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5 years ago
Gloryhammer play at Club Academy, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, supported by Beast In Black and Wind Rose.
On their Are We There Yet? - 40th Anniversary Tour, Nine Below Zero play at Gorilla, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
10 years ago
Rock saxophonist Raf Ravenscroft dies at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devon, UK, aged sixty following a heart attack. He was best-known for playing the sax break in Gerry Rafferty's 1978 hit Baker Street, but also worked with many other top-flight musicians including Marvin Gaye, Daft Punk, Pink Floyd and Abba.
On her ArtRave : The Artpop Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, supported by Lady Starlight.
Reggae singer and songwriter John Holt dies aged 69 in Wellington Hospital, St. John's Wood, London, UK. He had been diagnosed with colon cancer in June 2014. He is perhaps best-known as the composer of the hit The Tide Is High.
25 years ago
A life-size bronze sculpture of legendary country music producer and musician Owen Bradley seated at a piano is unveiled at Owen Bradley Park, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.When Beth Orton plays at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, UK, she is supported by Liverpool band Shack.
50 years ago
John Lennon enters the UK pop singles chart with Whatever Gets You Through The Night, which will peak at No36 during a four-week run.
John Lennon enters the Billboard US Top 40 albums chart with Walls And Bridges which will peak at No1 during an eleven-week run. On the same day, it enters the UK pop albums chart where it will peak at No6 during a ten-week run.
John Lennon spends the first of two days rehearsing with his band, guitarists Jesse Ed Davis and Eddie Mottau, pianist Ken Ascher, bassist Klaus Voormann, drummer Jim Keltner and percussionist Arthur Jenkins, in an attempt to salvage his Rock'n'Roll album, which had been abandoned when producer Phil Spector unexpectedly quit the project.
75 years ago
Blues shouter Wynonie Harris records Triflin' Woman for King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
100 years ago
Pete Chilver is born in Windsor, Berkshire, UK. He will become an acclaimed jazz guitarist, hailed as one of the first British-born musicians to establish the electric guitar in the UK.
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