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UK-based music retailer HMV announces a 10% sales increase, pushing profits for the last year up to £136m.
The Dave Matthews Band plays at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
The album I Left My Heart In San Francisco by Tony Bennett is awarded a gold disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Sanctuary Records, whose artist roster includes Elton John, announces that a drop in sales of its records has resulted in a profit drop from £7m to £1m for the past year.
Shoe manufacturers Nike apologise to to Washington, D.C.-based hardcore rock act Minor Threat for misappropriating the band's logo and other imagery in its own advertising poster for a skateboarding tour.
Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys is sentenced to a three month alcohol treatment program in court in Santa Ana, California, USA, following his appearance on drunk driving charges.
Fountains of Wayne release a new compilation album, Out of State Plates, on Virgin Records in the USA. The album is a two-disc compilation of non-album tracks and previously unreleased recordings spanning the group's entire career. It also includes two new songs, Maureen and The Girl I Can't Forget, plus the first official release of the group's 1999 version of Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time.
Starbucks announce the imminent and exclusive release of an album of Bob Dylan live performances from Greenwich Village's Gaslight Cafe in 1962, previously only available as bootlegs.
Brian McKnight and New Edition play at The American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, USA.
Alanis Morissette, supported by Jason Mraz, continues her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour at the Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Fugees re-unite for a live performance at The BET Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA. Stevie Wonder, Destiny's Child, Mary J Blige, The Game and Missy Elliott also perform live. The show is hosted by Will Smith, and the main awards are as follows :
Kanye West - Male Hip Hop Artist
Kanye West - Video Of The Year
John Legend - New Artist
Alicia Keys - Female RAndB Artist
Destiny's Child - Best Group
Jamie Foxx - Best Actor
On their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play the first of two nights at Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA.
CKY release their third album, An Answer Can Be Found, on Island/Def Jam Records in the USA.
The Vans Warped Tour, plays at the NMSU Practice Field, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, with a bill including My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, The Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.
In a move widely seen as being sparked by Bob Geldof's Live8 initiative, The Canadian House Of Commons calls for a rise in foreign aid levels.
String Cheese Incident release a new album, One Step Closer on SCI Fidelity records in the USA.
David Cassidy, David Essex, The Osmonds and Les McKeown's 70s Bay City Rollers play at The Brighton Centre, Brighton, England, UK.