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Garry Shider (also spelled Gary Shider), the right hand man to George Clinton on numerous P-Funk, Parliament and Funkadelic projects, dies aged 56 of lung and brain cancer in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA.
Carole King and James Taylor play the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
Bill Dixon, an avant garde jazz trumpeter and composer who
worked with Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor and others, dies in his sleep, aged 84, at his home in North Bennington, Vermont, USA. Dixon was also the founder of the Jazz Composers Guild.
A court in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe, rules that the three Swedish owners of The Pirate Bay must stop all their activities in that country and make their websites inaccessible for users in the country, under penalty of EUR 50,000 per day, the maximum possible fine being EUR 500,000.
The Sonisphere '10 festival is held at Bemowo Airport, Warsaw, Poland, Europe. Artists appearing include Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer.
Pink's Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour plays at King's Hall Exhibition and Conference Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, plays the first of two nights at The Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Ke$ha plays at the Limelight Night Club, 
Chicago and The Doobie Brothers play at the Gibson Amphitheater, Universal City, Los Angeles, California, USA.