Wales

Shirley Bassey records the Lionel Bart song As Long As He Needs Me, in EMI's Abbey Road Studio No1, London, England, UK, Europe.

Ricky Ford And The Crossfires play at The Town Hall Ballroom, Abergavenny, Wales, UK, Europe.

Duane Eddy, The Shirelles and Little Richard play at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe

A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones.

The Iveys play at Ritz Entertainments Club (a.k.a. The Ritz) Skewen, South Wales, UK, with The Wild Ones. The Iveys will find greater fame after evolving into Badfinger.

Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, Bobby Vee, Tony Jackson And The Vibrations, Heinz and The Zombies play at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

The Iveys play at Afan Lido, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. The band will find greater success after a name-change to Badfinger.

The Yardbirds play at The Majestic, Rhyl, Wales, UK, Europe

The Sir Douglas Quintet appear on the TWW pop show Discs A Gogo, in the UK.

The Iveys play at The Thingamajig Club, Reading, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater fame after a name-change to Badfinger.

Eyes Of Blue play at The Cat Ballou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.

The Iveys play at Langland Bay Hotel, Swansea, South Wales, UK, Europe, supported by Eyes Of Blue.

Amen Corner, Nice, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Joe Cocker and Alan Bown play in the All-Day Rave at Burton Constable Hall, Hull, UK, Europe.

Grapefruit play at The Top Rank, Swansea, Wales, UK, Europe.

Mary Hopkin starts a six week run at No1 in the UK singles chart with Those Were The Days on Apple Records. The track is produced by Paul McCartney of The Beatles.

The Velvet Underground play the last of three nights at La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The Pretty Things play at The Kee Club, Bridgend, Wales, UK, Europe

Pink Floyd play at The Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.

Badfinger play at Quaintways Café, Chester, England, UK, Europe.

Gene Pitney, Clodagh Rodgers and Badfinger play at The Odeon, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, Europe.

Gene Pitney, Clodagh Rodgers and Badfinger play at The Odeon, Doncaster, England, UK, Europe.

Budgie play at the Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK.

Former Velvet Underground mainmen Lou Reed and John Cale play their first concert together in many years at St Marks Church, New York City, USA, during the Poetry Project’s annual benefit show.

Disco Tex And The Sex-o-lettes play at the Top Rank, Swansea, Wales.

The Specials play at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, UK, supported by The Swinging Cats.

Badfinger play at Utopia, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

The Damned play at The Mayfair, Swansea, Wales, UK, Europe.

Bob Dylan plays at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York State, USA, supported by The Alarm.

Lostprophets play at The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK.

Gene Loves Jezebel play at The 100 Club, London, England, UK.

The Stereophonics begin a UK tour at The Point, Dublin, Eire, Europe.

Deftones, Gossip, Hurts, Jet, The Manic Street Preachers, Mão Morta, Skunk Anansie, The Bloody Beetroots, The Gossip and The Maccabees play on the second of three days of the Optimus Alive 2010 festival, Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Oeiras, Portugal, Europe.

Stereophonics release a new album, Graffiti On The Train, in the UK.

Bastille headline the first night of The Wakestock Festival, Abersoch, North Wales. Also on the bill are Magnetic Man, Wiley, The 1975 and others.

Lana Del Rey releases a new single, West Coast, as a digital download on Polydor Records in the UK.

Audio streaming is incorporated into the weekly statistics published by The Official UK Singles Chart, based in London, UK.

Launching a campaign to protect the future of live music venues in the UK, Frank Turner writes to Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, calling on him to adopt the Agent of Change principle into UK law to halt the escalating threats to dedicated live music clubs and other community activities.

Welsh mezzo soprano singer Katherine Jenkins releases her 10th solo album, Home Sweet Home, in the UK.

Status Quo play at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe, supported by Chas And Dave.

Marina And The Diamonds release their third LP, Froot, on Neon Gold/Atlantic Records in the UK.

Stereophonics headline the Kendall Calling Festival, in the UK.

Paramore play at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.

The BBC Music Biggest Weekend Festival, a four-day event, continues at War Memorial Park, Coventry, England, UK, Europe, with acts including Liam Gallagher, Paloma Faith, UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro And Mickey, Billy Ocean, Snow Patrol, Jamie Cullum, The Selecter, Stereophonics, Turin Brakes and others. Meanwhile, at Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, acts appearing include Taylor Swift, Florence And The Machine, Thorty Seconds To Mars, Shawn Mendes, Camilla Cabello, Jason Derulo, Demi Lovato, Rita Ora, james Bay, Christine And The Queens, Panic! At The Disco and Hailee Steinfeld.

At Newport Crown Court, Newport, Wales, UK, Europe, four defendants - Alan Godfrey, Robert Pye, Steve Russell and Chris Price - receive a range of prison sentences after entering 'guilty' pleas relating to a major counterfeiting operation specialising in Northern Soul records.

Shakin' Stevens plays at The Volkshouse, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe.