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Ola Brunkert, long-term drummer for Abba, is found dead at his villa in Majorca, Spain, Europe. Spanish police say that Brunkert apparently bled to death after somehow falling onto his greenhouse.
Devizes-based singer-songwriter Jon Amor plays at Maryport R'n'B Club, Maryport, Cumbria, UK.
The first Peace Without Borders benefit concert takes place on the Simón Bolívar Bridge, at the border of Colombia and Venezuela (both in South America), to celebrate the end of the recent Andean diplomatic crisis at the Rio Group summit. 300,000 people attend the concert to see Miguel Bosé, Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes, Ricardo Montaner, Alejandro Sanz, Juan Fernando Velasco and Carlos Vives. Although unable to perform at the concert, Shakira wears white on this day to demonstrate her sympathy for Peace Without Bortders.Pete Chilver dies aged 83 in Edinburgh, Scotland. An acclaimed jazz guitarist, Chilver was hailed as one of the first British-born musicians to establish the electric guitar in the UK.