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The Country Music Association (CMA) Awards event is held in Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The full list of winners is as follows : full list of winners from the 2014 CMA Awards is as follows:

Entertainer of the Year: Luke Bryan

Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert, Automatic

Album of the Year: Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Song of the Year: Kacey Musgraves, Follow Your Arrow

Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert

Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton

Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town

Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line

Musical Event of the Year: Keith Urban feat. Miranda Lambert, We Were Us

Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally, guitar

Music Video of the Year: Dierks Bentley, Drunk On A Plane

New Artist of the Year: Brett Eldredge

Paolo Nutini plays at The LG Arena, Birmingham, UK.
Simon Pegg, Eliza Doolittle, The Foals and eighteen thousand festival goers appear in an anti-poverty video released by Oxfam as part of their Even It Up campaign. Samples gathered from the participants were mixed together into a track called Make A Song And Dance About Poverty by audio-visual remix performer, Eclectic Method (aka Jonny Wilson),
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Gerard Way, former frontman of My Chemical Romance, plays at The Ritz, Manchester, UK.
Ed Sheeran announces that he has brokered a deal with Warner Music to start his own, as yet un-named, record label, which he hopes to use to break new and talented young artists.
On her Whispers tour, Tina Dico plays at The Theatrehaus, Stuttgart, Germany, Europe.
New York-based Sovereign Brands announces that it has sold its interest in the Armand de Brignac (aka Ace of Spades) Champagne brand to a new company led by rapper Jay-Z. Reports of the cost of the deal range from $25m to $200m.
Gary Lane, original bassist of The Standells, dies aged 76 of lung cancer.
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When Madonna presents 26-year-old dancer Lil Buck with his award at the WSJ Innovator of the Year Awards in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, USA, the audience barely responds. Madonna then instructs the audience to applaud, declaring, 'I'll tell you when there are applause moments. You need help. This is a museum crowd.' Dr. Dre and his Beats Electronics partner Jimmy Iovine are also presented with awards by Eminem.
Ed Sheeran plays at The ISS Dome, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
The Classic Rock Awards are held at The Avalon Ballroom, Los Angeles, California, USA. The full list of winners is as follows :

Living Legend: Gregg Allman

Inspiration: The Doors

Band of the Year: Queen + Adam Lambert

Film of the Year: Through the Never - Metallica

Album of the Year: Going Back Home - Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey

Classic Album: Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne

Outstanding Contribution: Jeff Lynne

Reissue of the Year: Led Zeppelin I: Deluxe Edition, Led Zeppelin II: Deluxe Edition, Led Zeppelin III: Deluxe Edition - Led Zeppelin

Maestro: Joe Perry

Metal Guru: Dave Mustaine

The Bluesman: Eric Burdon

The VIP: Sharon Osbourne

Best New Band: The Cadillac Three
En route to a gig in Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe, Ed Sheeran becomes accidentally locked inside his own tour bus. He uses the time to Tweet a message revealing that he is desperate to go to the toilet but can't get access, and is amusing himself by watching old episodes of The Simpsons.
Yusuf, aka Cat Stevens, plays at Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London, UK.
On their 14 On Fire Tour The Rolling Stones play at The Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
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.