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Bishop Walter Hawkins, considered one of the greatest gospel singers ever, dies aged 61 of pancreatic cancer in Ripon, Califoirnia, USA.
Tired Pony [Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol and Peter Buck of R.E.M.] release their debut album The Place We Ran From in the UK as a CD and LP.
Noel Gallagher, formerly of Oasis, attends the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Holland at Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa. Spain win 1-0.
Roger Waters and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd perform together unexpectedly at a charity gig in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, UK, in support of the HOPING Foundation. They perform three Pink Floyd songs (Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and Another Brick In The Wall (Part Two), plus a cover of To Know Him Is To Love Him by The Teddy Bears. The event raises £350,000.
On his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays at the Fox Theatre, Oakland, California, USA, supported by Bert Jansch.
On their Circle Tour, Bon Jovi play at The Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA, supported by Soraia.
Katie Melua, Buddy Guy, Stevie Wonder, Rickie Lee Jones, Diana Krall and others play on the last day of the North Sea Jazz festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe.
The second day of The 25th Wigan International Jazz Festival features a concert by the Big Chris Barber Band and A Tribute To Tommy Dorsey by The Gordon Campbell Big Band with vocalist Jeff Hooper, at The Lowri Beck - Celebration Hall, Wigan, UK.
The three-day-long Marlborough Jazz Festival 2010 comes to an end in Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK. The headline act on this day is Buddy Greco.
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When Little Feat play at the Vancouver Island Music Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, severely ill drummer Richie Hayward is slated to play just a couple of tunes, but once he settles behind his kit, he finishes out the night. Hayward will die just over one month later, on August 12, 2010, from pneumonia and complications from lung disease.
Kylie Minogue becomes the first solo artist to score No1 albums in four different decades when Aphrodite debuts at the top spot in the UK charts, 22 years to the week since her debut album, Kylie, entered the UK chart.
Two twenty-year-olds are found with serious stabbing injuries on a walkway at the T In The Park Festival, Kinross, Scotland, UK. Police treat the incident as attempted murder.