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Musical comedy The Rounders is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 36 performances.
The Wizard Of Oz is playing at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical comedy The Prince Of Pilsen is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of four months.Ray Herbeck with Lorraine Benson plays the last of three nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA.
The King Curtis Septet records The Groove, The Shake, Snake Eyes, Jay Walk and Midnight Ramble for Atco Records, in New York City, USA.
Connie Francis plays the nineteenth night of three weeks at The Sahara Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Solomon Burke plays the third of ten nights at The Flame Show Bar, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play at the Las Vegas Jazz Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Popular honky tonk pianist and bandleader Big Tiny Little is playing during an extended booking at The Java Lanes, Long Beach, California, USA.
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Dizzy Gillespie records the album Dizzy Gillespie And The Double Six Of Paris, at Europasonor Studios, Paris, France, Europe, for Mercury Records.
The Soul Agents play at The Grand Cinema, Christchurch Street West, Frome, Somerset, UK.
Sonny And Cher are working on tracks for Cher's first solo album, in Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Janis Joplin and the Kosmic Blues Band play at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, USA.
Torrential rain blights the Pocono International Raceway Festival, aka Concert Ten, in New York State, USA, headlined by The Faces, Three Dog Night, Earth, Wind and Fire, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Emerson, Lake And Palmer, Cactus and Humble Pie. (Black Sabbath and Badfinger were scheduled to appear but both bands cancelled).Elvis Costello And The Attractions begin a week of rehearsals in The Town Hall, Davidstow, Cornwall, UK, for their live debut, which will be as support to Wayne County And The Electric Chairs at The Garden, Penzance, Cornwall.
Imagination, Irene Cara, Trio, Odyssey, Bananarama and Captain Sensible (with Dolly Mixture providing backing vocals) appear on weekly chart pop show Top Of The Pops in London, UK, Europe.
On their End Of The Road tour Status Quo play at The Arts Centre, Poole, Dorset, England, UK, Europe.
On their Brothers In Arms tour, Dire Straits play the sixth night of a thirteeen-night stand at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) release a new single, Secret, in the UK. It will peak at No34.
The album The Joker by the Steve Miller Band is awarded a Platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Joey by Concrete Blonde makes its debut on the Aria Singles Chart in Australia, Oceania, at No22. It will peak at No2.
During 'The Tour Of Hope', Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela play at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK.
Two armed men break into the home of Foxy Brown while she and her mother are both in the apartment. Fortunately, neither of the women suffer any injuries.
Noel Gallagher returns to play with Oasis for their gig at Lansdowne Road Stadium, Dublin, Eire.
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Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver is given three years probation by a court in Los Angeles, California, USA, after being convicted of driving under the influence.
Kylie Minogue, still recovering from breast cancer, visits children suffering from cancer in the Royal Childrens' Hospital in her home town of Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.
Alanis Morissette, supported by Jason Mraz, continues her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour at The Arlene Schnitzer Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA.
The It is reported by Nielsen SoundScan that 800,000 solo Michael Jackson albums have been sold in the past week. This is almost double the previous week, with his music now occupying all ten places on the Top Catalog Albums chart.
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Australian singer-songwriter Sia releases her sixth album, 1000 Forms Of Fear, in the USA.
Biffy Clyro release their seventh album, Ellipsis, on Warner Bros/14th Floor Recordings in the UK.
On her Revival tour, Selena Gomez plays at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by DNCE.On their 51-date The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, U2 play the first of two nights at Twickenham Stadium, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
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