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Wild Man Fischer dies, aged 66, from heart problems in Los Angeles, California, USA. Despite having suffered since his teens from paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (not to mention attacking his mother with a knife), he achieved worldwide celebrity status after being discovered by Frank Zappa and releasing his debut LP, An Evening With Wild Man Fischer, in 1969.
International cult celebrity figure
Allen Toussaint, Leon Russell, Garth Brooks and John Bettis are added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame during an event at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, USA.
The video for Friday by Rebecca Black is officially
removed from YouTube because of a copyright claim from Black. Since
its release in march 2011, it has also become the most hated video
on YouTube, surpassing Baby by the previous
holder of that title, Justin Bieber.
Britney Spears begins her Femme Fatale tour, with a show at The Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, California, USA.
On their A Thousand Suns tour, Linkin Park play at Kaisaniemi Park, Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Dome, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
On her Aphrodite World Tour, Kylie Minogue plays the last of three nights at The Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
On his Doowops And Hooligans tour Bruno Mars plays at The Pearl Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.