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5 years ago
Lorna Doom, bassist for The Germs, dies aged 61 from breast cancer in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.10 years ago
Neil Young plays at The Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during his four-city series of Honor The Treaties concerts, aimed at raising money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Legal Defense Fund.
The government of China is reported to have lifted its ban on the music of Lady GaGa. The ban was put in place in 2011, because her music was deemed to be in 'bad taste' Nearly 100 songs by other artists, including Katy Perry, Beyonce Knowles and Backstreet Boys were also on the blacklist.The trial of reggae dancehall artist Vybz Kartel for the 2011 murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams continues in the Home Circuit court, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Luke Bryan begins his Crash My Party tour with a gig at The Schottenstein Center Columbus, Ohio, USA, supported by Lee Brice and Cole Swindell.
73-year-old Toni Tennille files for divorce from Daryl Dragon, 71, after 39 years of marriage, in Prescott, Arizona, USA. The couple were famed as pop hitmakers The Captain And Tennille in the mid-70s.25 years ago
Alan Jackson ascends to No1 in the Billboard Country Music Singles chart with Right On The Money.
50 years ago
Bob Dylan and The Band play the second of two nights at the Capitol Center, Washington DC., USA.
75 years ago
Little Jimmy Dickens records Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait) at Castle Studio [founded by Paul Cohen] in The Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Max Miller, The Harmaniacs, blind singer Alfred Thripp and Jay And His Merry Lads, plays the last night of a week at The Metropolitan Theatre, Edgeware Road, London, UK.
Billie Holiday plays the fourth night of four weeks at Joe Tenner's Cafe Society Uptown, in San Francisco, California, USA.
100 years ago
Isham Jones And His Orchestra record Unfortunate Blues and You're In Kentucky Sure As You're Born, for Brunswick Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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