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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. The Three Brooklyns, billed as 'Musical eccentrics from The Alhambra, London' are playing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ambrose And his Orchestra record I'll See You Again and If Love Were All, in Chelsea, London, UK, for Decca Records.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
Brook Benton plays the fifteenth night in a month of gigs at Robert's Show Bar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Carmen McRae records I'm Gonna Lock My Heart [And Throw Away The Key], If The Moon Turns Green and Lover Man, in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
Paul Anka plays the third night of a week at The Glen Casino, Williamsville, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Kestrels, The Three Quarters, The Mighty Avengers, Dave Curtis And The Tremors and Dick Francis (compere), play at The Futurist Theatre, Scabrough, UK.The Rolling Stones play in De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK. Also on the bill are Marty Wilde, Gene Vincent and The Barron Knights.
Jimmy James and The Vagabonds, supported by The VIPs [later to become Spooky Tooth] play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK. 
George Brunis (aka George Brunies) And His New Rhytm Kings record Everybody Loves My Baby, How Long, Someday Sweetheart and Yellow Dog Blues in the USA.
The Byrds, Sopwith Camel, Jefferson Airplane, The Standells, The McCoys and The Tradewinds open for The Rolling Stones in a performance at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, USA. This proves to be the last US mainland concert with Brian Jones as a member of the Rolling Stones.
Vanilla Fudge play the last of four nights at The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA, supported by Lothar And The Hand People and The Fallen Angels.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
When Tim Hardin plays at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe, his backing group is Barclay James Harvest.
The MC5 are arrested by Ann Arbor Police for "disturbing the peace" by performing a free concert the previous Sunday in West Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.Wilson Pickett, Mitch Ryder, Sly And The Family Stone and John Hammond play at The Summer Music Festival, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Blood Sweat And Tears play the first of two nights at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Singer, Guitarist and Producer Dave 'Brownsound' Baksh, of 
Devo play in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA.
Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine plays the fifth of six nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Culture Club, Depeche Mode, The Stranglers and Brigades Musicales play on the first day of the Rockin' Athens 85 festival, Antic Panathinaikos Stadium, Athens, Greece, Europe.
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Xavier Lacouture, Urban Dance Squad, The Young Gods, The Stranglers, The Learned, The Gang, Sttellla and Something Happens play at Paléo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland, Europe.
Prince begins the UK leg of his European summer tour at The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.Oasis are booed off at the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, Europe, when Liam Gallagher hurls insults at the 35,000 strong audience.
The Righteous Brothers with Reparata And The Del-Rons, play at Midwood Field, Brooklyn, New York City, USA. Snoop Dogg plays at the Kandy Vegas Lingerie Party in the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada.
During the three-day long WOMAD Festival begins at Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, Peter Gabriel, does a live link-up from his dressing room to an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Little Feat play at The Granada Theater, Dallas, Texas, USA, supported by The Tom Fuller Band.
Bastille play on the second day of The Secret Garden Party Festival, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK.
The video for the latest Miley Cyrus single,We
Can't Stop passes 100m views, making it the fastest video to
reach Vevo certification.
Arcade Fire, Biffy Clyro, Manic Street Preachers, Travis, St. Vincent, The Waterboys and others play at The Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata, Japan, Asia.
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