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Pink Floyd play at The Punchbowl Hotel, Lapworth, Warwickshire, England, UK, Europe.
The third day of the Woodstock Festival features Iron Butterfly, Moody Blues, Johnny Winter, The Band, The Jeff Beck Group, Blood, Sweat And Tears, Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills Nash And Young, The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
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While walking home to Maida Vale, London, UK, from a Phil Manzanera recording session at Island Records' Basing Street studio, Brian Eno is hit by a taxi and has to be hospitalised for several weeks.
Joy Division play at the Revolution Club, York, England, UK, Europe, on a bill with Cabaret Voltaire.
Playing a purely instrumental set, New Order make their live debut at the Beach Club, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, as the unannounced support band for A Certain Ratio.
Duran Duran play the second of two nights at The Gaumont, Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at The International Centre, Fukuoka, Japan, Asia.
Stevie Wonder releases a new single, I Just Called To Say I Love You, in the USA.
Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears tops the Billboard 200 Albums Chart in the USA for the first of five weeks.
Chris Rea releases a new single, The Road
To Hell, about the misery of being stuck in a traffic jam on
the M25
orbital London, UK, motorway.
The Rolling Stones spend the first of eight days rehearsing in Tokyo, Japan, Asia, for their upcoming tour.
The Jesus And Mary Chain, supported by Nine Inch Nails, play at the 13-13 Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
On their World Violation tour, Depeche Mode play the first of two nights at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On the Trash tour, 
Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, Maximo Park, Motley Crue, Feeder, Garbage, Helmet, In Extremo, Phantom Planet, Slayer, Sonic Youth, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Chemical Brothers, The Hives, Tocotronic and Towers of London play on the second day of Rock Am Ring, Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany, Europe.
Australian electro-poppers Frequent People showcase their new single, Superhero, at The Camden Barfly, Chalk Farm, London, UK.
Swedish House Mafia play their 'last ever' UK gig at Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes, England, UK, Europe, to 60,000 fans. Tragically, three people are stabbed during the concert, and also During the concert, three people are also arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class-A drugs.
Moby attends "Stand Up For Pits" Los Angeles Charity awareness and fundraising comedy night about pit bull dogs at Largo, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ed Sheeran's x (Multiply) tour plays the first of its 179 gigs in Osaka, Japan, Asia, and will continue through Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Asia until December 12, 2015, ending in New Zealand.
Marina And The Diamonds play at The Academy Newcastle, Newcastle Business Park, England, UK.
Blackstar by David Bowie premiers at No1 in the Billboard 200 Albums chart in the USA, giving him his first ever American No1 album. Overall, Bowie has ten albums in this week's Billboard 200.
On his 
Shawn Mendes, Ellie Goulding, Diplo and Lukas Graham appear at The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Flatbush Zombies, Kandy Town, Killa, DFT and others play at Sound Museum Vision, 2-10-7 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo,
Japan, Asia.
On their 3-D Concerts tour, Kraftwerk play at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Kanye West reactivates his Instagram account, after a year's absence, to share a Valentine's Day message - "Happy Valentine's Day Babe," - to his wife Kim Kardashian.
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