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Craig David enters the UK pop singles chart at No3 with All The Way. James Blunt remains at No1 with You're Beautiful.
A statue of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott is unveiled outside Bruxelles, a pub just off Grafton Street in Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Later, a tribute concert takes place at Dublin's Point Theatre featuring former bandmates and friends - Gary Moore, Eric Bell, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson and Brush Shiels.
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Dr. Feelgood plus Eddie And The Hotrods play at The Mean Fiddler, London, England, UK.
Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult plays a solo show at the James Burton Guitar Festival, Shreveport, Louisianna, USA.
The Click Five have the highest new entry in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA with Just The Girl, entering at No21. Mariah Carey remains at No1 with We Belong Together.
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Ernie 'Sweetwater' Johnson, who had been half of the sixties soul duo Eddie And Ernie, dies as a result of a hit and run incident on 16th Street in his home town of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. For some years, he had been living on the streets, wheeling his worldly possessions around in a supermarket trolley.
Second day of the Beautiful Days Festival at Escot Park, Devon, England, UK. Sixty bands, including Michael Franti And Spearhead, The Levellers, Wonderstuff, Billy Bragg, Jill Sobule, Oyster Band, I Am Kloot and Glen Tilbrook on four stages over three days.
The Ralfe Band plays at RoTa, Notting Hill Arts Club, London, England, UK.
The Grates play at The Scala, London, England, UK.
Daniel Powter enters the UK albums chart at No5 with Daniel Powter. James Blunt remains at No1 with Back To Bedlam.
Patricia Vonne plays at The Inn On the Beach, Hayling, England, UK.
The Used play at Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Citywalk, Universal City, California, USA.
Second day of the Rockinbeerfest gets underway at The King's Bush Centre, Godmanchester, Cambridge, England, UK. Artists playing over the three days of the event include Dr. Feelgood, Eddie And The Hot Rods, Hazel O'Connor, Caravan, Hugh Cornwell, Oysterband, John Otway and Ezio.