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Former UK hitmaker Mark Morrison is arrested in the lobby area of Warren House, Beckford Close, London W14 for "common assault on a 36-year-old
male". Morrison is taken to Chelsea police station and bailed.
Faith No More play their first gig together after 11 years, at Brixton Academy, London.

Barry Beckett, the record producer and keyboardist who worked with Bob Dylan on the albums Slow Train Coming and Saved, dies at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, aged 66.
Yolanda Saldivar, convicted killer of Tejano music star Selena, loses an appeal in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals because it was filed in the wrong county. The appeal had been filed in Nueces County, instead of Harris County where she was tried and convicted.
Nine people are arrested in London, Kent and the Midlands for conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering, via an internet scam in which DJs allegedly used stolen credit cards to buy their own music on iTunes, thus netting around £400,000 in royalties and boosting their chart ratings.
Guitarist and singer Huey Long dies aged 105 in Houston, Texas, USA. In a long and acclaimed career, he worked with The Ink Spots, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, The Three Deuces and many others.
The Dave Matthews Band debuts at No1 in the Billboard 200 albums chart for the fifth consecutive time with Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King, notching up first week sales of 424,000.
Beyonce cancels an imminent $200,000 appearance at the M2 nightclub in New York City, USA, claiming she is too busy preparing for her North American tour. The action will result in the club's owner, Joey Morri ssey, threatening Beyonce with a $1m lawsuit.
Readers of St Louis, Missouri, USA, newspaper the Riverfront Times choose singer Erin Bode as the Best Jazz Artist in the weekly newspaper's 2008 Music Awards.
