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10 years ago
During their AM Tour, Arctic Monkeys play at The Verizon Theatre At Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA.
The Handsome Family play at Islington Assembly Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
During the fifth leg of her Piece Of Me residency, Britney Spears plays at The Planet Hollywood Theater Of The Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On their 14 On Fire Tour The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.On his Genesis Revisited II tour, their former guitarist Steve Hackett plays at The Guildhall, Southampton, UK.
Rihanna presents Tom Ford with AIDS charity amfAR's Inspiration Award, in Milk Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, then helps the charity herself by buying several luxury auction items. She spends $35,000 on a pair of Harry Winston diamond link earrings featuring 72 diamonds set in platinum, and $100,000 on the photograph "Elizabeth Taylor at the Eden Roc" by Willy Rizzo, signed and numbered by the artist. Other guests at the dinner incude Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus.
In a ceremony at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK, Edinburgh-based hip-hop trio Young Fathers are presented with the £20,000 Mercury Music Prize for their album Dead.
Paolo Nutini's album Sunny Side Up is awarded 6x platinum status in the UK, having passed the landmark of 1.8m copies sold since its release in June 2009.
Having sold 132,000 copies in its first week on sale,.5: The Gray Chapter by Slipknot reaches No1 in the Billboard 200 Albums Chart in the USA.25 years ago
When Beth Orton plays the first of two nights at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England, UK, Europe, she is supported by Liverpool band Shack.
A new nightclub, 50 years ago
Eric Gales is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Originally hailed as a child prodigy, he will go on to find lasting success as a blues-rock guitarist [aka Raw Dawg].
75 years ago
Dewey Phillips broadcasts his first Red Hot'n'Blue radio show for WHBQ in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, from 10.15pm until 11.00. This pioneering show gives white radio listeners an early opportunity to hear rootsy black music.
That Lucky Old Sun by Frank Sinatra on Columbia Records enters the Billboard magazine Best-Seller chart in the USA where it will peak at No16.
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