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The Manhattan Transfer play the first of five nights at The Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
Producer Rob Fusari files a $35m breach of contract lawsuit in New York City, USA, against Lady Gaga.
Gomez play the first of three nights at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
On their Circle Tour, Bon Jovi play at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Taylor Swift is honoured at a private dinner in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where her 6x Platinum album, Fearless, is officially recognized as the Most Awarded Album in the History of Country Music. Fearless is the only album to have won the all-genre Album of The Year Grammy, plus Country Album of the Year Awards from the Grammys, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and the American Music Awards.
When Alicia Keys' Freedom tour plays at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, she is joined onstage by Beyonce and Jay-Z.
On their The Resistance tour, Muse play at the Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Author, music publisher and BBC DJ Charlie Gillett dies of a heart attack in hospital in London, UK, after a long illness, aged 68. Known as a champion of world music, Gillett is credited with discovering Dire Straits in 1976 after playing Sultans of Swing from their demo tape on his Radio London show Honky Tonk.
Influential rocker Alex Chilton, famed for his work with The Box Tops and Big Star, dies of a heart attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, aged 59. Affected by the news of Chilton's death, Maura Kennedy of The Kennedys will be inspired to write Big Star Song for their 2012 album Closer Than You Know. The earlier song, Alex Chilton, by The Replacements is also, it hardly needs saying, about Chilton.
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The Backstreet Boys come to the end of the Australian and Asian leg of their This Is Us tour with a gig at Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China, Asia.
On her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.