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David Cassidy, David Essex, The Osmonds and Les McKeown's 70s Bay City Rollers play at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK.
The three-day long Glastonbury Festival begins at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, UK, featuring acts including Basement Jaxx, White Stripes, Magic Numbers, Coldplay, The Belly Dance Superstars, Razorlight, New Order, Brian Wilson, The Wailers, James Blunt, Beautiful South, Baaba Maal, Babyshambles, The Killers, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Ska Cubano, K.T Tunstall, Kaiser Chiefs, The Subways, Chas n Dave, The La’s, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal And Royksopp. Attendance is 153,000. Tickets cost £125 including programme.
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On their Whack Attack tour ZZ Top play at Country Jam USA, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA.
U2 play at Croke Park, Dublin, Eire, Europe, supported by Paddy Casey And Snow Patrol.
A movie re-make of 70s tv show The Dukes Of Hazzard, opens in the USA with pop singer Jessica Simpson in the role of Daisy Duke, and Willie Nelson as Uncle Jesse.
The Vans Warped Tour, plays at the Smirnoff Music Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, with a bill including My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, The Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.
Alanis Morissette, supported by Jason Mraz, continues her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour at The Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Audioslave file an intellectual property lawsuit against Miller Beer, claiming that the company did not consult the band before using its name in an advertisment in Rolling Stone magazine.
Brian McKnight and New Edition play at The UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, Missouri, USA.
The start of the first day of the annual Glastonbury Festival at Pilton, Somerset, England, UK is disrupted by the worst thunderstorms in the history of the event. Live sets on the Pyramid Stage are delayed when the stage is hit by lightning, and the festival site is turned into a quagmire, parts of which are navigable by canoe. Artists appearing include White Stripes, Killers, Royksopp, Doves, Elvis Costello, The Undertones and Fat Boy Slim.
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The first day of the first-ever Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, features New Order, Moby, The Bravery, The Dears, Basement Jaxx, Keane, Kasabian, Mylo and LCD Soundsystem.
The Beautiful South play at Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The Stereophonics play at The Arena Entertainment Complex, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania.