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Sir Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones joins a campaign to save The Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, Europe, where The Beatles, Stones, Kinks and Who played in the 1960s.
Hip-hop/rap duo Los Aldeanos perform to a packed crowd in the town of Candelaria, Cuba, Caribbean. Band-member Aldo Rodriguez spends the night in jail for "disturbing the public."
In the Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA, Britney Spears settles a lawsuit brought against her by former manager Johnny Wright for failing to pay him commission.
Pete Doherty is arrested on drugs charges in Geneva, Switzerland, Europe, after being found slumped in a toilet on board British Airways flight BA730 inbound from London. Doherty is fined by police, but released in time to play the Neuchatel Open Air Festival.
Phil Spector, recently convicted of the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, has his mugshot taken as part of the routine process for new prisoners in California as set out by the California Department of Corrections.
It is confirmed that rapper 50 Cent has settled his lawsuit in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, against an engineering firm over repairs and renovations to a Connecticut mansion he bought from boxer Mike Tyson in 2003. Details of the settlement are not revealed.On their "Tour Of The Universe", Depeche Mode play the second of two consecutive nights at the 46,000 capacity LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
A judge in Paramaribo, Suriname, South America, releases Las Vegas entertainer Trina Johnson-Finn who had spent three months in jail on charges of impersonating Toni Braxton at a concert in February, during which she was pelted with trash and booed offstage.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the second of three nights at Stockholm Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Jay-Z premieres a new song, D.O.A. (The Death of Auto-Tune) from his forthcoming album Blueprint 3 on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. The song lambasts rappers for singing too much and exhorts rappers to get back to rapping.Muse's upcoming UK arena trek - The Resistance Tour - sells out within minutes of tickets going on sale.
The Dave Matthews Band performs live on NBC's Today show at the Rockefeller Center, New York City.
Music Week reports that album sales in the USA have taken a tumble - 20.4% down on last year's tally in the same week. Overall sales were just 5.6m - the lowest in any seven-day cycle since SoundScan started quantifying data in 1991.