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Jonathan Melvoin, keyboardist of Chicago band The Smashing Pumpkins, is born in Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Lennon of The Beatles has his first opportunity to try out a new musical instrument, a Mellotron, at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London, UK. Highly impressed, he declares, 'I must have one of these.'
Davie Bowie and the Lower Third play at The Cedar Club, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. Davie will subsequently change his name to David Bowie.
John Rush, aka John Truelove, Lectrolux, Now Voyager and The Source, is born in the UK.
Pink Floyd have an Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, recording session, working on Nick's Boogie.
Pink Floyd play at The Punchbowl Hotel, Lapworth, Warwickshire, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd, who have been working in Abbey Road Studios, London, on their sixth album, Meddle, now move to Morgan Studios.The Human League play their first gig, at Bar 2 in Psalter Lane Art College, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark release their second single, Red Frame White Light, in the UK.
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Howard Jones plays the second of two nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.Todd Rundgren's Utopia release a new single, Mated, on Food For Thought Records in the UK.
On their Outside World tour, Propaganda play at Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.Pink Floyd play the second of eight shows at The Tennis Center, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania. Barflies at the city's Corner Hotel have to look again when they realise that the guitarist in the unannounced live band is David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, doing a spot of moonlighting from the Floyd's tour.
The first Hot night is held at The Hacienda club, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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S'Express release their fourth single, Mantra For A State Of Mind, in the UK. It will peak at No21 on the UK Singles Chart.
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After almost a year on the road, when Depeche Mode play at The Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California, USA, their already gruelling tour is joined by Primal Scream. Things rapidly go from bad to worse.
Depeche Mode and Primal Scream play at Great Woods Performing Arts Centre, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.Paul Oakenfold releases a new album, Bunkka, which includes several tracks recorded at Real World Studios, Box. It will peak at No1 in Billboard magazine's annual chart of best-selling electronic music albums.
The three-day-long Glastonbury Festival begins at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK. Acts appearing on the first day include Bush, Dandy Warhols, The Doves, Idlewild, Lost Prophets, Thea Gilmore and Hawksley Workman And The Wolves, Nelly Furtado, Ash, Faithless, Coldplay, Queens Of The Stone Age, Garbage, Spiritualized, The Waterboys, Joe Brown and Dot Allison.
When Hot Chip play at King's College, London, England, UK, Europe, the audience includes Adele and Jack Penate.On their "Tour Of The Universe", Depeche Mode play the second of two consecutive nights at the 46,000 capacity LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
Ellie Goulding plays at the month-long iTunes festival in The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK.
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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When Duran Duran play at Plaza Del Duomo, Milan, Italy, Europe, during the MTV European Music Awards, they are joined onstage by Mark Ronson.
The funeral of Rick Parfitt of Status Quo takes place at Woking Crematorium, Woking, Surrey, England, UK, Europe. The service is attended by his Quo bandmates, his three ex-wives, his son Rick Jr and Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet.
The Jonas Brothers reactivate their Instagram account, which starts rumours that the trio might be getting back together after having broken up in 2013.
On the second North American leg of his รท Tour, Ed Sheeran plays at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Snow Patrol and Lauv.
Wasuremono release their second LP, Are You OK? on The Wilderness Records in the UK.
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