2nd May

Rapper Gucci Mane is released [again] on bail from prison in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where he was incarcerated for assaulting a man in an Atlanta nightclub with a bottle, and also for a parole violation.

Hands play their first-ever British date, at The Shacklewell Arms, London, UK.

Gary U.S. Bonds , Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels, Mark Wynter and The Fleerekkers play at The Granada, Kingston, UK.

Jay-Z attends a meeting in Long Island, New York State, USA, of a group planning to renovate the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum outside New York City.

Gregory Porter is interviewed live on BBC tv show Breakfast at Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK.

Cowboy Junkies play at Yoshi's, San Francisco, California, USA.

Blues-rock trio The Blue Trees play at The Beehive, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.

As part of the Lumia Live Sessions tour British electro pop band Fenech-Soler perform in a mixed martial arts caged arena [Leeds Cage] in Leeds, England, UK, Europe, to an audience of approximately 150 people.

Ramblin' Jack Elliott plays at Knucklehead's Saloon, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

The funeral service for George Jones, widely considered "the greatest voice in country music," is held at The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Mark Knopfler plays at Palaolimipico, Torino, Italy, Europe.

Jeff Hanneman, one of the founding guitarists of pioneering thrash metal band Slayer, dies aged 49 of liver failure at Hemet Valley Medical Center, Inland Empire, Southern California, USA. In early 2001, Hanneman had contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease possibly caused by a spider bite. Hanneman almost lost his arm, and was briefly placed in a medically-induced coma, but had seemed to be recovering in recent months.