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A copyright infringement lawsuit is filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, California, USA, by Thomas Turino, Larry Crook and Dan Dickey, claiming that Christina Milian's US No5 hit, Dip It Low, used a looped sample of a "central identifying melodic, harmonic and rhythmic component" of the 1983 song La Sirena without permission.
During a gig at Brixton Academy, London, UK, troubled rocker Pete Doherty of Babyshambles fights on-stage with the band’s guitarist Patrick Walden. Former Clash star Mick Jones had introduced the band on stage at the start of the set.
It is announced on Blink 182’s website that the band is to stop working together for an unspecified length of time, in order to be able to, “spend some time enjoying the fruits of their labors with their loved ones."
When vocalist Josh Homme contracts a lung infection and begins coughing up blood in his Paris, France, Europe, hotel room, Queens Of The Stone Age cancel all upcoming tour dates and fly home to the USA.