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5 years ago
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at The Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.
King Diamond, supported by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats and Idle Hands, play at The Palace Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.Alec Benjamin plays at Muffathall, Munich, Germany, Europe, supported by Boy In Space.
The Bill Frisell Trio with Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen plays at Jazz Standard, New York City, USA. 
The Brian Setzer Orchestra plays at Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre At The Count Basie Center For The Arts, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA.Michael Putland, one of the most revered of rock photographers, dies aged 72 of prostate cancer.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fifth of ten shows at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.10 years ago
The Jesus And Mary Chain perform their landmark debut album, Psychocandy, in its entirety at The Troxy, London, England, UK.
Rachael Dadd releases a new album, We Resonate, on Talitres Records in the UK and Europe.
When Kasabian play at The SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, a photograph of a banner proclaiming "London is full of c***s" is projected on the screen behind the group during the song Clouds. The band later claims that the banner was "a production fault". At the same gig, a gang of thieves steal £10,000 worth of mobile phones belonging to fans of the band.
Blank Space by Taylor Swift reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, replacing her own single Shake It Off. She thus becomes the first woman in the Hot 100's 56-year history to succeed herself at No1.
Welsh mezzo soprano singer Katherine Jenkins visits HMV, Oxford Street, London, UK, to sign copies of her newly released album Home Sweet Home.
50 years ago
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the first of fifteen nights at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jazz trombonist (aka George Brunies and Georg Brunis) dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He first found success as a jazz trombonist working on the Mississippi Riverboats. He played with Ragbaby Stevens, The New orleans Rhythm Kings, Louis Prima, Ted Lewis, Muggsy Spanier, Eddie Condon and others. He earned himself the nickname "The King Of The Tailgate Trombone".
New Orleans-style jazz trombonist and bandleader George Brunies dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA.75 years ago
Fourteen-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis makes his live debut at the opening of a Ford dealership in Ferriday, Louisiana, USA. He plays Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee.
100 years ago
On the second day of the The Third Annual Chicago Radio Show of 1924, a week-long trade fair at The Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, USA, ten thousand people are turned away. The show features over 250 exhibits of radio receivers, parts, and receiver accessories, including exhibits from Italy, Japan, Germany, and France. 25,000 visitors attend each day.
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