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• Legendary DJ and radio presenter John Peel dies from a heart attack on a working holiday in Peru.

• Tiësto is crowned DJ Mag’s no 1 again, and plays at the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Athens.

• Beatport.com launches the first proper dance music download store featuring music from just 79 labels.

• Eric Prydz released Call On Me with THAT infamous video.

• The Shapeshifters bag a UK no. 1 single with “Lola’s Theme”.

• UK Singles Download Chart was launched in September 2004 

• Top of the Pops moved from Friday evening on BBC 1 to Sunday evening on BBC 2.

• Under sponsorship by then-Senator Joe Biden, Congress attempted to pass the 2002 Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act, better known as the RAVE Act

• Annie Mac makes the transition from producer to presenter and joins the on-air team at BBC Radio 1 

• Lollapalooza festival is cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

• The Prodigy release their much anticipated and postponed album “Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned”.

• Greame Park celebrates 20 years of DJing and after stints of Kiss, Galaxy and Juice he joins Key 103 in Manchester for a weekly show.

• After complaints about noise pollution, Space Ibiza manages to keep it's legendary open terrace for one final year.

• Brighton Council pull the plug on Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Boutique III

Notable Albums
 

• High Contrast - High Society [Hospital Records]

• Soulwax - Any Minute Now [PIAS]

• Sasha - Involver [Global Underground]

• The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned [XL Recordings]

• Duran Duran - Astronaut [Epic]

• Eminem - Encore [Interscope]

• Tiesto - Parade of The Athletes [Magik Muzik]