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Quartet record There's a mother always waiting you at home, sweet home, for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
The Moody Blues film a promotional clip for their current single Go Now! in The Marquee Club, London, UK. The song is a cover version of a Bessie Banks hit in the USA.
On the back of a flat-bed truck travelling along Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia, AC/DC (accompanied by members of The Rats Of Tobruk Pipe Band), film a video for It's A Long Way To The Top, (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll. The video is intended for the Australian music tv show Countdown.
Five thousand fans mob Duran Duran during an appearance at a video store in New York City, USA.Freddie Mercury of Queen spends the second of three days at Limehouse Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, making a video for his solo single I Was Born To Love You
David Bowie win the Video Of The Year award for his single, China Girl, at the first MTV Video awards. The song was co-written with Iggy Pop.
Pink Floyd's second of five shows at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York State, USA, is filmed for their concert video, Delicate Sound of Thunder. 
Madonna releases Blond Ambition Japan Tour 90 on VHS and LaserDisc by Warner-Pioneer, exclusively to the Japanese market.When Nirvana play at the MTV Video Music Awards, bassist Krist Novoselic throws his instrument high into the air at the end of their performance of Lithium. Unfortunately, on its way back to earth, the instrument strikes him in the head and knocks him to the ground.
The BRIT Awards Ceremony is held in London, UK, with winners as follows :rnBest British Male Artist - Robbie WilliamsBest British Female Artist - DidornBest British Group - TravisBest British Album - DidornBest British Newcomer - BluernBest British Single - S Club 7rnBest British Video - So Solid CrewrnBest British Dance Act - Basement JaxxrnBest International Male - ShaggyBest International Female - Kylie MinoguernBest International Group - Destiny's ChildBest International Album - Kylie MinoguernBest International Newcomer - The StrokesrnPop Act - WestlifernOutstanding Contribution - Sting.
Adam Bizanski's animated video for The Shins single Pink Bullets, depicting a love story between two soulful paper-made cows, is chosen as one of the first five videos to demonstrate iTunes music store's new capability to sell videos
Amy Winehouse is questioned by police in London, England, UK, Europe, in connection with a video apparently showing her smoking a crack-cocaine pipe.
The government of France, Europe, passes legislation that would allow internet service providers to cut the internet connections of customers who download copyright-protected music and video files illegally after "three strikes".
Reality Killed The Video Star by Robbie Williams is the world's best-selling album for the second week in a row.
It is announced by the R.I.A.A. that Beyonce is the most successful musician of the past decade in the USA. This is based on R.I.A.A, statistics showing that since the start of the new millennium, Miss Knowles has secured 64 gold and platinum certifications for sales of albums and videos and 19 for ringtones.Robert Fripp [guitars] and Theo Travis [horns and woodwinds] are filmed live in St. Peter's Church, Newlyn, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe. The recordings will be issued on the DVD Follow in 2012.
Just one week after release, the YouTube video of Friday by previously unknown teenage singer Rebecca Black has racked up more than 30m views. Criticism of the song's lyrics, the use of Auto-Tune on Black's vocals, and the content of the video, will in due course combine to make it the most disliked video on YouTube.
Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Adele, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Selena Gomez and Katy Perry are among the artists attending the VMAs [Video Music Awards] in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Traffic grinds to a halt and crowds gather in the countryside near Bangor, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe, when a scantily-clad Rihanna films a video for her latest single, We Found Love, in a field. Farmer Alan Graham, owner of the field, becomes so embarassed by the filming and the disruption it is causing, that he asks Rihanna and her crew to stop filming, which they do.
A six-minute-long sex tape of UK singer Tulisa Contostavlos giving oral sex to her former boyfriend MC Ultra [real name Justin Edwards] goes online, available to download for £3.90.
Bon Iver's self-titled release
wins the Independent Album of the Year award and Arcade
Fire win the Independent Video of the Year for Sprawl II
[Mountains Beyond Mountains] at the inaugural Libera Awards in Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, USA. (2012).
Amelia Lily films the video to accompany her debut single, You
Bring Me Joy, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Amelia Lily films a video to accompany her second single, Shut Up [And Give Me Whatever You Got] in East London, UK.
Parts of the video shoot take place at the same location where a
scene in the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight was filmed.
Teenage pop singer-songwriter Tich is interviewed and performs live on BBC tv show Breakfast live from Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK.
In New York City, USA, Beyonce settles out of court - for an undisclosed amount - a lawsuit brought against her by game-design company Gate Five in 2010. The company had claimed that they lost $7m and 70 people lost their jobs after Beyonce backed out of a deal for a planned game called Starpower: Beyonce.It is reported that more than 60,000 people have signed an online petition by devout Muslim Shazad Iqbal of Bradford, UK, calling for YouTube to remove the video for Katy Perry's latest single, Dark Horse. Iqbal and his supporters consider the video to be blasphemous because it shows a man being burned alive, while wearing a pendant forming the word Allah.
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.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga release the official video for their duet version of the popular jazz standard I Can't Give You Anything But Love.
Owl City releases the official video for his song This Isn't The End, drawn from his recently released EP Ultraviolet.
Lukas Graham release the YouTube video for their song 7 Years. Four months later it will have received over 220m views.
Drake and Rihanna are seen at Eagle Rock Plaza Plaza, Los Angeles, California, USA, apparently shooting a music video with some horses on the set.
It is reported that terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS) has used Justin Bieber's hashtag to post a 15 minute video with horrific and graphic images, with the intention of bringing its message to the attention of at least some of Bieber's 74m Twitter followers.
Beyonce is spotted filming a music video on Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.
Roger Waters posts the official video for his Mexico City performance of "Pigs (Three Different Ones)," a rendition that slammed then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Justin Timberlake releases the video for his latest single, Filthy, and instructs listeners to play it "very loud".
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