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It is announced that Oldham Council in England, UK, has named its newest road gritting vehicle Nicole Saltslinger, in honour of former Pussycat Dolls vocalist Nicole Scherzinger. The council had run an online competition inviting local people to devise a name for the gritter and Nicole Saltslinger was chosen as the most suitable, beating off other suggestions including Gritney Spears, Gritney Houston, Spready Mercury and Gritter Garbo.
Duran Duran lose a high court battle in the UK over rights to some of their most famous songs in the USA.
Thirty-six people die in a fire during a do-it-yourself party at the Ghost Ship Warehouse, Oakland, California, USA. The warehouse is hosting a concert featuring artists from the house music record label 100% Silk. Among the dead is musician Joey Casio.
Stanley Brinks (formerly known as Herman Dune) and Freschard play at Altes Volksbad, Mannheim, Germany, Europe.
Junk Machine release their debut LP, Inner Child Labour, on Apollon Records in the UK.
Katie Melua and The Gori Women's Choir play at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England, UK.
Oritse Williams, formerly a member of boy band JLS, performs at The Gorgeous Club in Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe. After the show, he retires to a hotel room with a 20-year-old woman who will later claim that he raped her in the room.