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Pon De Replay, the debut single by Rihanna, enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA at No2. Mariah Carey remains at No1 with We Belong Together.
The Vans Warped Tour, plays at Molson Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 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.
B.B. King celebrates his imminent 80th birthday with a multi-artist blues concert at the Isle of Capri's Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA to benefit the planned B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center. Also on the bill are Deborah Coleman, Bobby Blue Bland, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Jody Williams and Dickey Betts. King closes the show with his own set and a jam that includes all of the artists.
The Michael Jackson compilation, The Essential is the highest new entry in the UK albums chart, entering at No2. James Blunt remains at No1 with Bedlam.
Brendan Benson plays at The Larimer Lounge, Denver, Colorado, USA, supported by Robbers On High Street.
The third day of the Cambridge Folk Festival at Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England, UK., features Lucinda Williams, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Jimmy Webb, Kate Rusby, Altan and others.
Slim Thug enters the Billboard Top 200 albums chart in the USA at No2 with Already Platinum. R. Kelly remains at No1 with TP.3 Reloaded.
Rod Stewart plays the second of two nights at The NEC Arena, Birmingham, England, UK.
Ronan Keating plays at Osbourne House, Isle Of Wight, England, UK, supported by Beulah.
Nas, Redman, Sage Francis, Cuban Linx and Cut Chemist play in the first of two Rock The Bells concerts in San Bernardino, California, USA.
The highest-grossing concert of the week in the USA is Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and others at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 54,000 people attend the show and ticket sales reach almost $3.5m.
Def Leppard, Bryan Adams and Randy Coleman play at Alexian Field, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA.
On her Living Room tour, Carole King plays at The Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Lee Ryan, formerly a member of the boy band Blue, scores the highest new entry in the UK pop singles chart with Army Of Lovers entering at No3. James Blunt remains at No1 with You're Beautiful.
Kris Kristofferson plays at Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Oceania.