- May 6 "The Good Stuff" single released by Kenny Chesney (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)
Music History
May 6 The Rolling Stones fly a yellow blimp emblazoned with their logo at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NYC to announce forthcoming international tour
Cats
May 11 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" (based on poetry by T. S. Eliot) directed by Trevor Nunn, closes at the New London Theatre in the West End, London, after 8,949 performance
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
May 16 "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, opens in cinemas
Academy of Country Music Awards
May 22 37th Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride & Alan Jackson win
- May 25 47th Eurovision Song Contest: Marie N for Latvia wins singing "I Wanna" in Tallinn
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