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Rufus Wainwright's first opera, Prima Donna, is presented during an 18-day run at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, during the Manchester International Festival.
When The Horrors play at the Lounge On The Farm festival, frontman Faris Badwan is laid low with bronchitis, forcing the band to cancel their imminent appearances at T In The Park and the Oxegen festival in Ireland.
Kicaberry play at
Swindon
Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Two years later, Kicaberry
front man and songwriter Josh
Kumra will be a featured vocalist on Wretch 32's UK No1 hit Don't
Go, a rap-infused cover of a song written by Kumra.
The three day long T In The Park festival begins at Balado, Scotland. Today's line-up is headlined by Kings Of Leon, with appearances also by Franz Ferdinand, Maximo Park and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Forbes magazine reports that Jay-Z is the year's highest-earning hip-hop artist, having raked in $35m in the past 12 months.
Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women play at The World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
In an interview in The Guardian, Leonard Cohen asks for a moratorium on new recordings of his song Hallelujah, feeling that it has reached the point of over-kill.
The Zombies, The Yardbirds and The Spencer Davis Group play in the Rock Royalty tour at The Fillmore, Irving Plaza, New York City, USA.
Robert Plant is made a Commander of the British Empire by Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Europe.