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Brian Wilson plays at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Hamsters and Jon Amor play at The Folk And Roots Festival, Southsea, England, UK.
Hoobastank and Crossfade play at The Antelope Valley Fair, Lancaster, California, USA.
Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age collapses from exhaustion after a show in Hamburg, Germany, Europe. The following night's show in Stuttgart is also cancelled.
Bandleader and tv presenter Jools Holland marries his girlfriend of fifteen years, Christabel McEwen, at St James's Church, near Rochester, Europe, UK. Guests include Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Lulu, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ade Edmondson and film director Tim Pope.
Patricia Vonne releases a new album, Guitars And Castanets, in the UK on Measured Records.
Hurricane
Katrina makes landfall at Grand Isle, approximately 90km south
of New Orleans, Louisana, USA. In the days that follow, New Orleans
will be devastated with at least 1,836 people dying in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since 1928. Total property damage will be estimated at $81bn. The 2006 song Wide Awake by
Audioslave will be one of the first musical responses to the disaster, but others include Missin' Mississippi by Van Dyke Parks, Hurricane Katrina [The Ghosts of New Orleans] by Frances Donnelly, Katrina by Anders Osbourne, Hell No, We Ain't Alright by Public Enemy, Gov Did Nothin' by The John Butler Trio and Midnight In The City Of Destruction by The Nightwatchman.
Les Paul releases a new album, Les Paul And Friends - American Made World Played, in the UK on Capitol Records. The friends include Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Joss Stone, Buddy Guy, Keith Richards, Steve Miller, Mick Hucknall and many others.
The Ordinary Boys release a new single, Life Will Be The Death Of Me, on b-unique Records in the UK.
Kanye West files a $1.3m lawsuit in Chicago, Illinois, USA, alleging that DJ Eric 'E-Smoove' Miller tried to illegally distribute ten unreleased songs by West from ten years earlier.
Kanye West releases his second album, Late Registration, in the UK on Roc-A-Fella Records.
Jamie Cullum plays the first of five nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK.