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Electronic musician Banco De Gaia plays an album launch show for his album, Memories Dreams Reflections at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, UK.
On their 360 Degree tour, U2 play the first of two nights at the Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Snow Patrol.
The Peace Without Borders benefit concert is held in Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba, Caribbean. Over one million people turn up to see artists including Juanes (Colombia), Amaury Pérez (Cuba), Danny Rivera (Puerto Rico), Juan Fernando Velasco (Ecuador), Jovanotti (Italy), Luis Eduardo Auté (Spain), Miguel Bosé (Spain), Olga Tañón (Puerto Rico), Orishas (Cuba), Silvio Rodríguez (Cuba), Los Van Van (Cuba), Carlos Varela (Cuba), Víctor Manuel (Spain), CuCu Diamantes y Yerba Buena (Venezuela / Cuba) and X Alfonso (Cuba). The stated aim of the event is to help bring peace and unity to the region, but some critics perceive it as servicing the PR aims of Fidel Castro's government.
At the Monterey Jazz Festival, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree (D.Mus. honoris causa) from Berklee College of Music.