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It is announced that Status Quo are to perform live on long-running UK tv soap Coronation Street. They will be seen playing in the show’s pub, The Rovers Return, for the wedding of two of the soap’s characters, Cilla Brown and Les Battersby.
An Exhibition entitled Banjo Man - The Musical Journey Of Earl Scruggs, opens at The Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where it will run for four months.
On her Big Beautiful Tour, Jill Scott plays the first of two nights at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.
Jazz guitarist, singer, songwriter and performer Tony Romano dies of heart failure at a rest home in Santa Ana, California, USA. In a lengthy career he had performed on radio and appeared in Hollywood musical productions, becoming noted as a musical accompanist to Bob Hope and Frances Langford during their USO tours in World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars.
It is reported that legendary New York City, USA, punk venue CBGB's may have to close down forever in August, if lease-renewal negotiations with the property's landlord aren't settled to club owner Hilly Kristal’s satisfaction.
Coldplay play an "X And Y Secret Promo gig" at Whitfield Studios, London, England, UK.