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Bob Dylan continues his two-week residency at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supporting The Greenbriar Boys.
On his way home to Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, for Christmas, Bob Dylan records some songs in Minneapolis, at the sorority house room of Bonnie Bleecher. The tape will become the basis of the first bootleg, Great White Wonder.The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, supported by Peter And Gordon, The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant, The Worryin' Kind, The Barracudas and Tony Marsh.
Folk-music duo Ian and Sylvia Tyson appear on The Steve Allen Playhouse on tv in the USA.
The Searchers, Dionne Warwick, The Zombies and The Isley Brothers play at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK.
Hoyt Axton, The Young Folks, Stewart Clay and The Yachtsmen Quartet play in The Disneyland After Dark Hootenanny, Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! at Wembley Studios, London, England, UK, features The Byrds, The Who, Sonny And Cher and The Small Faces.
The Byrds play at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, supported by Them and Goldie And The Gingerbreads.
Like A Rolling Stone by Jefferson Airplane open for Lightnin' Hopkins at The Matrix on Fillmore St, San Francisco, California, USA.
Georgie Fame, Cat Stevens, Julie Felix and Sounds Incorporated play the sixth night of a 14–day run in 'Fame In 67' at Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre, London, England, UK.
The album Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane enters the Billboard Top 40 album chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.Donovan is the guest artist on the BBC2 tv show Once More With Felix, hosted by Julie Felix, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Joan Baez releases her new single, a version of Bob Dylan's Love Minus Zero/No Limit, in the UK on Vanguard Records.
Bob Dylan's close longtime friend Howard Alk is found dead at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California, USA. Alk's death is ruled a suicide.Frank Zappa, Blancmange, The Alarm, The Waterboys, The Sisters Of Mercy, 12 Drummers Drumming and Rory Gallagher play at The Golden Summernight Festival 1984 No1, Motorcross Stadion am Morgenbruch, Ahlen, Germany, Europe.
Nils Lofgren joins Neil Young on stage for the last show of his Australian tour, at The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Starship reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA with We Built This City.
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Bob Dylan plays the second of four nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, towards the end of the Temples And Flames tour. George Harrison is in the audience.During their Crest Of A Knave tour, Jethro Tull play at Nassau Coliseum, Hempstead, New York State, USA.
Having sung with Sinatra at his home two days earlier, Bob Dylan performs Restless Farewell at Frank Sinatra's 80th Birthday Tribute, in The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chris Curtis, drummer/vocalist and founding member of The Searchers, dies in Liverpool, UK, aged 63.
Beck plays the first of two nights at The Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California, USA, supported by Le Tigre, The Decemberists and TV Sheriff.
The BRIT Awards 2006 are held at Earls Court, London, England, UK. The show is hosted by Chris Evans and winners include Kaiser Chiefs (British Group, Rock Act and Live Act), KT Tunstall (British Female Solo Artist), James Blunt (British Male Solo Artist and Pop Act), Coldplay (Single, British Album), Green Day (International Group) and Jack Johnson (International Breakthrough Artist)
Jackson Browne plays at The Lawn at White River State Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester dies of cancer, aged 69, at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. 
Ben Watt, best known as one half of Everything But The Girl, plays at The East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, UK. Watt is accompanied on guitar by Bernard Butler.
Jorma Kaukonen plays the last of four nights at The Entrance Ramp, Fur Peace Ranch, Pomeroy, Ohio, USA.
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Two weeks of staged readings of the upcoming Cher-based musical The Cher Show begin in New York City, USA.Touring in support of her ninth album, Mental Illness, Aimee Mann plays at The Egg Center For The Performing Arts, Albany, New York State, USA.
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