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Pete Doherty, troubled former singer with British band The Libertines, is granted reduced bail at Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, England, UK, Europe, in order to enable him to play a concert with his new band Babyshambles.
While shooting a segment for The Oprah Winfrey Show, Jessica Simpson is hospitalized briefly in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a stomach virus.
R.E.M. are forced to cancel tonight’s gig at Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, UK, when bassist Mike Mills falls ill with flu-like symptoms.
Reggae singer Sizzla is released after police question him about his alleged involvement in gunrunning and gang violence. He had been one of thirty-three people arrested a few days earlier when a co-ordinated police/military raid in the community of August Town, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, found six AK-47 rifles, three sniper rifles, a submachine gun and 58 rounds of ammunition.
Three-times Grammy-nominated cabaret singer Bobby Short, a fixture at his piano in the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, USA, for more than 35 years, dies of leukaemia, aged 80.
On their Ahoi tour 
Bradford-on-Avon based singer-songwriter Marie Roche releases her debut album, Roomfull Of Noise on Transmit Records.