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Reggae singer Jah Cure is arrested and charged with illegal possession of ganja after his car is stopped and searched by police during a spot check on Dunrobin Avenue, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean.
It is announced that Dave Atkins, drummer for Australian band Wolfmother, has quit after two years to spend more time with his family. Atkins is replaced by Will Rockwell-Scott for the duration of the band's current tour.
Bruce Springsteen is honoured with an award at the 9th Annual Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards in The Great Hall, Ellis Island, New York City, USA.
Warner/Chappell Music announces that it has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with John Paul Jones and Joshua Homme of Them Crooked Vultures. As part of the agreement, Warner/Chappell will administer Jones' and Homme's interests in the compositions they create with TCV, including songs from the band's self-titled debut album, and all future compositions with the group.
The movie My Own Love Song, whose soundtrack includes music written by Bob Dylan [including Life is Hard from his 2009 album Together Through Life] has its first American showing at the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan, New York City, USA. A road movie, it stars Renee Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima and Nick Nolte.
Obeying his GPS navigation device without question, a Bavarian driver does a U-turn on a motorway and drives against the flow of traffic. As a result, he crashes into another car and injures an 11-year-old boy. Reading of this incident in a newspaper, Duran Duran will write the song Blame The Machines.
Representatives acting on behalf of Courtney Love deny that she is changing her name to Courtney Michelle.
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Joni Mitchell blasts Bob Dylan as a "plagiarist" and a "fake" in an interview published by the Los Angeles Times.
Bret Michaels, former singer of Poison is rushed to hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA, for emergency surgery, following a brain hemorrhage.
Sony/ATV announces that it has signed an exclusive songwriting agreement with Illinois-based singer-songwriter 