This was Killing Joke's last album not to include the original four members of the band.
April 3 – Killing Joke released their thirteenth studio album, Hosannas from the Basements of Hell. April 1 – April 2 – The Festival Imperial is held in the Autódromo La Guácima, in Alajuela, Costa Rica. 25 - Christofer Johnsson quits Demonoid while the band hires Emperor Magus Caligula as his replacement although it wasn't publicly announced that Emperor Magus Caligula was hired until 2007. March 22 – Aerosmith cancel their tour after lead singer Steven Tyler is taken ill, requiring throat surgery. March 21 – My Chemical Romance release their first live album Life on the Murder Scene. March 11 – James Blunt, with his single " You're Beautiful", becomes the first British artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart since Elton John with " Candle In The Wind 1997" almost nine years earlier. March 10 - David Gilmour begins his first world tour since Pink Floyd's 1994 world tour, in support of his On an Island album. The group was nominated for the song " It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from the Hustle & Flow film soundtrack. March 5 – Three 6 Mafia became the first African American hip-hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Song and also became the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony. This is the first time a rock band has achieved a number one hit in the US country charts. Bon Jovi's second single, " Who Says You Can't Go Home", from the album Have A Nice Day goes to number one in the U.S. Performers included Ashlee Simpson and Chris Brown. Other winners include Fall Out Boy, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey, Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Amanda Bynes, and My Chemical Romance. Madonna wins the Lifetime Achievement Award and Bono wins the Most Inspired Artist/Humanitarian Award. February 25 – The fourth annual Total Request Live awards are held in New York City, USA. February 24 – Premiere of The Scarecrow by Joseph Turrin at University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center. 
February 22 – The one billionth song is downloaded on iTunes the song is " Speed of Sound" by Coldplay. SPILLAGE VILLAGE BEARS LIKE THIS TOO VARIOUS ARTISTS ITUNES FREE
February 18 – The Rolling Stones give a free concert to two million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
February 10 – White Lion/ Black Label Society bassist James Lorenzo joins Megadeth as the replacement for James MacDonough (who was previously in Iced Earth). Kelly Clarkson is the first American Idol contestant ever to win a Grammy. 
Mariah Carey won three of her eight nominations, her first Grammys since 1991. U2 is the night's big winner, with five awards. Madonna opens the awards for a third time.
February 8 – The 48th annual Grammy Awards are handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA. February 1 – Vienna State Opera announces that music director Seiji Ozawa will have to cancel all of his performance commitments for 2006 due to ill-health. 
January 31 – American hardcore punk band Champion announced their impending breakup, with a final show scheduled for May.January 24 – British girl band All Saints announce they will regroup for a tour and album later in the year.January 16 – Transplants frontman, Rob Aston, announces that the band has disbanded shortly after their fall tour was cancelled.January 13 – Mylène Farmer launches her Avant que l'ombre.January 11–15 – MahlerFest XIX, honoring Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, is held in Boulder, Colorado, USA.January 10 – Eric Burdon releases they album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band.
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