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Lady Gaga posts a Twitter message revealing that she has spent recent days "reflecting, crying and yelling" because of her grief and anger following the death of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer of Williamsville, New York State, USA, who took his own life because of bullying. "Bullying must become illegal," she Tweets. "It is a hate crime. I am meeting with our president. This must end. Our generation has the power to end it."
On her Black Star tour, Avril Lavigne plays the first of two nights at The HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK.
A contract revealing that The Beatles refused to perform in front of a segregated audience at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, USA, on August 31st, 1965, sells for $23,033 at an auction in Los Angeles. In addition to the desegregation clause, the contract guaranteed the band $40,000 and at least 150 police officers to provide security at the show.