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A licence is granted to Mr. Barnett Levey to begin staging plays in the saloon of the Hotel Royal, Sydney, Australia, from 26 December,1832, until the end of May 1833. This is generally regarded as the beginning of the legitimate theatre in Australia.
It is reported, with anger, in the Sydney Christian Monitor that visiting gospel group The Fisk Jubilee Singers has been refused rooms in every leading hotel in Sydney, Australia, because of the colour of their skins.Jim Kelleher's Piccadilly Hotel Dance Band records Carolina Moon, Anda Hem and other tracks in London, UK, for Imperial Records.
The Ramon Raquello Orchestra plays in the Meridian Room at Park Plaza, New York City, USA. This performance is referred to in Orson Wells' famous hoax radio broadcast of War Of The Worlds, during which an official-sounding weather report is quickly followed by "the music of Ramon Raquello and his orchestra" from the Meridian Room in the Hotel Park Plaza in downtown New York.
The Artie Shaw Orchestra plays at The Blue Room, The Hotel Lincoln, New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in the Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio. 
Ray Noble And His Orchestra play at The Empire Room, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
Lonzo And Oscar record Metro Polka, Wild Women From The South and I Lithp Ekthept When I Thay Ithaca, in Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jack Hunt records All I Do Is Sit And Cry, How Can I Lie To My Heart, They Tell Me It's Wrong and Triflin' On Me, in Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.Hillbilly Bill records Talkin' Myself Into Trouble, Countin' Sheep, Gingham And Jeans and Love In My Heart You On My Mind for Coral Records in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five record You Belong To Me, I Went To Your Wedding and Pennsylvania Polka in Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bobby Rydell plays the fifteenth night in a four week season at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as support to comedian George Burns.
Brenda Lee plays the third night of a pre-Christmas season in The Congo Room of The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Brenda Lee plays the first of ten nights at The Deauville Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA.
Donnie Brooks plays at The Cal-Nev Hotel and Casino on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Bobby Darin continues with four weeks of dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Monique Van Vooren opens for ten days at The Chase Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.The Beatles first appearance on American tv is a film clip on The Jack Parr Show, in which they are seen performing in Bournemouth, UK.
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Joe Carson And His Western Swing Band open at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, nevada, USA.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Songwriter Sammy Cahn flies from New York City, USA to Frankfurt, Germany, Europe, to meet with Paul Anka, and begin planning a live show at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, USA.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent, UK.
Judy Garland plays the second night in a ten-day residency at The Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play the fourth of seven nights at the Hudson Hotel, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
The largest crowd so far for a rock show, 56,000 fans, sees The Beatles play live at Shea Stadium, New York City, USA. The audience includes Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, who also hang out with the group at their hotel. Also among the crowd is aspiring folk-rock guitarist and singer Gram Parsons.
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The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
The Maori Quin Tikis play at The Four Lions, Hotel Singapura, Singapore, Asia.
The Everly Brothers are recorded playing live at The Grand Hotel, Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, USA, for The Everly Brothers Show, produced by Lou Adler. Restless, The Sting-Rays, Frenzy and Demented Are Go play at The Klub Foot, Clarendon Hotel, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.
Touring in support of their album Razor's Edge, The Groundhogs play at The Lion Hotel, Warrington, England, UK, Europe.The Scientists, Living In Texas, The Vibes and The X-Men play at The Clarendon Hotel Ballroom, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan is denied admission to a gig by Tanya Tucker at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, because his faded jeans are deemed too scruffy for the hotel's dress code. After some negotiation, however, Dylan is allowed to enter.Robert Smith and Simon Gallup of The Cure present the band's new album, Disintegration, to the world's media at a press conference in The Churchill Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe.
Three-quarters of Led Zeppelin play at the wedding reception of Jason Bonham, son of the band's deceased drummer John Bonham, and Jan Charteris at The Heath Hotel, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, UK. Jason Bonham stood in for his father during the brief live set.
On their The Hard Way tour, Steve Earle And The Dukes play at the Station Resort Hotel, Jindabyne, Australia, Oceania.
The Eagles file suit against the Hotel California restaurant in Dallas, Texas, USA, alleging trademark violations relating to the title of their hit single and album Hotel California.Radiohead begin a European tour at the Theatre Antique d'Arles, Arles, France. On the same day, Oasis cancel their gig in Hamburg, Germany, stating that vocalist Liam Gallagher is too ill to perform because of a chest infection. He's not too ill, however, to get roaring drunk in the bar of the city's Hyatt Hotel that same night.
B.B. King plays at the Circus Maximus Theatre at Caesars Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
After fans learn that Justin Bieber is staying at The Langham Hotel, London, England, UK, they ring so often that the phone system crashes. Bieber solves the problem by moving from The Langham to The Dorchester.
The Pierces hold a party in The Malmaison Hotel, London, England, UK, to celebrate the release of their fifth studio LP, Creation.Police in Seoul, South Korea, Asia, request an arrest warrant for Seungri of the K-pop group Big Bang, over allegations that he procured prostitutes for potential investors in his business, siphoned off funds from nightclub Burning Sun, and purchased sexual services for himself on more than three occasions. (The warrant will later be refused by Seoul court).
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