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Figures released by performance royalty collection body PRS For Music reveal that revenue from live music events in the UK slumped by 14.2% in 2012.
Blues-rock singer and guitarist Dennis Jones plays at Biscuits And Blues, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lady Gaga plays the fifth night of a seven-night residency at Roseland Ballroom, New York City, USA.
Chris Bailey, founding member and bassist of The Angels, dies aged 62 of throat cancer, in Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Mark Knopfler, founder of the band Dire Straits, announces that he has cancelled two concerts in Russia, following what he describes as a crackdown on human rights groups. Russian prosecutors and tax officials had recently searched the offices of Amnesty International and other human rights organisations, allegedly in an effort to stifle criticism of President Vladimir Putin.