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Brenda Lee records What'd I Say and Is It True, in London, UK, with producer Mickie Most. Guitarist on the session is Jimmy Page, later to play with The Yardbirds and form Led Zeppelin.
At The Knuckles Club, Carlisle St, London, England, UK, Europe, part-owned by Pretty Things drummer Viv Prince, Jimi Hendrix jams with Deep Feeling, which includes Dave Mason on guitar and Jim Capaldi on drums. Later, at Hyde Park Towers, Jimi writes Stone Free.
The Cream play a charity appeal gig at the Royal Agricultural College, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Yardbirds and The Mindbenders. Eric Clapton of The Cream was, of course, formerly the guitarist for The Yardbirds. At this stage, however, he had been replaced by revered session player Jimmy Page, who would subsequently re-name the group The New Yardbirds and then, Led Zeppelin.
UK release of debut album, Are You Experienced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. During the day, Hendrix signs a music publishing contract. In the evening, the band plays a gig at the Bluesville 67 Club, Manor House, London, N4. Finally Hendrix jams at The Speakeasy with Procol Harum.For a fourth consecutive night, Jimi Hendrix jams with the Jeff Beck Group at The Scene Club, New York City, USA.
At Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, UK, Europe, the two-day long Woburn Music Festival kicks off, starring The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pentangle, Alexis Korner, Family, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Roy Harper, Al Stewart, Shirley And Dolly Collins and Geno Washington. Tickets cost £2.
The Polka Tulk Blues Band plays at The County Ballroom, Carlisle, England, UK, Europe. They will find greater success when they evolve into Black Sabbath.
The New Yardbirds, later to re-name themselves Led Zeppelin, play the second of two nights at The Manglerud Club, Oslo, Norway, Europe, bringing their Scandinavian tour to an end.
UK tv pop show Top Of The Pops features Vanity Fayre, Edwin Starr, The Four Tops, Melanie, Clarence Carter, Status Quo, Black Sabbath, Mary Hopkin, Freda Payne and, er, Humpy Bong.Love and The James Gang play the third of four nights at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Black Sabbath.
Black Sabbath play in Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, supported by Black Oak Arkansas.Black Sabbath play in Ungano’s Ritz, Staten Island, New York State, USA, supported by Sweathog.Black Sabbath play at Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, supported by Ticket.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play the first of two nights at The Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.
Iron Maiden play their final concert with their original singer, Paul Di’Anno, at Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. He will be sacked barely one month later, and immediately replaced by former Samson vocalist Bruce Dickinson.Ozzy Osbourne plays at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, USA, supported by Motley Crue.
The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards event is held at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. Record Of The Year is Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler and Arif Mardin (producer). Song of the Year is Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler and Jeff Silbar And Larry Henley (songwriters). Album of the Year is Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt and Don Was (producer). 
Soundgarden play at The Bumbershoot Festival, Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA. The festival also features Alice In Chains, Joe Walsh, The Psychedelic Furs, Emmylou Harris, Fats Domino, Taj Mahal, Nick Lowe, Gladys Knight, Nanci Griffith, Leon Redbone, Junior Walker, Abdulla Ibrahim, Albert King, Ziggy Marley, Ry Cooder And David Lindley, Dr. John, Queen Ida and many others.
Former Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth is arrested for buying marijuana in Washington Square Park, New York City, USA.
Glastonbury Festival continues at Pilton Farm, Somerset, England, UK, Europe. Today's headline act is The Cure.
Sharon Osbourne, wife of Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, has two lymph nodes removed in a test to establish whether he cancer has spead. It has, so she will require further treatment.
It is reported that Vince Neil - lead singer for Motley Crue – plans to go into the wine business with a company called 'Vince Vineyards.' The company's first offering will be a 2003 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon and a 2003 Sonoma Chardonnay. 
Donald A. Fair is sentenced to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of Terry Knight, former manager of Grand Funk Railroad. Knight had been attempting to prevent an argument between his daughter and her boyfriend, Fair, over his use of methamphetamine. Fair had claimed he was high on the drug when the stabbing took place, in an attempt to mitigate his sentence.
Fights break out between riot police and fans of Iron Maiden who are trying to gatecrash their concert in Simon Bolivar Park, Bogota, Colombia, South America. More than 100 people are arrested.
On their Maiden England World Tour, Iron Maiden play at Jiffy Lube Live, Washington DC, USA, supported by Alice Cooper.
Arcade Fire, Beck, The 1975, Frank Turner, Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Daughter and others play at Coachella Music Festival, Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, California, USA.
The 7th Annual UK Music Video Awards are held at Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Centre, London, UK. Video Of The Year goes to American directing duo Daniels, who also win Best Dance Video - International for DJ Snake ft Lil Jon’s Turn Down For What. Videos for Paolo Nutini, FKA Twigs, Alt-J, Atoms For Peace, Disclosure, Paloma Faith, Peace, Jon Hopkins and James also collect awards.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play at Budweiser Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play at The Main Square Festival, Citadelle D'Arras, Arras, France, Europe.
The ground-breaking ceremony for a new 18,000 seat venue, The MSG Sphere, takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Said to be "the world's most audaciously advanced concert venue" it features no less than 157,000 ultra-directional speakers, a three-and-a-half-acre spherical ultra-high-res video screen and vibrating floors.
On their 107-date 
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at The Coliseum, North Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
King Diamond, supported by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats and Idle Hands, play at The Palace, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
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On their Dominion tour, Hammerfall play at The Garage, Saarbrucken, Germany, Europe, with Battle Beast and Serious Black.1964 |
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