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On their The End World Tour, Black Sabbath play at The Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA, supported by Rival Sons.
It is revealed that, just two days after the election of Donald Trump as President Of The USA, the song It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. achieves a 435% sales increase to 3,000 sold, and a 312 percent streaming increase to 601,000. Also scoring significant increases in the immediate wake of the election are American Idiot by Green Day, FDT (F*ck Donald Trump) by YG feat. Nipsey Hussle, You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones, Up Like Trump by Rae Sremmurd, Donald Trump by Mac Miller and, inevitably, God Bless America by Lee Greenwood.
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Protomartyr and The Gotobeds play at The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Leonard Cohen is buried in a small, quiet ceremony on Mount Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, alongside other members of his family.
British rapper Giggs speaks out against the Metropolitan Police's use of the controversial Form 696 which requires venues in London, England, UK, Europe, to supply the names, stage names, addresses and phone numbers of all promoters and artists participating in an event - particularly if a night "predominantly features DJs or MCs performing to a backing track". Form 696 is widely thought to have racist implications, and Giggs declares, "They need to work with us. If they think there's a threat then help us - put some police out there and work with us rather than just shutting us down."