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Touring in support of his latest LP, Road Songs For Lovers, Chris Rea plays at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
On the third leg of their 100-date Global Spirit Tour Depeche Mode play at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.Jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks, best-known for his work with the vocalese trio Lambert, Hendricks And Ross, dies aged 96 in New York City, USA. Jazz critic Leonard Feather called him the "Poet Laureate of Jazz", while Time magazine dubbed him the "James Joyce of Jive".
Rhys Lewis plays at Oslo, London, England, UK, Europe.
Record producer and manager George Avakian dies aged 98, at his home on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, Avakian was a major force in the expansion and development of the recording industry in the USA. Avakian worked with artists including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis and Ravi Shankar.