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Fred James is born in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He will find success as a Nashville-based record producer, considered to be as much a documentarian as he is a musician and entrepreneur. His Bluesland Productions is among the world's foremost independent music companies devoted to blues, soul, and American roots music.
The Spencer Davis Group plays at the grand opening of The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. The club was formerly in Brazenose Street, but the new venue is 6 Whitworth Street.
Joni Mitchell performs Both Sides Now, The Circle Game and The Way It Is on the CBC-TV program The Way It Is.
BBC Radio show The The Quads play at Birmingham University, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. DJ for the evening is John Peel.
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The UK's No1 Indie single is Shipbuilding by Robert Wyatt, written by Elvis Costello and Clive Langer.
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The Smiths play at the Quando Night in Manhattan Sound, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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Alexandra Rebecca Parks is born in Mount Hawke, Cornwall, England, UK. She will find success as singer-songwriter Alex Parks.
The Smiths play a second night at The Beacon Theater, New York City, USA, supported by Billy Bragg.
Morrissey, vocalist of UK indie band The Smiths, is attacked and knocked down while onstage at the Center Sportif, Universite De Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Fall play the second of two nights at The National Ballroom, Kilburn, London, England, UK, Europe.
Wearing only his underpants, Sean McDonough of British indie band Thousand Yard Stare is handcuffed to a tree by the band's tour manager, in Norwich, England, UK, Europe.On their PopMart tour, when U2 play at Valle Hoven, Oslo, Norway, Europe, their showpiece special effect, a giant mechanical Lemon, fails to open, trapping the band inside inside until the Lemon is dragged off the stage and the somewhat embarassed band set free.
Arctic Monkeys play their first-ever live gig, at The Grapes, Sheffield, UK. They play mostly cover versions, for which they are paid £27.
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Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand, The Decemberists and Kaiser Chiefs play at The Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, Texas, USA.
On their first American tour, Arctic Monkeys play at The Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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The Cribs play in the MTV 2 Gonzo 5th Birthday Show in Liverpool, England, UK, supported by Lightspeed Champion.
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin release Tape Club, a 26-song compilation of unreleased songs, b-sides, and demos, on Polyvinyl Records in the USA.
The Vans Warped Tour 2014, featuring Yellowcard, Air Dubai, Anberlin, Bowling For Soup, Less Than Jake, Antiserum, A Skylit Drive, Bad Rabbits and others, plays at Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.The Vans Warped Tour, featuring Air Dubai, A Skylit Drive, Less Than Jake, Anberlin, Bayside, Bad Rabbits, Bowling For Soup, Enter Shikari, Cute Is What We Aim For, Echosmith and others, plays at Cntral Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, Florida, USA.
The NME Awards Show takes place at Tufnell Park Dome, London, UK. Artists appearing include Lila Rose launches her new LP, We.Animals with a live gig at The Independent, San Francisco, California, USA.
Cabbage, The Shimmer Band and April play at The Bodega, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Cabbage, The Shimmer Band and April play at The Purple Turtle, Reading, England, UK, Europe.
During his Starboy: Legend of The Fall Tour, The Weeknd plays at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Tune-Yards release a new LP, I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, on 4AD Records in the UK.Arlo Parks releases a new EP, Super Sad Generation, on Beatnik/Transgressive Records.
On their 50th Anniversary Tour, Hot Tuna play at The Theatre At Westbury, New York State, USA, with Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams.
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