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AC/DC headline the first day of the Download Festival, Donington Park, Donington, UK. The three day long event also features Aerosmith, Rage Against The Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, Bullet for My Valentine, Billy Idol, Megadeth, Them Crooked Vultures and more.
The Arcade Fire play the first of two nights at Danforth Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Backstreet Boys announce that they, following the lead of hard rockers Korn, will boycott fuel giants British Petroleum while on tour, to protest the devastating oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
Andy Fairweather Low plays at The Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK, during the annual Devizes Festival.
Natalie Cole plays the first of three nights at The Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.
Seth Putnam infamous founder of the outrageous grindcore band Anal C*nt, which apparently set out to shock and offend as many listeners as possible, dies aged 43 of a heart attack.
Jazz pianist Johnny Parker, who played for many years with Humphrey Lyttelton, Monty Sunshine and Kenny Ball, dies aged 80.
The Meltdown Festival, curated by Richard Thompson, begins in the South Bank Centre, London, UK. Over the next eleven days the festival will feature Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Field Music, Seasick Steve, Beausoleil, Broken Bells, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Clare and The Reasons, Codeine Velvet Club, Boris Grebenshikov, Lisa Hannigan, Neil Hannon, John Etheridge, Fishermen's Friends, Fun-DA-mental, Joe Henry, The Kominas, Bettye LaVette, Anna McGarrigle, Paolo Nutini, Ollabelle, Beth Orton, Judith Owen, Raihan, Tom Robinson, Harry Shearer, Martin Simpson, Emily Smith, Al Thawra, Danny Thompson, Kami Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus Wainwright, Krystle Warren, Villagers and, of course, Richard Thompson.