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Roy Orbison, Joe Ely, J.D. Souther and Will Jennings are named as inductees for the 2016 Texas Songwriters Hall Of Fame. The announcememnt is made by songwriter Robert Earl Keen at the Key West Songwriters Festival in Florida, USA.
B.B. King, arguably the defining blues guitarist of his era, dies aged 89 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On the first night of U2's Innocence And Experience tour, guitarist The Edge mis-judges location of, er, the edge of the stage in Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and tumbles into the pit. He escapes with only minor injuries to his arm.
On their Rock Or Bust tour, AC/DC play at The Red Bull Ring, Zeltweg, Austria, Europe, supported by Vintage Trouble.