th '04 and received critical and commercial success. should be included. Onit1234 (talk) 15:42, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:OpenSUSE/Archive - SUSE Linux

suse
what does "SuSe" stand for?

 * Done. -- Tim Starling 12:55 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

From a 1998 FAQ (pre-Novell purchase):

 * What does S.u.S.E. stand for?
 * "Gesellschaft f=FCr Software- und Systementwicklung mbH", which
 * can be roughly translated as "Company for Software- and System-
 * Development"

 * How do you pronounce S.u.S.E.?
 * It should be pronounced like "Soose". The "U" sounds like the
 * "oo" in "moose", the last "e" is spoken like the "a" in "at".
 * But in general it is not very important to pronounce it
 * correctly, as long as it is clear what you are talking about.

 * What is that animal in the logo?
 * Despite the fact, that some people call it a turtle or a toad,
 * it actually is a chameleon. :-)

 * Does it have a name?
 * Well, not an official one. Some of us call it "Suse", which also
 * happens to be a german female name. Others just call it "the
 * toad".

drgarrett 13:04 15 Jul 2005 (AST -9 UST)

"Unlike many other Linux distributions, it is not possible to produce and sell cheaper versions of the SuSE CDs, due to license restrictions on the installation tools. They may be copied at no charge, however."

I'm very interested in this issue: What does the SuSE license specifically allow? If a friend buyed/downloaded legally SuSE8.2, is it also legal for me to burn copies from it, aslong as I do not sell them?

4lex 10:00 11 Jul 2003 (UTC)
 * The license is here: http://www.suse.com/us/private/support/licenses/yast.html Kosebamse 10:41 11 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Generally speaking, the contents of downloadable distributions of SuSE (9.x) are covered by the GNU-GPL [ GNU's Not Unix-General Public License - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html ]. If you purchase the media from Novell, or perform YaST/YaST2 downloads, you probably have additional license considerations. Some video drivers and fonts, for example, are not covered by the GNU-GPL and have their own license agreements which come into play. Therefore, as long as you abide by the GNU-GPL for the contents of any media you give away, you're okay. Distribution of non-GPL software is something best left to people with legal representation on their staff. In terms of copying your friend's "purchased" media, technically speaking, your friend can't distribute non-GNU-GPL code. You'd have to look at the license(s) that came with the retail package to know for sure if the media can be copied/distributed. drgarrett 13:24 15 Jul 2005 (AST -9 UST)

-> can someone comment on what code is on the media in the retail package? thanks - drg

Typically pronounced "suzi"? Only by the ignorant. Perhaps "typically" ought to be changed to something like "commonly, but incorrectly,".

Is SUSE Linux part of POSIX(R)? Does it fall under category of SUS (single Unix specification)? Can it be specified as UNIX(R) system?

9.3 screenshots
Anyone have a good screenshot of their 9.3 desktop?
 * If you're still looking for one, leave a msg on my talk page, I can make you a screencap. spazure  (contribs) (review) 09:14, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Geeko
As i recall there was a competition not too long ago to name to SuSE chameleon. It ended up acquiring the moniker of 'Geeko'. Does anyone have details of the competition (dates, winners, etc)? All i can find is the Slashdot blurb which doesn't contain much.

I found this: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2000-Mar/0055.html --70.146.101.15 23:51, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Why Geeko ? And how do you pronouce SUSE ?
Well, there was a competition to name the 'beast' at beginning of 2000.

I was just about to join S.u.S.E. ( as it still was ) and folklore, and my future boss, has it that I picked Geeko as the name.

It was all a bit too smart really :-

A Gecko is a lizard

A Geek is, well, aren't we all in some way.

And a major driving force in S.u.S.E. was a certain J Geck.

And Herr Geck has never forgiven the competition winner since ....

As to pronouncing SUSE - even the natives in Nurnberg could never really agree, though I am bound by honour not to let the cat out of the bag as to what it was called internally.

I told lots of people around the world that it was pronounced Sousa : as in John Phillip. It lead to amusing references to some of his works. And it had the added benefit that the Americans got straight away !!

 * Hmmm... Gecko is a lizard, and so is the cameleon... however, I'd say a gecko is a gecko and a chameleon is a chameleon. And as far I can tell, the mascott is a chameleon, so it could not be a gecko :) --Arny 19:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

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It is my understanding that an 's' in German is pronounced like an English 'z'. So shouldn't the pronunciation be /zuzə/?
 * No, that's not quite right; and, secondly, no -- the article has the pronunciation right. In fact, it ("Suse") is something you hear quite often in Germany, as it's a common female name.  (That being said, accents do, in general, vary dramatically from one region to the next. - Michael (talk|contrib)

screenshot
Now that 10.0 has been released, should we update the screenshot. I don't think it's right to put an outdated screenshot of a distro, even if there are no major visible differences. What do you guys thinK?

Official name?
I was under the impression the name was SUSE Linux, however someone has edited the article to use SuSE Linux.

Name
Because in the original company title the 'u' stood for 'und' or 'and'(en ingles) it was not capitalised. However with the advent of Novell the origional SuSE company name is nearly forgotten. However in honor of the original company's effort I write it "SuSE"

And yes we need a new screenshot.

James Matthew 00:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Distribution Inaccuracies
I'm pretty sure info here is inaccurate now that 10.0 is out. The day suse/opensuse 10.0 was released, the OSS and the pro/regular versions containing freeware were instantly available over the web as ISOs. I'm pretty sure too that the boxed copy was available for sale after this happened.

Shouldn't we use a Gnome screenshot
With 10.1, Novell used screenshots of Gnome on their website for Suse and during installation, Gnome is listed higher than KDE as a desktop environment choice. It seems then that we ought to have a screenshot of Suse with the Gnome desktop environment rather than KDE. 69.227.174.121 01:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it does seem that Novell is leaning more on Gnome now. However, since both are devolped for the distro, more so than some distros, I frankly don't see why it matters. Maybe the primary one should be Gnome, but then include a KDE one later. I do not have a current SuSE installed, so I cannot take a screenshot. ~Linuxerist [[Image:Tux.svg|25px]] E/L/T 17:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'll take one if and when I finish with my installation. The message before yours is mine, by the way. Theshibboleth 00:34, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd like to point out that KDE is used and supported very much in SUSE and is a very popular gui. It is recommended by Linus Torvalds and is largely developed in Europe (were SUSE has most of its users)Tjb891 03:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Also according to the report on free and open source software KDE is used around twice as often as GNOME (10.2% to 5.5%), what means that KDE is listed higher. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.202.201.252 (talk) 16:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

And after all ther eis no SuSE user who uses Gnome, doubt it? Just ask who uses Gnome in the IRC and let it go.

Slow Destop Issue
Should the fact that Suse 10.0 while running either Gnome or KDE is seams to be slower than windows even though it is faster from the console be mentioned. If I recall correctly this issue was also a top prioity for Suse 11 to fix.Tjb891 15:02, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Where has this been mentioned? I use SuSE myself and have never encountered any slowdowns(if they exist, every other distro must suffer from them, since I notice no speed difference between my Debian and SuSE installs) Furthermore, I didn't even think openSUSE 11 has been mentioned on any roadmaps yet. Achilles2.0 08:07, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It was slow here after installing SUSE 10.3 (KDE), but that was because it didn't come with hardware accelerated drivers. After simply installing the latest drivers from NVIDIA, I have absolutely no problems on even an as "new" graphics card as a Geforce 8800GTS 640 MB, including Compiz Fusion. Based on this, I'm lead to believe this is a driver problem, not a distro problem. — Northgrove 15:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Merge tag removal
As the discussion on openSUSE page concluded with keeping the articles seperate, I am removing the "merge" tag.--Emre D. 17:07, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

More Information Needed
The article needs to be expanded. It should mention that new hardware accelerated desktop environment, and also it should mention problems with mp3 playback and package management. -- CannibalSmith 16:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

OSX and SUSE????
I was told that many programs written for Mac OSX can run natively under Suse Linux. Is this true? Which programs? This could be important information for people thinking about making a swich from Mac OSX or Windows to Suse Linux. They might like to know more programs are available for them if they switch. Thank you.

SLES 9 and SLED
What is the difference between SLES and SLED?

SLES is the Server edition. SLED is the desktop edition. Both are aimed at the corporate market. --Taylor 00:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Pronunciation of 'SUSE'
I have changed [susʌ] to [susə] as the word-final unstressed open-mid back unrounded vowel [ʌ] is unlikely in American English; it's most likely heard in Scottish English, finally in words such as 'minah'. Schwa [ə] is far more common otherwise. In British English the first vowel is likely to be longer, so [su:sə] would be more appropriate. As for German, I suspect it's something like [zu:sə]? I have also changed the brackets from slashes to squares as we are indicating pronunciation, not the distinctive phonemes of the word. See Manual of Style: Pronunciation. Jsteph 15:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I put the /ʌ/ only because the examples given in an IPA article somewhere here seemed to match well enough.  The schwa is better. --Ds13 23:28, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually it's pronunced [zu:zə] in German, I've never heard something like [zu:sə], that would be SUZE (oder Suße). --89.53.31.253 18:09, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Stubbing
I could have sworn in my last Talk Heading that I mentioned a method of solving the versions problem, by making stubs out of the old pages, and editing the new one for current version. Also SuSE 10.1 should not be merged with OpenSuSE 10.1, because they are DIFFERENT. Not significantly no, however they are. Perhaps all the Novell products should be organised under the Novell article, as stubs or... something. They could be sub-categorised Linux, Security, Network admin... etc.

James Matthew 00:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Merger with openSUSE, SLED and SLES under new name
i think that the four articles hsould be merged under one name such as 'SUSE Linux Distributions' or something like that. This would also make the other articles more in depth as they will be able to rely off features found in each other as supporting evidence. --H a m m o 21:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I disagree. They are all different products sponsored by Novell. You wouldn't put Ubuntu and Kubuntu next to each other just because they're sponsored by Canonical, would you? Peteturtle 10:26, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

NEW ARTICLE
I have created the article entitled SUSE Linux Distibutions in order to provide an up to date resource for SUSE linux. I am a firm advocator for SUSE and hope that the general wikipedian public agrees on this article becoming the proper article for SUSE Linux. As of now I am on SUSE IRC channels trying to get professionals to clean up this article. To vote on whether this should be main page leave a yes or no comment under this comment --H a m m o 09:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

SUSE Features section
I have cleaned up a very ropey paragraph at the end of the section on the features of SUSE but it requires some more work from someone who know more of the topic that I. Especially the part stating that all open-source MP3 software is illegal. Alamaison 19:56, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Version 5.3
It seems that there was a release of a version 5.3 in July 1998, but it's not visible in the historic.

No information about Microsoft deal?
Is there a reasons that this article contains no information about Novell's deal with Microsoft and its consequence for SUSE and openSUSE? //Alukasz 08:59, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalized Page?
I am concerned that the SUSE page has been vandalized. If you search "Microsoft Linux" into the search bar it loads up the SUSE page. Is this vandalism or is there a reason for this? It looks like someone who is pissed off with the Novel-Microsoft Deal did vandalism.

Konrad Zuse
Article says: There is a rumour that the name is a tribute to the German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse. I remember that some time ago the article clearly and correctly stated that the pronounciation in German of Suse is distinct from Zuse (though in English this might differ) and not a tribute to not even reminiscent of Zuse in German. Therefore the article should not say there is a rumor it should debunk it. --Ben T/C 08:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I'd prefer the reference to the rumor should be removed altogether -- but I won't do so unless others agree to it. spazure  (contribs) (review) 09:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

SUSE as a UNIX consulting firm: founded in 1943?
Shurely shome mishtake?

Donate my Suse Linux 10.3 screen shot
Donate under Linux license Renegadeviking —Preceding comment was added at 22:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

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Deletion/merge
I think this article should be merged with SUSE Linux distributions and subsequently deleted.

There are already articles for:

 * SUSE Linux distributions Provides a general overview of the SuSE Linux family of products/
 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server The commercial server version of SuSE Linux.
 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop The commercial desktop version of SuSE Linux
 * openSUSE The community distribution from which SLES & SLED is derived.

I just don't see under where SUSE Linux falls under. It is redundant, confusing and un-needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.238.172.212 (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I also propose, and volunteer to, expand the SuSE Linux Distributions article as some details are missiong. E.g. SuSE Linux Retail Solution SLRS runs on many many retail/POS systems at many large retailers, etc. I think that's worthy of a mention.

I see already there was an attempt to merge, but with openSuSE article, which makes no sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.238.172.212 (talk) 21:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

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Gorbals

The Gorbals is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and former burgh, on the south bank of the River Clyde. By the late 19th century, it had become densely populated; rural migrants and immigrants were attracted by the new industries and employment opportunities of Glasgow. At its peak, during the 1930s, the wider Gorbals district (which includes the directly adjoined localities of Laurieston and Hutchesontown) had swollen in population to an estimated 90 000 residents, giving the area a very high population density of around 40 000/km2. Redevelopment after WWII has taken many turns, and the area's population is substantially smaller today. The Gorbals was also home to 16 high-rise flat blocks; only six are standing as of 2024, and two are planned for demolition.

Meaning of placename
The name is first documented in the 15th and 16th centuries as Gorbaldis, and its etymology is unclear. It may be related to the Ecclesiastical Latin word garbale ('sheaf'), found in the Scottish Gaelic term garbal teind ('tenth sheaf'), a tithe of corn given to a parish rector. The taking of garbal teind was a right given to George Elphinstone in 1616 as part of his 19-year tack ('lease'). The place name would therefore mean 'the Sheaves'. The name is similar to a Lowland Scots word gorbal ('unfledged bird'), perhaps a reference to lepers who were allowed to beg for alms in public. Gort a' bhaile ('garden of the town') conforms with certain suggestions made by A.G. Callant in 1888, but other interpretations are also popular.

The village of Gorbals, known once as Bridgend, being at the south end of the bridge over the Clyde towards Glasgow Cross, had been pastoral with some early trading and mining. The Industrial Revolution, thanks to the inventions of James Watt and others, stimulated major expansion of Glasgow. In 1846 the city absorbed Gorbals, with a population of some 3,000, and with cotton spinning and weaving factories, ironworks and engineering. Increasingly in the 19th and 20th centuries, the area became home to large numbers of migrants from the surrounding countryside, including the Scottish Highlands, and immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Eastern and Central Europe, to meet the needs of industrial capital.

History
Govan parish was one of the oldest possessions of the church in the region. The merk land of "Brigend and Gorbaldis" is referred to in several sources. The village of Brigend was named after the bridge which Bishop William Rae had built in 1345 over the River Clyde; it lasted until the 19th century. Lady Marjorie Stewart of Lochow was said to have had a hospital built for lepers and dedicated to St Ninian in 1350, although this year is contested by current historians' estimates dating her life and activities. The lands on which the hospital was built were named St Ninian's Croft. They were later incorporated into Hutchesontown.

After the Protestant Reformation, in 1579 the church granted the land for ground rents (feued the land) to Sir George Elphinstone, a merchant who was Provost of Glasgow (1600–1606). The barony and regality of the Gorbals was confirmed in 1606 by a charter of King James VI, which vested Elphinstone's son, also George, and his descendants. These powers descended to Sir Robert Douglas of Blackerstone, who in 1650 disponed (legally transferred) the Gorbals to Glasgow's magistrates for the benefit of the city, the Trades' House, and Hutchesons' Hospital. The magistrates from then on collected the rents and duties and divided them: one fourth to the city, one fourth to the Trades' House, and the remaining half to Hutchesons' Hospital.

In 1790 the lands were divided into lots for development; the city acquired the old feus of Gorbals and Bridgend, and also the Kingston portion of the Barony of Gorbals. The Trades' House obtained a western section; and the remaining section lying to the east and south was allocated to Hutchesons' Hospital. The Hutcheson's Trust sub-feud a portion of their lands to an ambitious builder, James Laurie. (His grave, along with those of many other builders of Gorbals, is marked with well-carved masons' implements, indicating his Master status. The gravestones are visible at the Burial Ground, established in 1715 and now called the Gorbals Rose Garden). Laurie built the first house in St Ninian Street in 1794.

The districts are now known as the Gorbals, Laurieston, Tradeston, Kingston and Hutchesontown. The Little Govan estate, including a small village of the same name, were replaced by the eastern parts of Hutchesontown and Oatlands. The Gorbals was a successful industrial suburb in the late 19th century, and attracted many Protestant and Catholic immigrants from Ireland, especially from Ulster (in particular from County Donegal), and Italy, as well as Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire and Eastern Europe. At one time most of the Jews in Scotland resided in this area. Industrial decay and over-population overwhelmed the area, which became a centre of poverty in the early 20th century. Gorbals railway station opened on 1 September 1877. Changes in the area meant a decrease in business, and it closed to passengers permanently on 1 June 1928.

In the 1870s, the City Improvement Trust cleared away the old Gorbals village and redeveloped the area to form the new Gorbals Cross, at the same time developing new workers' tenements around the former Oatlands Square.

Much of the early Gorbals village was replaced by modern tenements in the street grid system being adopted in the city centre and notably in the south side including neighbouring Tradeston, Kinning Park and Hutchesontown. Along the riverside the classical terraces of Laurieston had taken shape. By 1914 the population of Gorbals and Hutchesontown was working locally and in commerce in the city centre, factories and warehouses nearby of carpetmaking, garment making, food manufacturing, ironworks, chemical works, railways, docks, shipping, construction and engineering; supporting some 16 schools, 15 churches, three synagogues, swimming baths and libraries, and a range of picture-houses, dance halls and two theatres. One theatre, the Royal Princess's, is the Citizens Theatre today. Of its 19,000 houses 48% were now classed as overcrowded. To remedy over-crowding and lack of facilities within houses, local authority housing started in the 1920s on new areas being brought in by the city's expansion of boundaries. Between 1921 and 1951 the population of Gorbals and Hutchesontown fell by 21%. By 1964 there were 12,200 houses.

As with London and other major cities, in the post-war planning of the 1950s Glasgow Corporation decided to demolish many inner districts including Gorbals and Huchesontown, with families being dispersed to new outlying housing estates such as Castlemilk, in overspill agreements with New Towns such as East Kilbride, and others rehoused within the area but in huge concrete multi-storey towers. With its grid network of tenements facing directly onto the street, the neighbouring Govanhill district to the south (whose residents observed the demolition/modernisation in nearby areas such as the Gorbals and Pollokshaws with suspicion and successfully opposed the same fate befalling their homes, although they faced other challenges to improve their living conditions) offers some reminder of how the district used to look prior to its redevelopment. From the late 1990s, terraces of tenements in the modern style started to return and in the 21st century most of the concrete tower blocks have been demolished.

Glasgow Corporation's replacement of old, outdated and crowded housing with new high-rise towers of social housing in the 1960s greatly improved conditions but had social consequences. Lack of awareness of the effects of concentrating families resulted in poor design, and the low-quality construction of the concrete, 20-storey flats led to innumerable social and health problems among the residents. Many of the blocks developed mould and structural problems. Their designs prevented residents from visually controlling their internal and external spaces, adding to issues of social dysfunction. The Queen Elizabeth Square flats, designed by Sir Basil Spence, were demolished in 1993 to make way for a new generation of housing development.

In 2004, Glasgow Housing Association announced plans to demolish more of the decaying high-rise blocks, and to comprehensively refurbish and re-clad others. Two of the Area D blocks (Caledonia Road), as well as the entire Area E (Sandiefield) and Laurieston (Stirlingfauld / Norfolk Court) high-rise estates, were demolished between 2002 and 2016. In 2021, it was announced that the two remaining Area D multi storey blocks would also be condemned, meaning that the Area B or "Riverside" estate, designed by Robert Matthew, will be the only high-rise flats left in the Gorbals. New housing has been developed at lower density, with design elements to encourage residents' and public safety.

Much of the area, particularly Hutchesontown, was comprehensively redeveloped for a third time, providing a mix of private (market rate) and social housing. Earlier phases of this recent redevelopment tended toward yellow-brick reinterpretations of traditional tenements, in a post-modern style. More recent phases, masterplanned by Piers Gough, have employed noted modern architects such as Page/Park, Elder & Cannon and CZWG, resulting in more bold and radical designs, accompanied by innovative street plans and high-quality landscaping. They incorporated many pieces of public art. The Gorbals Leisure Centre opened in January 2000, and the number of shopping facilities in the area is on the rise. In 2005, fire destroyed the Catholic Church of Blessed John Duns Scotus as a result of a fallen candle. The church was restored and reopened for worship in September 2010. With much of the Hutchesontown area of the Gorbals improved, the urban and social-regeneration program expanded into the neighbouring Laurieston area to the west.

In the early 2000s, a local heritage group started a campaign to reinstate the cross fountain, aided by people attracted to their Facebook page, Old Gorbals Pictures (Heritage Group). The group have discovered that a copy of the original cross fountain was installed on the Caribbean island of St Kitts & Nevis. They are working to engage professional help to digitally scan this object to allow for the manufacture of 'Gorbals Cross, No 3', to be installed in a new development near to where it originally stood.

Since 1945, the Citizens Theatre has been based in the area at the former Royal Princess's Theatre, an historic Victorian building. The area also has a local newspaper Local News for Southsiders. The area is served by Bridge Street and West Street subway stations and numerous bus routes.

One of few buildings to survive the mid-20th century redevelopment is a pub called The Brazen Head, located at the northern end of Cathcart Road. Formerly a railway pub known as the Granite City, much of its clientele is Celtic F.C. supporters and has been associated with Irish Republicanism. Nearby is the architectural masterpiece of the Caledonia Road Church, Category A-listed mid-Victorian structure of remaining walls and tower designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson.

Historical maps
A large selection of historical maps of the Gorbals is available from the National Library of Scotland.

Notable natives and residents

 * Jimmy Boyle (b. 1944), convicted criminal, novelist and sculptor
 * Ian Brady (1938–2017; born in the Gorbals and named Ian Duncan Stewart); notable as the Moors murderer.
 * Boxer Frank Bruno moved to the Gorbals to live with his partner in 2012.
 * Lawrence Chaney (b. 1996), drag queen and winner of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK
 * Paddy Connolly (b. 1970), football player and coach
 * Owen Coyle (b, 1966), football player and manager
 * Paddy Crerand (b. 1939), football player and MUTV pundit (Celtic and Manchester United)
 * Tommy Docherty (1928–2020), football player and manager (Celtic, Preston North End, and Chelsea)
 * Dame Carol Ann Duffy (b. 1955), Poet Laureate of the UK
 * Hannah Frank (1908–2008), artist and sculptor
 * Ralph Glasser (1916–2002), psychologist and economist, writer of a three-volume autobiography, beginning with Growing up in the Gorbals
 * Alex Harvey (1935–1982), musician
 * Alexander Watson Hutton (1853–1936), a teacher and sportsman; considered the father of Argentine football, as he established teams there
 * Lorraine Kelly (b. 1959), television presenter, journalist and actress
 * Helena Kennedy (b. 1950), Labour member of the House of Lords
 * John Kurila (1941–2018) footballer who played briefly for Celtic F.C. as well as playing for Northampton Town and other English and Canadian clubs.
 * Sir Thomas Lipton (1848–1931), grocery mogul, founder of Lipton's Tea, and perennial contender for the sailing world's America's Cup.
 * Benny Lynch (1913–1946), boxer, became the British, European and World Flyweight Champion.
 * Gerry McAloon (1916 – 1987), football player with Brentford F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Celtic F.C. and Belfast Celtic F.C.
 * Michael McGurk (1958–2009), born here and moved to Australia, where he became a businessman; he was murdered outside his Sydney family home.
 * Gerry McLauchlan (b. 1989), formerly resident of Bishopbriggs, former footballer with Brechin City and Ayr United
 * John Maclean (1879–1923), socialist politician; stood for election in the area in the 1918 general election.
 * Frank McLintock (b. 1939), football player and pundit (Arsenal)
 * John Martyn (b. 1948), musician
 * Robert Millar (b. 1958), cyclist, the first English-speaking "King of the Mountains" champion in the Tour de France (1984)
 * Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), born and raised here; he achieved fame in the United States by establishing Pinkerton's detective agency.
 * William "Jock" Ross (b. 1943), the founder of the Australian outlaw Comanchero Motorcycle Club.
 * Phil (b. 1937) and Derek Shulman (b. 1947), born here, these brothers became musicians; performed with the 1970s British progressive rock band Gentle Giant.
 * John Spencer (Scottish footballer) (b. 1970), football player and manager
 * Joe Yule (1892–1950), stage comedian and father of actor Mickey Rooney

Representation in other media

 * The song Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice, by Hamish Imlach, mentions the Gorbals.
 * The novel No Mean City (1935) is set in the Gorbals.
 * The ballet Miracle in the Gorbals (1944), with choreography by Robert Helpmann and music by Arthur Bliss, is set there.
 * Robert McLeish's play The Gorbals Story (1946) is set there. Originally produced by the Glasgow Unity Theatre, it was adapted as a 1950 film by the same name.
 * Edwin Morgan set his poem "Glasgow Sonnet" in the Gorbals.
 * Oscar Marzaroli explored life in the Gorbals in the 1960s in his photographs, notably in his collection Shades of Grey – Glasgow 1956-1987
 * "The Jeely Piece Song" – a children's street song expressed profound change in the area's way of life.
 * Colin MacFarlane's autobiography, The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales from Glasgow's Meanest Streets (Edinburgh 2007), describes growing up in the 1960s in Gorbals
 * A scene in the promotional documentary short The Frasers' Return (1962), directed by Harvey Harrison, was shot in Gorbals council housing.
 * John Buchan's novel Huntingtower (1922) was adapted in 1978 as a popular BBC TV series of the same name, featuring the Gorbals Die-Hards. The setting was changed from Carrick in southwest Scotland to Glasgow.
 * The novel Swing Hammer Swing! (1992) by Jeff Torrington, decades in the writing, is set in the Gorbals.
 * The character Kristine Kochanski in the British TV series Red Dwarf grew up there – it is described as being the 'trendiest part of Glasgow' in the 23rd century (1997)
 * The television special Blackadder's Christmas Carol has a scene in which Prince Albert (played by Jim Broadbent), tries to explain his German accent to Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) by claiming to be Glaswegian. When Blackadder praises the Gorbals, Prince Albert accidentally mistakes his references, and promises to convey Blackadder's greetings to Joseph and Magda Goebbels.
 * The BBC documentary Poor Kids (2011) tells the story of a 10-year-old girl living in a mouldy, high-rise council flat in the Gorbals. The high rise is demolished during the filming of the documentary.
 * Top Chef Season 2 winner Ilan Hall named his first restaurant "The Gorbals" (in Los Angeles) after his immigrant Russian-Jewish father's neighbourhood in Glasgow.
 * In BBC comedy series The Thick of It, the main character Malcolm Tucker is called the "Gorbals Goebbels".

title: Gorbals