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Los Campesinos begin an eight-date European tour at the Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany.
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Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen play at the Lights Theatre, Andover, UK.
When Metallica play in Simon Bolivar Park, Bogota, Colombia, South America, 168 fans are arrested. Police use tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of rioters who are trying to get into the sold-out concert without tickets.
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Guitarist and singer Micky Jones, one of the founders of Welsh prog rock band, Man, dies in Swansea, Wales, UK, Europe, aged 63. Jones left Man in 2002 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour and spent the remaining years of his life in a care home in Swansea.
In a feature in The Guardian newspaper, Bob Geldof accuses the BBC World Service of a "total collapse of standards and systems". The international broadcasting network had recently claimed that 95% of the $100m raised by the Geldof-inspired 1985 Live Aid concert to fight famine in Ethipoia was diverted by rebels and spent on weapons.
Cashing in on the vogue for 3-D movies, Lady Gaga announces that her next tour will be in 3-D. The media cheerfully report this fact despite it being patently unclear what the term 3-D means when used in the context of a music tour.
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