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33 people die in a crowd stampede during a late-night rap concert by Instinct Killers, on Rogbane Beach, Conakry, Guinea, Africa. Witnesses report that people fell to the ground and were trampled as the large crowd tried to exit through a small gate at the end of the concert.
Beyonce posts a pic of her husband Jay-Z and their daughter Blue Ivy on Instagram with the caption, "My favourite hue is JayZ Blue". This is interpreted by media observers as a response to recent rumours that the couple's marriage is on the rocks.
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The Vans Warped Tour, featuring Yellowcard, Anberlin, Air Dubai, Echosmith, Cute Is What We Aim For, Bowling For Soup, Less Than Jake and others plays in Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers release their thirteenth LP, Hypnotic Eye on Reprise Records in the USA.
Police see DJ Darren Partington of 808 State in a hired Ford Fiesta making a drugs handover to two users at Darley Street, Beswick, England, UK. When he is stopped and searched, Partington is found to be carrying sixteen wraps of heroin and eight wraps of crack cocaine. Partington is arrested.
Police in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA, announce that they have charged a young man, Sean Murphy, with raping a girl on the lawn in front of the Xfinity Center four days earlier during a concert by country-rocker Keith Urban. During the same concert, there were also reportedly 46 medical incidents, 50 people taken into protective custody and numerous fans arrested on alcohol charges.
Jack White throws the first pitch at the start of the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Phish play the first of two nights at The nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
The four-day long Secret Garden Party, headlined by Fat Freddy's Drop, is under way in Abbots Ripton, Cambridge, UK.
Journey, The Steve Miller Band and Tower Of Power play at Concord Pavilion, Concord, California, USA.
Billboard magazine reports that drug-related deaths are increasing at Electronic Dance Music events. A total of seventeen people have died at music festivals around the world so far this year. In the past, the majority of deaths at live music events have been related to crowd crushes and similar incidents.