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Gogol Bordello play at the O2 Academy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, supported by Matt And Kim and Mariachi El Bronx.
An All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) festival curated by The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening, comes to an end at Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, UK. Over the course of the festival's three days, artists appearing have included Iggy And The Stooges, Joanna Newsom, Spiritualized performing Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, The xx, CocoRosie, Built To Spill, She & Him, James Chance And The Contortions, Liars, Boredoms performing 9 Drummer Boadrum, The Raincoats, Toumani Diabate, Danielson, Anni Rossi, James Blackshaw, Viv Albertine's Limerence, Panda Bear, Daniel Johnston, The Residents, Deerhunter, Broadcast, Shonen Knife, Ruins alone (Tatsuya Yoshida), Amadou And Mariam, Ponytail, Konono No1, Thee Oh Sees, Juana Molina, Lightning Dust, Hope Sandoval, The Tiger Lillies, Hello Saferide, The Fresh And Onlys, Cold Cave, Trash Kit and Jill Sobule.
Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson and Oprah Winfrey take part in a charity fund-raising walk in New York City to celebrate O, The Oprah Magazine's 10th Anniversary.
Lena Horne dies of heart failure, aged 92, at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, USA.
Syd Bucknor, long-term engineer at Jamaica's legendary Studio One, dies of cancer aged 72, at St. Charles Hospital, London, UK. In his years at Studio One he worked with The Skatalites, The Wailers, Max Romeo, The Slickers, John Holt and many others.
The Bluetones come to the end of a 22-date UK tour at The Music Cafe, Leicester, England.
On their Long Road Out Of Eden tour, The Eagles play the first of two night at The GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
KISS play 
On his Get Lucky tour, when Mark Knopfler plays at The Palace Theatre, Albany, New York State, USA, he performs the entire show perched on a stool because of a recent back injury.