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Fantasy musical The Wizard Of Oz is being presented at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical comedy The Maid Of The Mountains, with music by Harold Fraser-Simpson and J.W. Tate, is playing at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 1352 performances.Tommy Dorsey And His Clambake Seven record The Big Apple in New York City, USA, for Victor Records.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The "Glamourous musical comedy" Bloomer Girl, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, is playing at The Music Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.The Clovers and Ruth Brown play the second night of a week at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Eddie Condon's All Stars are playing during a two-month engagement at Condon's, East 56th Street, New York City, USA.The Roy Rogers Show is appearing at The State Fair, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Righteous Brothers are playing during a month-long engagement at The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The Grateful Dead record Cosmic Charlie (aka Cosmic Charley) at Pacific Recording Studio, San Mateo, California, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Duster Bennett.The Byrds, Poco and Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen play the first of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Yes play at The Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, supported by The Eagles.
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Three Dog Night play as part of the The Summer Of Stars concert series in Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Clash are presented to the press, with a private performance at their management's rehearsal studio, Chalk Farm, London, UK.
On their 
Two neighbours of George Harrison in Hawaii, USA, sue him for £26m, claiming that he has ruined their reputations, over a right-of-way dispute concerning a path near his property.
France and State Of Mind play at 
On their Hysteria tour, 
Elton John is undergoing six weeks of rehab treatment for bulimia and also for his drug and alcohol addictions, in the Parkside Lutheran Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Soul star Curtis Mayfield is paralysed from the neck down when a lighting rig collapses on him at an outdoor show at Wingate High School, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
On her 
On her Rhythm Nation tour, Janet Jackson plays the last of three nights at The Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA.
Three members of UK band Kasabian are quarantined in their hotel rooms in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, after singer Tom Meighan is hospitalised with Swine Flu.
Grammy-winning jazz singer, pianist and composer Diana Krall plays in The Concerts at Wente Vineyards, Livermore, California, USA.Jason Mraz plays at The Charter One Pavilion, Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at The Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On his Crazy Love tour Michael Buble plays at The MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Steely Dan play the second of two nights at Ravinia Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with special guest Sam Yahel.On their Maiden England World Tour, Iron Maiden play at The Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, Denver, Colorado, USA, supported by Coheed And Cambria.
Pink plays the ninth of eighteen record-breaking nights at the 15,000 capacity Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
It is announced that police have re-opened the investigation into the death of AC/DC manager Crispin Dye, and are offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of Dye’s murderer or murderers. Dye passed away at Christmas 1993, in hospital in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, having been been brutally beaten the day before, while on his way to visit his mother.
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