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Bill Curbishley is born in London, England, UK, Europe. He will find success in the 70s as a manager of rock bands, including The Who and Judas Priest, and later looking after artists Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.Ben Mink is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He will find success as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known as a long-time collaborator with Canadian singer k.d. lang.
Comedian, singer and actor George Robey dies, just over a week after suffering a stroke, at his home in Saltdean, East Sussex, England, UK, Europe. He had been one of the greatest music hall performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his name became known to thousands of rock music fans because of the Finsbury Park pub named after him, The Sir George Robey, which presented live music until 2004. Artists appearing there included Bad Manners, Blur, Billy Bragg, Carter USM, Desmond Dekker, Fairport Convention, Gong, Hawkwind, Bert Jansch, Roy Harper, Ralph McTell, and They Might Be Giants.
Folk musician Pete Seeger, under indictment for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions of the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955, states to a press conference in New York City, USA, that he will continue to refuse "to answer questions as to my associations, my philosophy or religious beliefs, or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs."
In Fort Ord, California, USA, Army private James Marshall Hendrix [later to find fame as Jimi Hendrix] receives orders transferring him to Fort Campbell, Kentucky.The Beatles play the evening show at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by The Bluegenes [later to find success as The Swinging Blue Jeans].
Roy Orbison plays at The Granada, Kingston, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Searchers, Bob Luman, Freddie And The Dreamers, and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at Fourth Dimension folk club, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones attends the wedding of photographer David Bailey to actress Catherine Deneuve, in London, England, UK.
The University of California in Los Angeles, California, USA, announces that students taking music degrees will be expected to study The Rolling Stones as part of their curriculum.
Marty Robbins plays in Macon, Georgia, USA. The support band is The Jades, featuring his son Ronny Robbins.
George Harrison of The Beatles returns to London, England, UK, after having spent Christmas in Woodstock, New York State, USA, with Bob Dylan.
On their first North American tour, Abba play at the Performing Arts Theatre, Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On their Some Great Reward Tour, Depeche Mode play at The Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
On her Compositions World tour, Anita Baker plays the first of two nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK.
Nirvana play 
With Michael Jackson's career in jeopardy, the superstar's lawyer announces that Jackson is under treatment for addiction to painkillers and is "barely able to function adequately on an intellectual level."
The dismembered remains of a young woman, later identified as Selina Bishop, are found in a black-and-yellow duffel bag floating in the water at a private marina in the Sacramento River Delta, California, USA. Selina Bishop was the 22 year-old duaghter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop. 
The Beautiful South play at Bedgebury Pinetum, Near Goudhurst, Kent, UK.
An All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) festival curated by The Simpsons'
creator Matt Groening, has its second of three days at Butlin's
holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, UK. Over the course of the festival, artists appearing include Iggy And The Stooges, Joanna
Newsom, Spiritualized performing Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, The xx, CocoRosie, Built To Spill, She And Him, James Chance And The
Contortions, Liars, Boredoms performing 9 Drummer Boadrum, The
Raincoats, Toumani Diabate, Danielson, Anni Rossi, James Blackshaw, Viv Albertine's Limerence, Panda Bear, Daniel Johnston, The
Residents, Deerhunter, Broadcast, Shonen Knife, Ruins alone
(Tatsuya Yoshida), Amadou And Mariam, Ponytail, Konono No1, Thee
Oh Sees, Juana Molina, Lightning Dust, Hope Sandoval, The Tiger
Lillies, Hello Saferide, The Fresh And Onlys, Cold Cave, Trash Kit
and Jill Sobule.
The DVD/Blu-Ray U 2 360 At The Rose Bowl is released in the USA. The release features an October 2009 concert by U2 at The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, USA. The concert was filmed using 27 high-definition cameras, and was also broadcast live over the internet attracting nearly 10m viewers from 188 countries.
Top British guitarist, singer and recording artist Joe Brown plays at The Tivoli, Wimborne, UK.
North Vietnamese police arrest songwriter Viet Khang and place him in pre-trial detention at No.4 Phan Dang Luu prison in Ho Chi Minh City. His crime was to have written a song criticising the Vietnamese authorities' response to China's territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea. He is charged with conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of Viet Nam's Criminal Code and could face a jail sentence of up to two decades.
Rihanna donates in excess of $3.5m in equipment to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital [QEH] in Bridgetown, Barbados, Caribbean, for its radiotherapy department, which now bears the name of Rihanna's late grandmother Clara Brathwaite. The announcement of the donation is made at the re-naming ceremony, which is attended by Rihanna and her mother.
Prince plays an intimate two-hour-long gig at King's Place, King's Cross, London, UK
When Jack White plays at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland, Europe, the venue pulls the plug on him during his encore rendition of the Leadbelly classic Goodnight Irene. Undeterred, he completes the song unplugged.
Azealia Banks plays at the Huxleys on September 26, 2014 in Berlin, Germany, Europe.
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Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz holds a press conference at The Presidente Intercontinental Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
Revered ska, rocksteady and reggae saxophonist Headley Bennett, having recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer, dies aged 85. Nicknamed Deadly Headley, he had performed on hundreds of recordings beginning in the 1950s. He played in the Studio One house band and on recordings featuring Bob Marley, Leslie Kong, The Abyssinians, Alton Ellis and Prince Far I to name but a few.
Lady Antebellum announce a new tour during a gig streamed on Facebook Live, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, during which they perform several new tracks from their upcoming album, Heart Break. The tour is to be called the You Look Good World Tour and will cover North America, South Africa, the UK and Europe, and features Kelsea Ballerini and Brett Young as support acts.
On the third leg of their 100-date Global Spirit Tour Depeche Mode play at The Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe.
In an interview on the US tv show Today, Bono of U2 tells the show's co-host Jenna Bush Hager that, although he and her father, US President George W. Bush, came from different political sides, the rock singer became, "very fond of him, and it's funny because underneath his armour, there's passion, compassion; he has it."
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