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Elton John, Toto, Earth, Wind And Fire, Sarah McLachlan and others
take part in the Yamaha 125th Anniversary Concert, at The NAMM Show
in Anaheim, California, USA.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at The MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Rook And The Ravens, The Van Susans and The Shoestrung play at The Borderline, London, UK.
The singles Set Fire To The Rain and Skyfall by Adele are awarded platinum certification by the BPI in the UK.
R'n'B singer, songwriter and record producer Greg Carroll dies, aged 83, following an aneurysm in Creston, North Carolina, USA. Carroll not only co-wrote and produced Doris Troy's 1963 hit Just One Look, but was a member of several successful vocal harmony or "doo-wop" groups including The Four Buddies and The Orioles.
The three-day-long London A Cappella Festival, curated by the 5-time Grammy- winning vocal group The Swingle Singers, continues at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, UK.
While the band Kombo Kolombia is playing at a party in a warehouse in the town of Hidalgo, Nueva Leon, Mexico, Central America, ten gunmen burst in and force eighteen musicians and crew members into waiting vehicles. A week later, with the help of one victim who escaped, seventeen bodies will be recovered from a nearby well.On their Changed tour, Rascal Flatts play at The Adams Center, Missoula, Montana, USA.
The Great British Rock And Blues Festival, a three-day event, begins at various venues in Skegness, UK. Artists appearing over the coming days include The Animals, The Blues Band, Colin Blunstone, Focus, Curved Air, Hawkwind, Eddie And The Hot Rods, John Coughlin's Quo, Stray and The Stumble.
Portage and Main launch their new album, Never Had The Time, with a gig/party at The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
Juelz Santana of hip hop band The Diplomats is sentenced to two years probation for threatening to kill a neighbour who intervened and called the police when he heard Juelz assaulting his girlfriend.