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Azucena Maizani is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. She will find success as a tango singer, composer and actress. For many years she will perform dressed in men's suits or criollo cowboy attire, thus earning the nickname "Funny-face Cowgirl".
The musical comedy movie Mad About Music, starring Deanna Durbin, opens at cinemas in Argentina, South America.
Cacau de Queiroz is born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. He will find success as a popular jazz saxophonist, flute player and composer.
The teen-oriented movie Hey Let's Twist, starring Joey Dee And The Starliters, Teddy Randazzo and Jo Ann Campbell is released to cinemas in Venezuela, South America.
Renato Motha, who will achieve success as a singer, songwriter, arranger and producer is born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, South America.The New Stan Getz Quartet, with Astrud Gilberto, plays during a month of dates at The Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, USA.
Adriana Calcanhotto is born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, South America. She will find success as a singer/composer and recording artist. 
Queen play in Rosario, Argentina, South America.Although still suffering from anorexia nervosa, Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters leaves the Manhattan Hospital, New York City, USA, after a short stay.
The Cure play the first of three nights at Ginasio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America.
Influential Latin music star Billo Frometa dies aged 72 in Caracas, Venezuela, South America. Just over one week earlier he had suffered a stroke while rehearsing with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra for a tribute concert in his honour set for the following day. Just after he finished conducting the practice run for Un Cubano en Caracas, he collapsed on the ground while the orchestra was applauding his performance.
During their first tour of Brazil, South America, Jethro Tull play at Gigantinho, Porto Alegre.
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On her Bonez Tour, Avril Lavigne plays the second of two nights at Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.A newly-published report, Copycats' Digital Consumers In The On-line Age, from The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property, estimates that £12bn worth of copyright material is downloaded illegally every year.
A judge in Paramaribo, Suriname, South America, releases Las Vegas entertainer Trina Johnson-Finn who had spent three months in jail on charges of impersonating Toni Braxton at a concert in February, during which she was pelted with trash and booed offstage.
It is reported that The Office of Fair Trading has referred a planned merger of Live Nation, the world's biggest concert promoter, and ticket-selling giant Ticketmaster to the UK's Competition Commission amid fears it could wipe out rivals and push up prices.
The Peace Without Borders benefit concert is held in Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba, Caribbean. Over one million people turn up to see artists including Juanes (Colombia), Amaury Pérez (Cuba), Danny Rivera (Puerto Rico), Juan Fernando Velasco (Ecuador), Jovanotti (Italy), Luis Eduardo Auté (Spain), Miguel Bosé (Spain), Olga Tañón (Puerto Rico), Orishas (Cuba), Silvio Rodríguez (Cuba), Los Van Van (Cuba), Carlos Varela (Cuba), Víctor Manuel (Spain), CuCu Diamantes y Yerba Buena (Venezuela / Cuba) and X Alfonso (Cuba). The stated aim of the event is to help bring peace and unity to the region, but some critics perceive it as servicing the PR aims of Fidel Castro's government.
Metallica play in Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala, South America.
On their Ending On A High Note Tour, A-ha play at Chevrolet Hall, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, South America.
The three-day-long WOMAD Festival 2010 begins at Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. On this, the first day of the event, artists appearing include The Drummers of Burundi, Rafiki Jazz, Horace Andy, Nouvelle Vague, Ska Cubano, Cedric Watson And Bijou Creole and Ozomatli.
Britney Spears releases her seventh album, Femme Fatale, in the United Kingdom, Greece, Hong King, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa and Brazil.
On their Final Frontier World Tour, Iron Maiden play at the HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. The show had been scheduled for the night before but when a crowd surge destroyed a safety barrier, the show had to be postponed.
On her Gypsy Heart tour Miley Cyrus plays in the Explanada del Monumental, Lima, Peru, South America.On her Femme Fatale tour, Britney Spears plays at The Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela, South America.
Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Julian Casablancas and others play at Lollapalooza Brazil 2014, Autódromo de Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil, South America.It is announced that a new species of parasitic wasp has been named after Colombian singer Shakira. Why? The parasite causes its host caterpillar to shake and wiggle, much in the manner of Shakira during a live performance.
Shakira releases the video for her World Cup anthem, Dare (La La La Brazil), which is due to be released as a single five days later.
Argentinian Disney tv series star Violetta (real name Martina Stoessel) begins her Violetta Live International Tour 2015 with the first of two nights at The Barclaycard Center, Madrid, Spain, Europe.
On her Violetta Live International Tour 2015, Argentinian Disney tv series star Violetta (real name Martina Stoessel) plays the second of two nights at The Barclaycard Center, Madrid, Spain, Europe.
The music biopic Get On Up, based on the life of James Brown, opens at cinemas in Brazil, South America.
On their America Latina Ole Tour, The Rolling Stones play the first of three nights at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, South America.
While in Comodoro Arturo Marino Benitez Airport in Santiago, Chile, South America, during their Book Of Souls World Tour, Iron's Maiden's 747 jet, known as Ed Force One, is damaged in a collision with a ground tug, which also injures two tug drivers. Alternative travel arrangements are quickly put in place and the band manages to play the next night in Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina, South America.
On their A Head Full Of Dreams tour, Coldplay play at Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru, South America.
Alejandro "Jano" Fuentes, a singer who appeared on the Mexican version of The Voice in 2011, is shot multiple times in his car in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will die three days later.
During the Latin American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario, Argentina, South America, supported by Cielo Razzo and Massacre. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
Guns N'Roses play to an audience of 49,836 people on the second of two nights at River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.
During the Latin American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play the first of two nights at Allianz Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil South America, supported by Piebe Rude. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
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On his Purpose tour, Justin Bieber plays at Estadio Olympico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador, South America.
Ed Sheeran plays at Coliseo De Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, South America.
On their This House Is Not For Sale Tour, Bon Jovi play at the Sao Paulo Trip, Allianz Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America, supported by The Kills.
On her 39-date LA To The Moon tour Lana Del Rey plays at The Lollapalooza Chile Festival, Parque O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile, South America.The IFPI ( International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - www.ifpi.org/about.php) publishes the results of a music consumption survey showing that, on average, individuals enjoy music for 17.8 hours per week, with the car being the most popular listening location. The survey also reveals that 86% of music listeners do so through on-demand streaming. Young music consumers are the most engaged streamers, with 57% of 16-24 year olds using a paid audio streaming service. Consumers engage with their local music genres - listening to local music genres (e.g. 66% of consumers in Japan listen to J-Pop, 69% of consumers in France listen to Variété Française and, in Brazil, 55% listen to música popular Brasileira.) Nearly half of all time spent listening to on-demand music is on YouTube. More than one-third (38%) of consumers obtain music through infringing methods – with stream ripping the dominant method (32% of consumers).
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