January 31, 2010

The Record Academy honors Leonard Cohen with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. During his acceptance speech, Cohen comments on his surprise at receiving a Grammy, joking that he “was always touched by the modesty of [the Recording Academy’s] interest in my work.”

February 1, 2009

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the Bridgestone halftime show during Super Bowl XLIII between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

February 2, 2019

Marshmello performs a virtual concert inside the online game Fortnite that is seen by about 10 million gamers. To pull it off, they rigged him to a body-motion suit that transfers his movements to the screen. It’s the first large-scale integration of a concert within a video game.

February 3, 1959

RIP Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson die in a plane crash. Don McLean would call it “The Day the Music Died” in his 1971 hit “American Pie.”

February 4, 2017

Black Sabbath plays the last concert of their farewell tour at the Genting Arena in their English home city of Birmingham. Their last song of the night, “Paranoid,” streams live on Facebook so fans around the world can witness the historic moment onstage.

February 5, 2018

Paul Simon announces his last tour, the Homeward Bound Tour.

February 6, 1945

Bob Marley is born Nesta Robert Marley in Jamaica. His mother is a native of Jamaica and his father is an officer in the British military.