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Johnny Otis dies aged 90 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Johnny Otis is perhaps best-remembered for his 1958 hit song, Willie And The Hand Jive, but he also helped launch the careers of dozens of other R'n'B performers, including 'Big Mama' Thornton, Etta James, Hank Ballard, Johnny Ace and Little Richard.
Foreigner play at The Paramount Theatre, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Real Estate play at The Higher Ground Music Hall, South Burlington, Vermont, USA.
The Walkabouts play at Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia, Europe.
Rise Against play at Austin Music Hall, Austin, Texas, USA.
Hilary Duff and her husband Mike Comrie spend the evening at the popular Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lana Del Rey releases Born To Die in Italy, Europe. It is the first single and title track from her second album, Born To Die.
Enter Shikari play at The Hippodrome, Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK.
Attack Attack! release their third album This Means War in the USA on Rise Records.
Echo And The Bunnymen play at The Assembly, Leamington Spa, UK.
Gregg Allman plays at The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers, Florida, USA.
Fleet Foxes play at Big Cat, Osaka, Japan, Asia.
Tool play at The TCC Arena, Tucson, Arizona.
Cymbals Eat Guitars play at John Dee, Oslo, Norway, Europe.
Anberlin play at The Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
It is announced that Katy Perry has signed a deal with Electronic Arts for a series of games that will feature the singer within the Sims franchise, including a collector's edition of the upcoming The Sims 3: Showtime.
NOFX play at The House Of Blues, West Hollywood, California, USA.
Merle Haggard is admitted to hospital in Macon, Georgia, USA, to be treated for pneumonia. he is obliged to postpone several upcoming live shows.
Evanescence play at The Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, USA.
American indie band Howler release their debut album America Give Up on Rough Trade Records in the USA.
Maria Taylor plays at The Magnet Club, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Enter Shikari release their third studio album, A Flash Flood Of Colour, in the USA.
B.B. King plays at The Mahalia Jackson Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Henry Rollins plays at St George's, Bristol, UK.
On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play at The City Hall, Newcastle, UK.
Jennifer Hudson promotes her new book, I Got This : How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, with a signing session at Barnes And Noble, Old Orchard, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
As part of the New York Guitar Festival, the Silent Films/Live Guitars event in the Merkin Concert Hall features two groundbreaking guitarists premiering original film scores for silent comedies by Buster Keaton. On this night, My Brightest Diamond presents a score for Keaton's 1923 movie Balloonatic, and Keller Willams presents a score for Keaton's 1920 film One Week.
Casey Jones play at The Viaduct Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Horrors play at The Kazimier, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Unigard Insurance Co. files a $500,000 lawsuit against LincVolt LLC, the company founded by Neil Young to convert his 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on electricity and a biodiesel-powered generator. Unigard claims that the vehicle sparked a fire which seriously damaged two warehouses in San Carlos, California, USA, in 2010.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds play at Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
Steve Reich plays at The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Shawn Colvin plays at Yoshi's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Chickenfoot, including guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, play at Poppodium 013, Tilburg, Holland, Europe.