Events in Music History in September 2021

Electric Saint

Sep 5 Stewart Copeland's opera "Electric Saint" about the life of Nikola Tesla, with libretto by Jonathan Moore, premieres at the Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar, Germany

Music History

Sep 13 Nicki Minaj tweets misinformation about vaccines making men impotent, forcing prominent officials including Antony Fauci and the Health Minister of Trinidad, to publicly debunk it

Music History

Sep 19 RuPaul becomes the most decorated black artist in Emmy history, winning his 11th award for "RuPaul’s Drag Race"

Farm Aid Concert

Sep 25 Farm Aid held in Hartford, Connecticut; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Bettye LaVette, Tyler Childers, the Wisdom Indian Dancers, and the Horse Hill Singers [1]

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Sep 27 R&B artist R. Kelly is convicted on nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking after a six-week trial in New York [1]

Britney Spears Wins Freedom

Sep 29 Britney Spears' father Jamie Spears suspended as her conservator by a judge in Los Angeles after claims of abuse