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Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at The Zenith, Munich, Germany, Europe.
King Diamond, supported by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats and Idle Hands, play at Comerica, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.10 years ago
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Carols by Kindlelight, featuring performances by Annie Lennox, Imelda May, Alfie Boe and others is held at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. The event, in which the studio is illuminated only by Kindle screens, is filmed in order to be made available exclusively for Amazon Prime members.
On his 27-city 
Editors, The Charlatans, and Slow Club play at Union Chapel, London, UK, for a special gig in aid of Save The Children.
James Bay, a 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK, wins the Critics' Choice Award. He will be presented with the award at the next BRIT Awards event.
Nick Jonas announces via a Twitter posting that his hit single Jealous has achieved platinum status in the USA.
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is taken into police custody (but not arrested) in Tauranga, New Zealand, after creating a disturbance outside a girl's school.
The charity WaterAid launches its Christmas online auction, featuring signed 25th anniversary Xperia Access Q Awards prints and a limited edition Gibson Les Paul guitar signed by some of the country's biggest music artists, including Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian), James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Carl Barat (The Libertines), Mark Collins (The Charlatans), Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds), Wilko Johnson and 'King of the Mods' Bradley Wiggins.Soundscan's list of the 25 top selling digital holiday songs between 2003 and 2014 shows Mariah Carey at No1 with All I Want For Christmas Is You.
In Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Fred Wapner sentences Pete McNeal, who had been the drummer for alt-rock band Cake from 2001 to 2004, is sentenced to 15 years to life for the molestation of a 3-year-old girl.Via a Twitter message, rapper Lil Wayne states that he is ready to leave his record label, Cash Money, because his forthcoming album, The Carter V, has been delayed.
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Pharrell Williams receives the 2537th star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
tUnE-yArDs play the first of four nights at The Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, supported by Cibo Matto.
Warp Records announce the death of Bristol, UK-based singer-songwriter Nick Talbot, aka Gravenhurst. No details of his demise are given.
Bob Montgomery, a singer, songwriter and longtime musical partner of Buddy Holly, dies aged 77 of Parkinson's disease in Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA. 5 years |
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