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General Motors announces that it has ditched plans to market a Pontiac G8 sports truck which had been launched by rapper 50 Cent at the New York International Auto Show in 2008.
A poll conducted by secondary ticketing company Viagogo, finds that ABBA is the group music fans most want to see reunite in 2009. The Smiths come second, followed by a reunited Robbie Williams and Take That, The Stone Roses and Guns N' Roses with former guitarist Slash.
When tickets for Bruce Springsteen's Working On A Dream tour go on sale on Ticketmaster.com, fans are redirected to a subsidiary, TicketsNow.com - offering the same seats at a higher price. Springsteen is outraged and later posts a notice on his website condemning the action.
Idiosyncratic jazz vocalist and pianist Blossom Dearie dies aged 84, at her apartment in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.The first Sonisphere travelling rock festival is unveiled to the media by promoter Stuart Galbraith of Kilimanjaro Live and agent John Jackson of K2.
President Barack Obama honors Stevie Wonder at The White House in Washington, DC, USA, with the second annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The event includes a one hour concert featuring performances by Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Martina McBride, Esperanza Spalding, Will.i.am, and Mary Mary.
Beyonce is filmed for an advert for the Nintendo DS Game Rhythm Heaven, in New York City, USA. In the ad she is seen playing the game with her nephew Juelz.
The Noisettes film a music video for their song Never Forget You at the Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, UK.
Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons play at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On the Working On A Dream tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hempstead, New York State, USA.
Natalie Cole undergoes a kidney transplant operation at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA, and is said to be 'resting comfortably'.The lawyer representing Aubrey Louis Berry, the man accused of killing Atlanta rapper Dolla, claims that his client's actions were in self-defense.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs play at Clutch Cargo's, Pontiac, Michigan, USA.
When rapper Nas fails to turn up for a show at the Jack Byrne Arena, Torbay, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, a near riot ensures, with several arrests being made. Nas later states that he didn't play because he was not paid the fee for the show, reportedly $47,000.R&B singer Bobby Brown becomes a father for the fifth time when
his manager girlfriend Alicia Etheridge gives birth to a baby boy
whom the couple have named Cassius.
Sam Butera, the Louis Prima sideman chosen by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and others when they needed to add a little saxophone zest to their tracks, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada, aged 81.
It is reported that Rihanna has been ordered to appear as a witness at her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown's assault trial in Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA, on 22 June.
The funeral of legendary blues singer Koko Taylor, who died on June 3, is conducted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Michael Jackson dies of heart failure in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 50.Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany, Europe.
The Foo Fighters play at a private concert for President Barack Obama on The White House lawn in Washington, DC, USA.
On her Amy Winehouse is granted a divorce from her husband Blake Fielder-Civil by a judge in London.
Politicians in the USA petition the Justice Department about the potential merger of two major music business companies, Ticketmaster with Live Nation. New Jersey Representative William Pascrell, for example, argues that the merged company "would enjoy a virtual stranglehold over the live entertainment industry."During a UK tour to promote the release of their debut single, Walk On Woman, acclaimed young Swindon, Wiltshire, band The Boy Done Good play at The Garage, London, England, UK, Europe.
Them Crooked Vultures, a 'supergroup' featuring Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, play their first live concert, at Metro, Chicago, Illinois, USA, during the Lollapalooza festival weekend.
Jazmine Sullivan releases a new single, Bust Your Windows, in the UK on Columbia Records.
It is confirmed that keyboardist Baria Qureshi has left UK indie band xx after missing several scheduled shows, citing exhaustion.A crowd of 1500 fans turn up when Peter Andre switches on the Christmas Lights at Yate Shopping Centre, Yate, UK.
Corinne Bailey Rae plays at the Hiro Ballroom in the Maritime Hotel, New York City.
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