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Blur release a new single, Tender, in the UK on Food Records. It will peak at No2 in the UK singles chart.


Blues guitarist Mighty Joe Young dies aged 71 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from a complication of spinal surgery.
Red Norvo, a pioneer of mallet instruments and an early major figure of jazz, dies of natural causes, in Santa Monica, California, USA, aged 91.

Josephine Brock dies in Glen Falls, New York State, USA. She had found success in the 1920s as Bobbe Brox of The Brox Sisters, stars of Vaudeville, Broadway, films and radio.

A four-day long Bob Dylan Festival begins at Burg Plankenstein castle in Austria. Artists appearing include Luigi Catuogno, Who Cares, Peter Del Bello and The Plankenstein Allstars. The CD The Plankenstein Tapes is recorded during the event.


Iron Maiden play the first of two nights at The Hammerstein Theatre, New York City, USA.
Kevin Wilkinson, an acclaimed drummer who had worked with The Waterboys, China Crisis, Squeeze and many others, commits suicide by hanging himself at his home in Baydon, near Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
A new main-belt asteroid (i.e. a minor planet) is discovered by I.P. Griffin at Auckland, New Zealand. He names it 23990 Springsteen in honour of Bruce Springsteen.
jailed for three years at Southwark Crown Court, London, England, UK, Europe, for his part in laundering more than £2m of drug money from cocaine deals.
Mark Williams, founder and editor of the short-lived weekly music paper New Music News, is
Marcelo Rodriguez, the Los Angeles, California, policeman who arrested George Michael in a Beverly Hills toilet, takes the star to court alleging slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Billie Piper releases her second album, Walk Of Life. It will peak at No14 in the albums chart.

Vibraphonist Milt Jackson, whose instantly recognizable style and improvisational ability made him a major jazz artist, dies of liver cancer, aged 76, in Manmhattan, new York City, USA.
When Beth Orton plays at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, UK, she is supported by Liverpool band Shack.
On their Fireworks tour, Angra play at Credicard Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America.
Billie Piper enters the UK pop albums chart with her debut album Honey To The B, which will peak at No14.

Virtuoso jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd dies dies aged 99 of lung cancer at his home in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
During rehearsals for a concert in Bournemouth, UK, Boy George has a brush with death when he is struck a glancing blow on the shoulder by a 300 kilo glitter-ball falling from the lighting rig.
Wax models of The Spice Girls are unveiled at Madame Tussaud's waxworks in London, UK.

Jean-Michel Jarre plays the first of his two The Twelve Dreams Of The Sun concerts at The Pyramids Of Giza, Egypt, Africa.
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