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A woman in Northam, near Perth, Western Australia, Oceania, stabs her husband repeatedly with a pair of scissors for driving her to distraction by repeatedly playing Burning Love by Elvis Presley.Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play the second of two nights at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London.
A badly decomposed body recovered recently from the Chartres Street Wharf in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, is identified as Barry Cowsill of family-oriented pop band The Cowsills. The coroner rules that he died of drowning during Hurricane Katrina.George Melly with Digby Fairweather's Half Dozen and the Leo Green Quartet play the third of five nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, UK.
Jesus Take The Wheel by Carrie Underwood reaches No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA for the first of six weeks.
A live CD, The Legendary 1977 Dylan Tour Reunion Concert, is recorded at a Bob Dylan tribute event in the Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland, Europe. Artists taking part include Markus Nordenstreng, Eduardo, the Mike Westhues Trio and Tuomari Nurmio.The running of Wembley Arena, London's long-established and much-loved major concert venue, is taken over by global concert promotions company LiveNation.
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The film North Country, starring Charlize Theron, is released in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The movie features several Bob Dylan songs, including the newly-recorded Tell 'Ol Bill.
Richie Havens plays the first of three nights at the Sid Feller, the producer and arranger who helped create the rich, orchestral big band sound for Ray Charles that resulted in such hits as Georgia on My Mind and I Can't Stop Loving You, dies aged 89, at his home in the Cleveland suburb of Orange Village. Feller had a history of heart trouble.
The film North Country, starring Charlize Theron, is released in Norway, Europe. The movie features several Bob Dylan songs, including the newly-recorded Tell 'Ol Bill.
Dr Eugene Landy, controversial therapist and business adviser to Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys dies of pneumonia while also suffering from lung cancer, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 
On their The Book Of Souls World Tour, Iron Maiden play the second of two nights at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.The Black Keys release a new EP, Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough, on Fat Possum Records in the USA.
Country-pop singer Lynn Anderson is arrested (for the second time) on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, following a minor traffic accident near Espanola, New Mexico. USA.
Having been picked up from Viking Legacy Records by Sony Music, Sandi Thom's debut single, I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker [With Flowers in My Hair], is released in Australia and New Zealand.
Suzanne Vega becomes the first major recording artist to perform live in the Internet-based virtual world, Second Life. The event is hosted by John Hockenberry of public radio's The Infinite Mind.
Gnarls Barkley, the first act to have secured a No1 hit single purely on downloads, earn a US platinum disc for their debut album St Elsewhere.
A three-day long Academic Conference focussing on Bob Dylan's Lrical Works comes to an end at Dartmouth College, Bournemouth, England, UK.
George Benson and Al Jarreau play at The Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A jazz-oriented tribute album entitled Trouble : The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan is released in the USA on Tzadik Records.
Bob Dylan releases his 32nd studio album, Modern Times, in the UK on Columbia Records. Jack Frost, credited as producer, is a pseudonym for Dylan.
Bob Dylan releases his 32nd studio album, Modern Times, in the UK on Columbia Records. Jack Frost, credited as producer, is a pseudonym for Dylan.On his Dark Side Of Moon Live tour, Roger Waters plays the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. His former Pink Floyd colleague Nick Mason joins him as a guest for the show.
Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly. release their debut album Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager on Atlantic Records in the UK.
A search of Willie Nelson's tour bus uncovers 1.5 pounds of marijuana and 1/5 of a pound of mushrooms, when it is stopped on Interstate 10 near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA. Willie Nelson and Bobbie Nelson are given misdemeanor citations for drug possession.
A Green Plaque is unveiled at 59 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, to commemorate the location of the 2is coffee bar, the legendary venue that witnessed the birth and rise of the first wave of British rock'n'roll.
The Rolling Stones play to 23,000 fans in Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, Minnesota, USA.Mono spend the second of three days recording tracks for their EP The Phoenix Tree, at Electrical Audio Recording, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jason Newsted, former bassist with Metallica, injures his shoulder while trying to catch a falling bass amp head. The injury will put him out of action as a musician for several months.
The decades-old annual Halloween celebration in The Castro district of San Francisco, California, USA, is effectively ended when a gun battle breaks out, wounding nine people including innocent bystanders. Chuck Prophet will write the song Castro Halloween about the events of this night.
The Barenaked Ladies and The Mike Doughty Band play at The Allstate Arena, Rosemont, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The 2006 Induction Ceremony for the UK Music Hall Of Fame, which took place at Alexandra Palace, London, UK, two days earlier is transmitted on tv in the USA by VH1. Inductees are James Brown (inducted by Jazzie B) performs 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' Led Zeppelin [inducted by Roger Taylor of Queen], Wolfmother perform Communication Breakdown as a tribute; Rod Stewart (inducted by James Morrison) performs The First Cut Is the Deepest and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy; Brian Wilson (inducted by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd) performs God Only Knows and Good Vibrations; Bon Jovi (inducted by David A. Stewart and Kara Dioguardi) performs Livin' on a Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive and It's My Life; Prince (inducted by Beyonce Knowles) and Dusty Springfield (inducted by Joss Stone who performs Son of a Preacher Man). The occasion proves to be the last televised performance by James Brown.
Blues guitarist and singer Seasick Steve releases his second album, Doghouse Music, on Bronzerat Records.
It is reported that Michael Jackson intends to visit the African state of Rwanda next year to undertake charity work.
Nona Paris Lola Jackson, a British woman claiming to be the biological mother of Michael Jackson's three children, has her case thrown out by a Los Angeles Court.
Oasis fan Ben Hayes is treated to a solo concert by Noel Gallagher in his home in Poynton, Cheshire, England, UK, Europe. The gig is a prize in a BBC Radio 1 competition. 15 people pack into Ben's lounge for the show and his mother makes cups of tea for the crew.Jan |