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The 32nd Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off in Birds Hill Park, Winnipeg, Canada. The four-day-long event will feature such acts as Bill Frisell, Camper Van Beethoven and Daniel Lanois.
Maceo Parker plays the last of three nights at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK.
Four bombs are detonated in a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks by terrorists in London, UK. Fifty-two people, including the four bombers, are killed and over 700 more are injured. The 2008 song, Days Of Fire by Nitin Sawhney, is described as his first-hand account of the London bombings.
The Vans Warped Tour, plays at The Sleeptrain Amphitheater lot, Sacramento, California, USA, with a bill including My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, The Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.
Love play at Islington Academy, London, England, UK.
On her Greatest Hits tour, Donna Summer plays in The Bank Boston Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Johnathan Rice plays at The Glee Club, Birmingham, England, UK.
Pollstar.com announces that North American concert ticket sales dropped by an average of 12% during the first six months of the year. The high price of tickets is considered to be the major factor in the decline.
In the wake of horrific bombings in London, England, UK, the Safety Advisory Group for Hyde Park announces that the planned Queen and R.E.M. concerts for the coming weekend will be postponed. 
Rapper Cam'ron is arrested in Harlem, New York City, USA, because of outstanding traffic tickets.
Reports appearing, in newspapers in the USA, that Britney Spears is pregnant with twins are denied by her representatives.
The Live8 Concert in Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, features Wet Wet Wet, Annie Lennox, Texas, Travis, The Proclaimers, Dido, Snow Patrol, The Zutons, Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield, The Thrills, Jamie Cullum and Ronan Keating.
Daryl Hall and John Oates announce the postponement of their upcoming shows because Hall has been diagnosed with Lyme disease - an ailment caused by the bite of deer ticks.