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Need You Now, the second studio album by country-rock trio Lady Antebellum reaches No1 in the Canadian Country Top 50 Albums Chart.
Billboard magazine reports that Steven Tyler is considering legal action to prevent his removal from the band Aerosmith.Severin Browne plays at at Kulak's Woodshed, Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, California, USA.
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At a court hearing in Los Angeles, California, USA, disgraced R And B star Chris Brown is commended by Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg for the way in which he is diligently fulfilling the terms of his sentence for assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown had been ordered to carry out 180 days of cmmunity work and to attend domestic violence classes.
Shonen Knife drummer Etsuko Nakanishi retires from the band after five years, during their 13th Fandango concert in Osaka, Japan, Asia.
Usher is interviewed on tv show Good Morning America in the USA, about his his new album Raymond V. Raymond.
On his Crazy Love tour Michael Buble plays at the Pepsi Centre, Denver, Colorado, USA.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at General Motors Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Bret Michaels, former singer of Poison undergoes an emergency appendectomy in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
British folk-rock quartet Mumford And Sons' debut album, Sigh No More, reaches No1 in the Irish Albums Chart.
Music industry veteran Bob Mercer dies of lung cancer, aged 65, in Los Angeles, California, USA. While at EMI in the 1970s Mercer oversaw the signing of artists including Queen, Kate Bush, Marc Bolan and Olivia Newton-John.
On her Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at the Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
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Lily Allen wins three Ivor Novello awards at the 55th Ivor Novello awards in the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, UK. Allen's song The Fear wins best song musically and lyrically, and most performed work. She also wins as songwriter of the year. Other winners include Imogen Heap, Bat For Lashes, Paulo Nutini, Trevor Horn and Paul Weller, while Neil Sedaka's many years of success are acknowledged by the Special International Award.
Teenage Fanclub release their ninth studio album, Shadows, on PeMa Records in Europe.
Australian electro-poppers Frequent People showcase their new single, Superhero, at The Camden Barfly, Chalk Farm, London, UK.
Record producer and singer-songwriter Daniel Lanois is hospitalised after being seriously injured while riding his motorcycle in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rickie Lee Jones plays at The Arts and Cultural Center, Castle Theater, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Sandra Bullock, Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus take part in Nashville Rising, a benefit concert to raise funds for flood relief, at The Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bon Jovi play the first of two nights at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
Two German companies, DEAG Deutsche Entertainment AG and Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH, announce the launch of Gold Entertainment, a company specialising in live and recorded German Schlager/MOR music.On his Crazy Love tour Michael Buble plays at the John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.It is announced that British folk-rock quartet Mumford And Sons has reached a figure of 1m global sales of their debut album, Sigh No More.
Jose Carreras, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, and Brian May play at the BBC
Proms in the Park, Hyde Park, London, UK, with Neil Sedaka as Special Guest Star.
Flamingo, the solo debut album by Brandon Flowers of The Killers, enters the UK albums chart at No1.
Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones appears on UK tv show Breakfast to promote his seventh solo album I Feel Like Playing.
Unkle Bob release their second album, Shockwaves, in the UK on Motor City Records.
A Night With Robert Plant on BBC2 tv in the UK, features a documentary entitled By Myself, his recent Electric Proms gig plus a compilation of Plant's appearances on the live music tv show Later.
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