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Depeche Mode cancel three further gigs (Warsaw, Riga and Vilnius) on their current European tour to allow frontman Dave Gahan to recover from gastro-enteritis.
The Third Annual Bob Dylan Way Birthday Celebration is held at Fitger's Brewhouse, 600 East Superior Street in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Live Bob Dylan music is provided by The Freewheelers (Jim Hall, Brad Nelson, and Jamie Ness) and special guest Danny Fox, winner of the 2008 Dylan Days Singer/Songwriter Contest.
On the second leg of their Unleashed tour, Fleetwood Mac play at The HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, USA.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the first of two nights at the Izod Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.Songwriter Eg White, composer of hits for Will Young, James Morrison, James Blunt, Take That, Joss Stone, Pink, Kylie Minogue, Beverly Knight, Natalie Imbruglia and others, is chosen as Songwriter Of The Year at the 54th Ivor Novello Awards in London, UK.
The lawyer representing Aubrey Louis Berry, the man accused of killing Atlanta rapper Dolla, claims that his client's actions were in self-defense.
It is reported in Forbes magazing that Carrie Underwood earned an estimated $14m in the past year, making her the year's top earner among American Idol contestants.Depeche Mode's Sounds of the Universe begins its fourth week at No1 in Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart, holding off a strong challenge from of Green Day's newly-released 21st Century Breakdown.