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On departure after a show in Berlin, Germany, Europe, AC/DC find that their plane has a mechanical problem. They are obliged to charter another plane but the delay makes the group late on stage for their next gig at Valle Novin in Oslo, Norway, Europe. Because of Norway's strict gig curfew laws, the band is forced to cut four songs from their set.
On their Ending On A High Note Tour, A-ha play at The Stadt Allendorf, Hessentag, Germany, Europe.
On her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at The O2, London, England, UK.
On their Hello Hurricane tour, Switchfoot play the first of two nights at Wiston House, West Sussex, England, UK.
As fans gather in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, to pay their last respects at the funeral of rock star, Ronnie Dio, members of an extreme right wing anti-devil worship congregation from The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), protest by forming a picket line at the cemetary gate and waving anti-gay and other placards.
Blues-rock guitar virtuoso Eric Gales is arrested on cocaine possession charges while unloading band equipment in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Gales had been released just days earlier after three-years in the Shelby County Correction Center, also on drug charges.
Pink's Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour plays at Megaland Landgaaf, Landgraaf, Netherlands, Europe.
When Michael Jackson's will is made public, it is learned that he has left all of his estate to his three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, and his mother Katherine.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at Estadio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe.
Ali-Ollie Woodson, who had sung with The Temptations since 1984, and had been a member of The Drifters in the 1970s, dies of leukemia, aged 58, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
On his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, supported by Bert Jansch.