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The Concert For A Landmine-Free World at Hammersmith Odeon, London, features Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith and John Prine.
Songwriter/producer Hank Cosby who worked with Smokey Robinson, The Supremes and The Jackson 5, and also played saxophone for Marvin Gaye, John Lee Hooker, The Temptations and Mary Wells, dies after a protracted illness.
Tex-Mex legend Freddy Fender receives a life-saving kidney transplant from his daughter, Marla Huerta Garcia, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The NME/Carling Awards are held in London, with results as below:
- Band Of The Year - The Strokes
- Album Of The Year - The Strokes - Is This It
- Single Of The Year - Ash - Burn Baby Burn
- Best Solo Artist - Ian Brown
- Best New Act - The Strokes
- Best Music Video - Radiohead - Pyramid Song
- Best Live Act - U2
- Best Live Venue - Brixton Academy, London
- Musical Event Of The Year - Carling Weekend
- Best Radio Show - Evening Session
- Best hip-hop act - Missy Elliott
- Best R&B - Aaliyah
- Best Dance Act - Basement Jaxx
- Best Metal Group - Lost Prophets
- Best Pop Act - Kylie Minogue
- Philip Hall On Award - The Coral
- Godlike Genius - Nick Kent / Pennie Smith
- Outstanding Contribution To NME - The Charlatans.
Isaac Hayes, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, Brenda Lee and Gene Pitney are inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Soul-jazz organist Big John Patton dies of diabetes and renal failure, aged 66, in Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
A letter appears in UK newspaper The Guardian, protesting about US attitudes towards the use of chemical weapons. It is signed by Brian Eno, Robbie Williams, Peter Gabriel, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox (Eurythmics) , Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Joe Strummer (The Clash), Robert Wyatt (ex-Soft Machine), Robert Fripp (ex-King Crimson), Holly Johnson ex-Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and other politically-concerned celebrities.
Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes of TLC dies, aged 30, when her Mitsubishi 4WD crashes near Juticalpa while on holiday in Honduras, Central America.

Madonna treads the boards of the Wyndham Theatre, London, starring in the play Up For Grabs, which opens today.
Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest is held at Donington Park, UK, featuring Black Sabbath, Tool, Slayer and System Of A Down.
19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, a three day event, begins in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing over the course of the event include Bo Diddley, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and James Cotton.
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The 19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, a three day event, comes to an end in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing over the course of the event have included Bo Diddley, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and James Cotton.
When Cooper Temple Clause play at Hultsfred Festival in Sweden, Europe, keyboardist Kieran Mahon breaks two fingers after punching an acrobat during a game of football.
The three-day long jam-orientated Bonnaroo Festival begins in Manchester, Tennessee, with acts including The Grateful Dead bassman Phil Lesh, Trey Anastasio, Ben Harper, Jurassic 5, Bela Fleck, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ween, Norah Jones, Del McCoury, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Disco Biscuits and others. On the same day, Pulp play at Roseisle Forest, Elgin, Scotland.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones release their seventh studio album, A Jacknife To A Swan.
Gus Dudgeon, who worked with Elton John and David Bowie, dies aged 59 when his car swerves off the M4 motorway between Reading and Maidenhead, England, UK, Europe.
Renowned record producer
Hell Is For Heroes, Biffy Clyro and Kinesis play at The Road House, Manchester, UK.

The fifth Terrastock
Festival, promoted and organised by Melksham-based music
journalist/entrepreneur Phil
McMullen, comes to an end at the Axis, Boston, Massachusetts. Artists appearing today, the last of the festival's
three nights, include Sonic Youth, Bardo
Pond, Bevis
Frond, Lilys and The Spacious Mind.
Kanye West is involved in a serious car crash near the W Hotel in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, while driving home from a recording studio. The incident, in which West's jaw is broken, will provide inspiration for his debut single, Through The Wire.




Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Edgar Winter, Mavis Staples, Sugar Blue, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and surprise guest Pinetop Perkins play during the Jammin' For The Kids benefit concert at The Vic Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.



Idlewild and The Star Spangles play at Manchester Academy, Manchester, England, UK.
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