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The video for All American Girl by Carrie Underwood gets its premiere on CMT in the USA.
On his 50th Anniversary tour, top British guitarist, singer and recording artist Joe Brown plays at The Tivoli, Wimborne, Dorset, England, UK.
Folk-rock singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore plays at the Swindon Arts Centre
Barb Jungr releases a new album, Just Like A Woman (Hymn To Nina) on Linn Records in the UK. The album includes several Bob Dylan covers, including Just Like A Woman, The Times They Are A-Changin' and Ballad Of Hollis Brown.
Pete Chilver dies aged 83 in Edinburgh, Scotland. An acclaimed jazz guitarist, Chilver was hailed as one of the first British-born musicians to establish the electric guitar in the UK.
Bob Dylan plays at Hipodromo, Rosario, Argentina, South America.
Police raid the 1900-acre YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas, USA, and remove 183 people - including 137 children who are believed either to have been sexually abused or to be in danger of being sexually abused by a religious cult. The raid will inspire the song The Blind House on the 2009 album The Incident by Porcupine Tree.
Nizlopi, supported by Ed Sheeran, Lewis Garland and Kett Rebellion, play at Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy Burns plays a solo acoustic set The House Of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Zac Brown Band releases a new single, Chicken Fried, to radio in the USA on Live Nation.
A star in honour of latin hitmaker Trini Lopez is unveiled on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On his Dark Side Of Moon Live tour, Roger Waters plays the first of two nights at The O2 Arena, UK.
MGMT play at Digital, Brighton, UK, supported by Florence And The Machine.
Duran Duran play at Mizner Park Amphitheatre, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at the Arena Fyn, Odense, Denmark, Europe.
LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founder member of the Dave Matthews Band, suffers a punctured lung and broken ribs in a vehicular accident at his farm near the band's home base of Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at Recinto Ferial, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain, Europe.
Orchestra Baobob, Hey Negrita, Three Daft Moneys and Dan Arborise are among the artists appearing at the Larmer Tree Festival, in Larmer Tree Gardens near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks becomes divorced from country singer Charlie Robison, after nine years of marriage. The couple have three children.
The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in Kuwait, Asia. In the film, which claims to be 'Inspired by the music and the many lives of Bob Dylan', six different actors depict separate facets of Dylan's life and public persona. Dylan himself does not appear.
The Foo Fighters release the DVD Foo Fighters Live At Wembley Stadium in Great Britain. It was filmed at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, on June 6 and 7.
Bob Dylan plays at the Riverfest Amphitheatre, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Donna Summer plays at Ravinia Festival, Ravinia Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at the Pechanga Resort And Casino, Temecula, California, USA.
Legendary session drummer Earl Palmer, best known for his New Orleans recording sessions with Fats Domino, Little Richard and others, dies at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 84. Little Richard said of Palmer, "He was probably the greatest session drummer of all time."
Leon Redbone plays at Shank Hall, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Cold War Kids play at The Geat American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Midge Ure releases a new album entitled Ten, featuring his interpretations of his favourite songs written by other songwriters.
Seasick Steve plays at Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK.
Rock star Bryan Ferry visits his son, Otis Ferry, in Her Majesty's Prison, Gloucester, England, UK, Europe. Otis, a student at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, is in jail on remand following an incident in which he was accused of robbing a hunt monitor and assaulting another.
On her Sticky And Sweet tour Madonna plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Florence And the Machine play at Bush Hall, London, UK, supported by The Big Pink.
AC/DC play at the Allstate Arena, Rosemont, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Wiltshire-based duo Morales Watts play in the Bear Hotel, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan plays at the K-Rock Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
During the London Jazz Festival, Take 6 play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
The Black Keys release the DVD Live At The Crystal Ballroom in the USA. It was recorded duing a gig at The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA, on April 4.
Bob Dylan plays at Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Keith Jarrett plays a solo concert of jazz improvisations on piano at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK. This is his first London solo show in eighteen years.
Wiltshire-based duo Morales Watts play in The Piano Bar, Frome, Somerset, England, UK, Europe.
It is reported that Norway's ailing Hove Festival has filed for bankruptcy.
Steven Isham, keyboardist with Autograph, dies of cancer aged 56, in Pocatello, Idaho, USA.
Celine Dion plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Willie Pickens Trio And Guests play the fourth of six nights at The Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
International acclaimed drummer Kofi Ghanaba, aka Guy Warren, dies aged 85 at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Africa. Hugely influential, he introduced African drumming to many Western jazz musicians.
Singing legend Eartha Kitt dies of cancer, aged 81, in her home in Weston, Connecticut, USA. She was famously described by Orson Welles as the "most exciting woman in the world".
The Willie Pickens Trio And Guests play the third of six nights at The Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
When Glasvegas play on the Waverly Stage, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe, at the city's annual Hogmanay celebration, they are joined by Carl Barat (Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things). Other artists taking part in the celebration include Groove Armada and Friendly Fires.
Robert Plant, vocalist of Led Zeppelin, is awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Years Honours List in the UK.
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