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Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, begins its year as European Capital of Culture with a performance by Ringo Starr [former drummer of The Beatles] and Dave Stewart [formerly of Eurythmics] at the city's St George's Hall.Todd Snider plays at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Australian group The Gospel Chapel Band releases the tribute Album The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan.
Blues singer Shakura S'Aida [pronounced "Shack-oora Sigh-ee-da"] releases her debut album, Blueprint, in the USA.
Taylor Swift plays at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, supported by Love And Theft. Swift finds herself very attracted to Stephen Barker Liles, vocalist of Love And Theft, and will be inspired to write the song Hey, Stephen about him. Around the same time, Barker wrote the song Try To Make It Anyway about Swift.
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The first Peace Without Borders benefit concert takes place on the Simón Bolívar Bridge, at the border of Colombia and Venezuela (both in South America), to celebrate the end of the recent Andean diplomatic crisis at the Rio Group summit. 300,000 people attend the concert to see Miguel Bosé, Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes, Ricardo Montaner, Alejandro Sanz, Juan Fernando Velasco and Carlos Vives. Although unable to perform at the concert, Shakira wears white on this day to demonstrate her sympathy for Peace Without Bortders.The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in Brazil. In the film, which claims to be 'Inspired by the music and the many lives of Bob Dylan', six different actors depict separate facets of Dylan's life and public persona. Dylan himself does not appear.
Former FBI agent Ted Gunderson tells American tabloid newspaper The Globe that Sonny Bono of Sonny And Cher fame did not die in a ski-ing accident. His death, claims Gunderson, was an assassination ordered by an international drug and weapons ring which feared that the singer-turned-politician was about to expose their criminal acts.
When The Black Keys play at The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA, the show is filmed and will be released as the DVD Live At The Crystal Ballroom.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis declares that hip-hop star Jay-Z, recently announced as the headliner for the next Glastonbury Festival, is an unsuitable act for the event. "I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury," he fumes. "It's wrong."
The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in New Zealand, On his Dark Side Of Moon Live tour, Roger Waters plays at The Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK.
A star in honour of latin hitmaker Trini Lopez is unveiled on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Darius Rucker's first country single, Don't Think I Don't Think About It, is released to radio in the USA on Capitol Records.
Stevie Wonder plays a live set for an invited media audience at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, UK, where he also announces his upcoming European tour.
The Foo Fighters play the first of two nights at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, using a 17m diameter revolving stage because the show takes place in the round. The performance is filmed for the DVD Foo Fighters Live At Wembley Stadium.
The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in Argentina. In the film, which claims to be 'Inspired by the music and the many lives of Bob Dylan', six different actors depict separate facets of Dylan's life and public persona. Dylan himself does not appear.
The Marlborough International Jazz Festival continues at various venues around Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK. Line up for today, the second of three days of the event, includes Clare Teal, Chris Jagger and the Atcha Band, Synthesis, Paddy Milner and the Big Sounds, The Eduardo Niebla Trio, Bob Barnard and the European Classic Jazz Band, The Cass Caswell Trio, Tad Newton's Jazz Friends and Cubana Bop..
On their Somewhere Back In Time tour, Iron Maiden play at Ratinan Stadion, Tampere, Finland, Europe.
Noah And The Whale re-release their debut single 5 Years Time on Mercury/Vertigo Records in the UK. It did not chart on first release in 2007, but the re-issue will peak at No7.
Don Helms, who played steel guitar with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, dies aged 81, of a heart attack, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Popular Liverpool-born vocalist The Foo Fighters release the DVD Foo Fighters Live At Wembley Stadium in Great Britain. It was filmed at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, on June 6 and 7.
Michael Jackson celebrates his 5Oth birthday with his family, Prince, Paris and Blanket, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
KT Tunstall marries Luke Buller (the drummer in her band) at Flodigarry Country House Hotel on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, UK, Europe.
Darius Rucker releases his first country album, Learn To Live, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Opal Courtney, Jr, tenor vocalist of 50s doo-wop hitmakers The Spaniels, dies aged 71 of a heart attack, at home in Gary, Indiana, USA.
Leon Redbone plays 
Rock star Bryan Ferry visits his son, Otis Ferry, in Her Majesty's Prison, Gloucester, England, UK, Europe. Otis, a student at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, is in jail on remand following an incident in which he was accused of robbing a hunt monitor and assaulting another.
Brad Whitford of Aerosmith is among the musicians playing as part of the Experience Hendix Tour 2008 to celebrate the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.During the London Jazz Festival, Take 6 play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
The Foo Fighters release the DVD Foo Fighters Live At Wembley Stadium, in the USA. It was filmed at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, on June 6 and 7.
The Black Keys release the DVD Live At The Crystal Ballroom in the USA. It was recorded duing a gig at The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA, on April 4.
It is reported that Feargal Sharkey, CEO of music industry representative body U.K. Music, has written to Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair expressing concerns about personal details being demanded by Form 696, part of the risk assessment procedure for live events in London, England, UK, Europe. One major concern highlighted in Sharkey's latter is that "In explicitly singling out performances and musical styles favored by the black community: garage and R'n'B, and MCs and DJs, we believe the use of risk assessment Form 696 is disproportionate, unacceptable and damaging to live music in the U.K."
Roy Ayers Ubiquity play the first night of a week at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.Jan |