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Savage and Soulja Boy Tell'em reach No1 in the Singles Chart in New Zealand, Ocania, with Swing.
In an announcement via his website, guitarist Adam Gaynor of
Matchbox 20 confirms that he is leaving the band because of personal differences between him and the other members.
UK r’n’b/pop trio Mis-Teeq announce that they are splitting up.
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Michael Buble’s second album, It’s Time, debuts at No1 in the Canadian albums chart.
Rap record company boss Marion "Suge" Knight is ordered to pay $107m (£57m) to Lydia Harris who helped found Knight's Death Row record label in 1989. She claimed she had invested in the label but was ousted by Knight.
Emmylou Harris plays at The Paramount Theater, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Mark Knopfler plays at The Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France, Europe.
Sum 41 play the first of two nights at The Docks, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Killers play the second of two nights at The Wiltern, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Coral play at The Leadmill, Sheffield, UK.
Three new videos - Sugarland's Something More, Jamie O'Neal's Somebody's Hero and
Jason Aldean's Hicktown - are premiered today on CMT in the USA.
Lou Reed plays at The Music House, Arhus, Denmark, Europe.
Garbage play at the Madison Theatre, Covington, Kentucky, USA.
Joni Mitchell is honoured at the Lieutenant Governor's Centennial Gala in her home town of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The fifth instalment of
Madonna's series of children's books, Lotsa de Casha, is published by Callaway/Puffin in the USA.

The Alabama 3 play at Carling Academy, Bristol, England, UK.

Kansas play at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK.

Don Henley and
Stevie Nicks play at The Giant Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Def Leppard play at St Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, USA.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club play at The Scala, London, England, UK.

The
Steve Miller Band plays at The Borgota Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Bright Eyes play at Somerset House, London, England, UK, supported by The Faint.

The Duhks play at The Venue, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Eric Bloom of
Blue Oyster Cult plays a solo show at The Granada Theatre, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey sing America The Beautiful at FedEx Field, Landover, Maryland, USA, to open the fourth anniversary game of The Chicago Bears and The Washington Redskins.
Neil Diamond plays at The Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon, USA.

The Stands play at The Academy, Manchester, England, UK.

The four-day-long guitar-orientated Wall To Wall Festival continues in The Krannert Centre, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA. Artists performing today include
Daniel Lanois, John Hasbrouck, Eric Lougosch and Cindy Cashdollar.