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Beyonce Knowles gives her husband Jay-Z the world's fastest road car, a $1.3m Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport vehicle for his 41st birthday.Paul McCartney, Merle Haggard and Jerry Herman attend a state dinner with President Barack Obama in Washington DC, USA, as the latest recipients of the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honour, for directly influencing American arts, entertainment and culture in a "profound way."
On the European leg of her Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at the Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy.
Gypsy guitarist Lulo Reinhardt, the grand-nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt, plays at The Jazz Cafe, London, UK.
Mushroom Mick [real name Michael Hogg], a guitarist and singer who was once dubbed 'the world's worst busker', dies aged 55 after losing a short battle with cancer. He was well known in Glastonbury and Bath, England, UK, Europe, for his terrible singing and guitar playing.
On her On their Ending On A High Note Tour, A-ha play the last of three nights at The Spektrum, Oslo, Norway.
Dave Koz, Candy Dulfer, Jonathan Butler and Brian Culbertson play at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Larry Carlton, Gumbo and Mari Kvien Brunvoll play in the Jazz Utsav 10 Festival at NCPA, Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, Mumbai, India.
An studded glove worn by Michael Jackson during his Bad Tour, is bought for $300,000 (£191,220) at an auction in Julien's, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. A military-style jacket worn by John Lennon for a 1966 Life magazine photo shoot, sold for $240,000 (£153,000), and also on sale at the same event were an X-ray of Albert Einstein's brain and a pair of Marilyn Monroe's empty prescription bottles.The Four Freshmen and The Chicago Jazz Orchestra play at North Central College, Naperville, near Chicago, Illinois, USA. (2010).
You Me At Six play the first of two nights at the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland, supported by The Blackout.