Anniversaries
30 Jun

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the Sachal Jazz Ensemble begins a three-day residency at The Barbican, London, UK.

Suzanne Vega plays at The Town Hall, Cheltenham, England, UK.

Stephen Emmer releases the album International Blue on Electric Fairytale Recordings in the UK.

Lissie plays the first of two nights at Union Chapel, London, England, UK.

On her Dressed To Kill Tour, Cher plays at The Moda Centre, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Entertainer and pop hitmaker Rolf Harris is found guilty in Southwark Crown Court, London, UK, on twelve counts of indecently assaulting four girls in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Beck plays at The Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, USA.

Bobby McFerrin is among the artists appearing at The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The Offspring and The 1975 are among the artists appearing at Hovefestivalen 2014, Tromoy, Arendal, Norway, Europe.

Future plays at The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.

Jack White plays at L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France, Europe.

George Benson plays at La Cigalle, Paris, France, Europe.

Damon Albarn plays at Astra, Berlin, Germany, Europe.

Eels play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.

Fall Out Boy, Paramore and New Politics play at The Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford, New Hampshire, USA.

Thirty Seconds To Mars play at Tipsport Arena, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe.

The Who hold a press conference and play a four-song live acoustic set at Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, UK, to announce their The Who At 50 Tour. During the event, Pete Townshend describes Guardian readers who post inane comments in the newspaper's online site as "c**ts".

It is announced that 70-year-old bassist Billy Talbot of Neil Young's backing group, Crazy Horse, has suffered a mild stroke which will prevent him from participating in Young's imminent tour of Europe.

Cher takes to Twitter to blast SeaWorld, describing it as "a heinous corp. that pretends 2 care 4 whales. It is $ and only $ that motivates them"

Brian Eno and singer Karl Hyde of Underworld release their second collaborative LP, High Life, in the UK.

The New York Post reveals that the late Lou Reed's estate amounts to $30m, over $20m of which has been collected by Reed's manager Robert Gotterer.

Roger Daltrey of The Who, Eliza Doolittle, Aled Jones, Harvey Goldsmith, Katherine Jenkins and others attend a 'creative industries' reception hosted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Whitehall, London, England, UK, Europe.

Beyonce, with an estimated $115m income for the past year, tops the Forbes 100 List of the World's Most Powerful Celebrities. Other musicians high in the listing include Dr. Dre, Jay Z, Rihanna and Katy Perry.

It is announced that Madonna is to contribute funds to three organizations attempting to improve conditions in her home city of Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Blake Shelton scores his 12th consecutive No1 on the Billboard Country Chart in the USA with My Eyes (featuring Gwen Sebastian).

David Gray releases his tenth album, Mutineers, in the UK.

5 Seconds Of Summer release their debut album Five Seconds Of Summer, in The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Israel, Malaysia, Peru, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

Insane Clown Posse lose their lawsuit against the FBI in the District Court, Michigan, USA. District Judge Robert Cleland rules that the Posse's complaint could not be upheld. The Posse had alleged that an FBI report which classified their rap-metal fans, The Juggalos, as a "non-traditional gang", was an infringement on their right to free association and expression.

George Ezra releases his debut LP, Wanted On Voyage, on Columbia Records in the UK.

The National Route 66 Preservation Bill is passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, allocating a budget of $10m over ten years to preserve the road, which was opened in 1926. A vital trans-America route from Chicago to Los Angeles, for over fifty years, it was immortalised in the song Route 66, written by Bobby Troup and first recorded by The Nat King Cole Trio. Later versions were recorded by Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, The Manhattan Transfer and Depeche Mode to name but a few. The road also became the subject of the Route 66 television show in the 1960s.

Bob Dylan plays in the Eric Clapton Benefit show at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, for Clapton's Crossroads Centre in Antigua. Dylan sings six songs backed by Eric Clapton's band, then returns for an encore of Bright Lights, Big City with Sheryl Crow.

The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the last of seven nights at the Mill Run Theater, Chicago, Illinois.

The musical revue George White's Scandals Of 1924, with music by George Gershwin, opens at The Apollo Theatre, 223 West 42nd Street, New York City, USA. The show features The Williams Sisters, Will Mahoney, Helen Hudson with the Elm City Four, Richard Bold and Winnie Lightner.