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Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that despite falling attgendances, spectacular ticket sales by One Direction, The Rolling Stones and Justin Timberlake, plus a series of blockbuster stadium shows, have propelled the North American concert industry to a record massively profitable 2014.
The music biopic Get On Up, based on the life of James Brown, opens at cinemas in Spain and Poland, Europe.
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Twenty-six years after its release, Especially For You by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan is declared a million-selling single in the UK.
My Brightest Diamond play at The Roxy, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Wands are among the acts appreaing at The Psi Rock Festival, Mannheim, Germany, Europe.
The Four Tops and The Temptations perform a couple of their hits for President Obama in The White House, Washington DC, USA, before joining a group of White House carolers for a rendition of Winter Wonderland.
Elvis at The O2: The Exhibition of His Life, a nine-month long exhibition, opens at The O2, London, UK.
Billboard magazine announces that The Rolling Stones, with three shows at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, Asia, on February 26, March 4 and 6 for a total of 147,493 people taking in a gross of $27,946,751, achieved the biggest-earning single concert run of 2014. The Stones total for the year was $134m, making theirs the No1 tour.
The Billboard magazine Women In Music Luncheon is held at Cipriani, Wall Street, New York City, USA. Taylor Swift accepts the Woman Of The Year Award, and other notable honorees include Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Jessie J, Iggy Azalea, Idina Menzel and Hayley Williams. There are also live performances by performances from Colbie Caillat, Betty Who and Jessie J.
Nick Cannon files for divorce from