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Ronnie Milsap and a group of fifty Tennessee firefighters, picket the office of Capitol Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Milsap had recorded a song, My First Ride, as a fundraiser to benefit firefighters and police officers, but Capitol refused to service the record to radio and iTunes, because it featured an unauthorised vocal contribution by their artist Trace Adkins. During the protest Milsap sings the song from atop a vintage fire truck.
Howard Morrison dies from a heart attack in his sleep, aged 74, in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Oceania. He is best-remembered as the founder and leader of New Zealand's first all-Maori pop/rock'n'roll group, The Howard Morrison Quartet.
Rochdale Council unveil two new 'blue plaques'. The first plaque is unveiled at the location of the former Tractor Sound Studios, financed by radio deejay John Peel. The second is at Cargo Studios, Kenion Street, which was used by Joy Division, New Order, The Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Teardrop Explodes, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Fall and most of the artists on the Factory Records label.
During his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, USA, Hugo Chávez criticises Cuban exiles in Miami who recently destroyed (using a steamroller) CDs by popular Latin musician Juanes CDs in protest against his involvement in the Peace Without Borders II concert in Havana, Cuba, Caribbean.
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