1. 1974, George Harrison became the first Beatle to undertake a solo world tour when he played the first show of a 30-night tour in Vancouver, Canada.

2. Also in 1974, Stevie Wonder went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'You Haven't Done Nothin', the singers fourth US No.1. The track featured The Jackson Five on backing vocals.

3. U2 scored their second UK No.1 single with 'The Fly' in 1991, taken from their album 'Achtung Baby'. The song was also a showcase for a persona Bono had invented called "The Fly".

4. Armed police arrested an international gang who were planning to kidnap former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her two young children in 2002. The gang had planned to ransom Victoria for £5m. Scary!!!

5. 2015 was the year for Adele as she went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hello', the lead track from her third album 25. 'Hello' became the first song to sell more than a million digital copies in a single week and the third highest weekly sales total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.

6. In 2016, Taylor Swift was the highest-paid woman in music, according to Forbes' annual list, having earned more than double her nearest competitor Adele. The 26-year-old pop star had amassed earnings of $170m (£137.8m) over the past year, mainly thanks to a world tour named after her recent 1989 album.