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On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays the second of two nights at The American Airlines Center, Dallas Texas, USA.
Nightwish complete the Second European leg of their Decades World Tour, with a show in their homeland at Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland, Europe, supported by Beast In Black.Jazz and samba bassist and composer Arthur Maia dies aged 56 of cardiac arrest in the municipality of Niterói, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. Maia played with many famous artists, including Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Marisa Monte, Lulu Santos and Ney Matogrosso.
Country singer and songwriter Jerry Chesnut dies aged 87 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Chesnut is credited with writing hit songs that were performed by Elvis Presley, George Jones, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.
Speaking at a meeting of the presidential Council for Culture and Art in St Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin asks his government to "take charge" of rap music after a number of rap concerts were cancelled across the country. Putin declares that efforts to ban rap were "impossible" and so the state should play a greater role in controlling it. The Ministry of Culture, he added, would find the best way to "navigate" youth concerts.
Sweet Honey in the Rock play at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.