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Nelson Mandela appears at Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK, as part of the Nelson Mandela Birthday Tribute Concert featuring Peter Gabriel, Neil Young, Jerry Dammers, Aswad, Simple Minds, Bonnie Raitt, Daniel Lanois, George Duke and others.
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Rock vocalist Chris Hutton approaches guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs in a pub in Manchester, England, UK, and suggests that they should form a band. Bonehead agrees and, with another friend, Paul 'Guigs' McGuigan, they will form The Rain. In due course, Hutton will be supplanted as vocalist by Liam Gallagher, and the group will evolve into Oasis.
On their The Ringmaster tour, The Beautiful South play their first-ever North American gig, in The Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
On his Journeyman tour, Eric Clapton plays at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays the second of two nights at The Summit, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ride play at The Academy, Bournemouth, England, UK, supported by The Motorcycle Boy, Some Kinda Wonderful and The Charlottes.
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is inteviewed by jazz historian Evan Spring at his home in New Jersey, USA. The interview will be broadcast on WKCR-FM to promote Jarrett's upcoming concert at The Town Hall, New York City, with his 'Standards Trio'.
Iggy Pop performs a lounge-oriented version of The Stooges' classic Search And Destroy on tv series Shannon's Deal, in the USA.