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Musical Box play at The Pabst Theatre, 144 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
On their Masked & Anonymous, a film starring Bob Dylan as Jack Fate, is premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
In the UK tv special, Living With Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson reveals details of how he and his brothers were beaten by his father as children. He also reveals that his most recent child, Prince Michael Jackson II was born by a surrogate mother who he had never met.
Audio pioneer Grover 'Jeep' Harned dies in Durango, Colorado, USA. Harned is best remembered as founder of MCI Electronics - an acclaimed manufacturer of studio consoles and recorders during the 1970s and 1980s.
Scottish band Biffy Clyro shoot a video for their single Questions And Answers. The script of the video has to be changed at the last minute, because singer Simon Neil broke his foot the previous day in a leap from the top of a speaker stack onto the stage during a gig at Queen Margaret's Union [QMU], Glasgow, Scotland.
It is reported that thirty two-year-old sanitation engineer DeAngelo Bailey is beginning a legal action against 
Singer-songwriter John Martyn has his right leg amputated from below the knee. The leg had become poisoned when a cyst behind his knee burst.
Terminally ill with cancer, Warren Zevon is recording material for his final album, The Wind, in his home studio.Terminally ill with cancer, Warren Zevon is recording material for his final album, The Wind, in his home studio.
It is announced that Wiltshire-born pop star Billie Piper is to use her acting skills in a television adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.Carlos Guitarlos performs songs from his comeback album, Straight From The Heart at the Tower Sunset record store in Los Angeles, California, USA. Carlos first found critical success as guitarist with Los Angeles-based blues outfit Top Jimmy And The Rhythm Pigs before relocating to San Francisco, California, USA, where he spent several years scraping a living as a street busker on the corner of 16th and Mission.
Michael Jackson pays a visit to the house at 2300 Jackson St, Gary, Indiana, USA, where he was born.
R.E.M., White Stripes and Idlewild play at the T In The Park festival, Glasgow, Scotland.
Prince releases his 24th studio LP, 
Tommy Chong of hippy comedy duo Cheech and Chong is sentenced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, to nine months in jail and fined $20,000 for distributing thousands of bongs and marijuana pipes online through his California-based company, Nice Dreams Enterprises.
Johnny Cash dies aged 71 in the Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, of complications from diabetes.
A new 37 cent postage stamp bearing an image of Roy Acuff, acknowledged as the King of Country Music, is issued in the USA. The official launch is held at The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bob Dylan and The Band's 1974 album Planet Waves is reissued as a hybrid SACD by Columbia Records in Canada and Europe.British singer-songwriter Robert Palmer dies of heart attack in Paris, France, aged 54.
When Bruce Springsteen plays at Shea Stadium, New York City, Bob Dylan makes guest appearance.
When Bruce Springsteen plays at Shea Stadium, New York City, USA, Bob Dylan makes guest appearance.
When The Black Keys play at Emo's, Austin, Texas, USA, the show is recorded and will be released as an electronic bootleg for Podcast by Jumper Productions.
Singer-songwriter Rosey Nix Adams, the step-daughter of Johnny Cash, is found dead in a bus alongside the body of bluegrass fiddler
Jimmy
Campbell, in Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA. The authorities
describe the deaths as being in "suspicious circumstances".
Randy Newman plays a live acoustic set on Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW Radio, Santa Monica, California, USA.The hit single Where Is The Love? by Black Eyed Peas is awarded a UK platinum disc by the BPI.
A memorial service for Steve O'Rourke, who managed the Pink Floyd from 1968, is held in Chichester Cathedral, Sussex, UK. As a tribute, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd perform a live set.
Donovan is awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree for his contributions to music and poetry by the University of Hertfordshire, in a ceremony at St. Albans Cathedral, St Albans, England, UK. In a ceremony held at Elton John's UK mansion, Elvis Costello marries jazz singer-songwriter and pianist Diana Krall. Paul McCartney is among the 150 guests attending the wedding.
Prior to the opening of a court case, Michael Jackson appears on US tv show 60 Minutes to deny the latest allegations of child sex abuse against him.
The Nation Of Islam issues a statement denying that it has taken over any of Michael Jackson's business affairs, or that it is taking a central role in his defence strategy over recent child molestation charges.Jan |