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The Toronto Jazz Festival, a ten day event, continues at venues in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Artists appearing during the course of the festival include Ziggy Marley, Esperanza Spalding, Bill Frisell, George Benson, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Trombone Shorty, Natalie Cole, The Canadian Jazz Quartet and Benny Green.
Muse announce that their new single, Survival, has been chosen as the official song for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
James Taylor [the singer-songwriter, not the jazz musician] is presented with the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award at the Salon Vert of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, during The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.
While on his way to New York City, USA to make tv appearances promoting his memoir, SoulaCoaster, R. Kelly is taken ill. He returns to Chicago for emergency medical treatment arising from complications from surgery he had in 2011 to treat an abscess on his vocal cords.
On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play at The Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of five nights at The Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
Lady Gaga, currently on tour in Australia, Oceania, phones in a bid of $133,075 to buy a gown by her friend the late designer Alexander McQueen at a sale hosted by fashion collector Guinness at Christie's auction house in South Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe. Proceeds from the auction are to benefit the Isabella Blow Foundation, created in memory of the late fashion editor who committed suicide after a long battle of depression.
James Taylor [the singer-songwriter, not the jazz musician] is presented with the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award at the Salon Vert of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Rihanna is obliged to evacuate her room in The Corinthia Hotel, Whitehall Place, London, England, UK, Europe, when firemen are called in to deal with a fire in a lift shaft.
On their Rock Of Ages Tour, Def Leppard play at The Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, supported by Poison and Lita Ford.
On their Maiden England World Tour, Iron Maiden play at Jones Beach, Wantagh, New York State, USA, supported by Alice Cooper.
Don Grady, Mouseketeer, tv sitcom actor and drummer of sunshine pop band The Yellow Balloon, dies of cancer aged 68, at his home in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
Beat Connection play at Bardot, Miami, Florida, USA.
On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play at The Volt Festival, Lover Kempingek, Sopron, Hungary, Europe.
The original three members of Sugababes register the name Mutya Keisha Siobhan as a trademark. This is the new name under which the trio will release music commercially, because of legal problems over ownership of the original name.
Guns N'Roses play at The St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland, Europe.
On their first tour together in over twenty years, the surviving members of The Beach Boys play at The PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA.
Crosby, Stills And Nash play the second of two nights at The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
Linkin Park release their fifth studio album, Living Things in Argentina and Finland.