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Children's musical group The Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company presents the 'New York And London musical comedy success' The Belle Of New York at the Grand Opera House, San Francisco, California, USA.The Second New Musical Express (NME) Pollwinners concert is held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. Poll Winners include the Johnny Dankworth Seven, Ted Heath And His Music and Dickie Valentine. Framed diplomas and portraits are presented to the winners by the legendary Nat 'King' Cole.
London's first rock'n'roll club, Studio 51, opens in Great Newport Street, Soho, with a gig by Rory Blackwell's Rock'n'Rollers.With speculation building that instrumental group The Shadows might split from Cliff Richard, the UK pop idol has a meeting in London with their manager Peter Gormley.
The Impresario Larry Parnes' package tour, Star Spangled Nights, plays at The Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe. Featured artists include Billy Fury, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Tommy Bruce, The Allisons, The Viscounts, The Karl Denver Trio, Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale and newcomer Georgie Fame.
Tommy Roe, Chris Montez and The Beatles play at The Granada Cinema, Mansfield, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Viscounts, Debbie Lee, The Terry Young Six and compere Tony Marsh.Liverpool-born pop idol Billy Fury plays at the ABC, Croydon, England, UK, supported by Joe Brown And His Bruvvers, Marty Wilde, The Tornados, Daryl Quist, The Karl Denver Trio, Dickie Pride and The Ramblers.
The All-Star 64 package tour plays at The Gaumont, Wolverhampton, UK, featuring Eden Kane (replacing John Leyton] The Rolling Stones, Mike Berry, Jet Harris, Billie Davis, Bern Elliott And The Fenmen, and The Paramounts
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Freddie And The Dreamers, The Hollies, Marianne Faithfull, The Four Pennies and Tony Jackson And The Vibrations play at The Odeon, Manchester, UK.
Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones is taken to hospital with an eye infection, but the group still plays an open-air show in Helsinki, Finland, Europe.The Rolling Stones play at The Civic Auditorium, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Byrds. On the same day, The Stones also record an appearance on tv show Shivaree. This is also the first day on which Stones' guitarist Brian Jones takes LSD, at the urging of acid-evangelist Ken Kesey and his group, The Merry Pranksters.
Chris Farlowe And The Thunderbirds release a new single, Buzz With The Fuzz, in the UK.
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UK tv show Lucky Stars – Summer Spin features The Small Faces, Sonny And Cher, Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, Heinz And The Wildboys.
Inez and Charlie Foxx play at The Starlight Ballroom, Greenford, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience record tracks for the songs House Burning Down and Tax Free at Record Plant, New York City, USA.
The Hollies, The Scaffold and Paul Jones play at The Odeon, Lewisham, London, UK, Europe.John Lennon of The Beatles lunches in London, England, UK, Europe, with actor Victor Spinetti and Apple press officer Derek Taylor, to hold a post mortem on the launch of the new stage production In His Own Write, based on Lennon's books.
Pink Floyd play at the Main Marquee, Pembroke College, Oxford, England, UK, Europe, supported by Junior's Eyes.King Crimson enter the UK album chart with their debut album, In The Court Of The Crimson King.
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Dr Strangely Strange play at Les Cousins, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by John Martyn.
Adam And The Ants play at The Top Rank, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe, supported by Martian Dance and Manufactured Romance.The Michael Schenker Group plays the second of two nights at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK.
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On their Warming Up The Band tour, Nightfly play at Heathery Bar, Wishaw, Scotland, UK, Europe. The recently-formed band includes former Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody and Zak Starkey, son of The Beatles' Ringo Starr.The Nightingales play at Thames Polytechnic, Woolwich, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by That Petrol Emotion and Bum Bites.
Touring in support of his current LP, Vive Le Rock, Adam Ant plays at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Manic Street Preachers play at The Horse And Groom, London, England, UK, Europe.Singer-songwriter Barb Jungr spends the first of three days at Mark Angel Studios, London, recording her album Every Grain Of Sand : Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan for Linn Records. Every song on the album is written by Dylan.
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)
Sir Elton John's 12th Annual White Tie And Tiara Ball is held at his home in Old Windsor, England, UK. Lady Gaga performs live and the event raises more than £5.6 million for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
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The Psychedelic Warlords play at The Attic,Tamworth, London, England, UK.
On his Jeb's Teetotal Pub Crawl tour, Jeb Loy Nichols plays at Heavenly Social Christmas Market, London, England, UK.
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