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Balynda 'Lyndie' Benson-Gorelick, wife of jazz saxophonist Kenny G, files for legal separation after 20 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
It is reported that the US rights of six of The Beatles' earliest songs, including She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and From Me To You, is to change hands for the first time in almost half a century. The small music publisher Round Hill Music has bought the rights which were first acquired by New York song promoter George Pincus in 1963.
After night club patron Mark Williams admonishes Johnny Jackson III, aka 'DJ Outlaw,' for not playing his CD during a DJ set at Rockafella's Nightclub, Old National Highway, South Fulton County, Georgia, USA, Jackson shoots him dead in the parking lot with a shotgun.Kasabian play a brief acoustic set live at Radar Music Studios, Sydney, Australia.
On the We Own The Night tour, Selena Gomez And The Scene play at The HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America.
Music analytics service Musicmetric, which measures the artists and releases most commonly downloaded by filesharers in the UK, lists Adele, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran, as the artists currently being most downloaded.
Kaiser Chiefs play at The O2 Academy, Manchester, UK, supported by All The Young.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays the first of two nights at Estadio Nacionale, Santiago, Chile, South America.
Radiohead come to the end of a brief tour of the United States with a show at The Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Arizona, USA.
A blue plaque is unveiled marking the site of The Ealing Jazz Club in Ealing, London, UK, which was instrumental in aiding the rise of the 60s r'n'b scene in the UK. Artists including The Rolling Stones, Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies, The Who and others played here.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany, Europe.On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play the first of two nights at Terminal 5, New York City, USA, supported by Ed Sheeran.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada, USA.
Jake
Bugg releases a new single, Lightning Bolt, on Mercury Records
in the UK. It will peak at No88 in the Official UK Singles Chart.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at Radio City, Music Hall, New York City, USA.
On the North American leg of their I'm With You tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Stealing Sheep, Simian Ghost, Pale Seas, Married To The Sea, Jake Mattison and Pins play at The Lexington, London
, UK.
On their first tour together in over twenty years, the surviving members of The Beach Boys play at The Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at The Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Leo Sayer appears on BBC1 tv show Breakfast in Salford Quays, Manchester, UK, to promote his upcoming tour.
Canada's Supreme Court ends the collection [by Canada's performing rights society SOCAN] of fees for music downloaded via the internet. The court rules that downloading is merely a delivery mechanism, much like a courier, and does not justify a performance fee. The court states, however, that music streamed from a website constitutes a performance and therefore fees must continue to be paid.
Jennifer Lopez plays at The Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA, supported by Enrique Iglesias and Wisin Y Mandel.Conor Maynard enters the UK albums chart at No1 with his debut album, Contrast, on Parlophone Records.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the second of two nights at The Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
It is reported that Beyonce Knowles has dropped out of Clint Eastwood's upcoming A Star Is Born remake. Sources state that her schedule is packed and, without a set start date, taking part in the production has become too complicated for the singer.Tegan and Sara are among the artists appearing at the Corona Capital Music Festival, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Corona Capital Festival in Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.Tyler James, a runner-up in tv talent show The Voice, is the musical guest on the BBC tv show Breakfast, live from Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK.
On his Single Ladies tour, R. Kelly plays at The Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, USA.
American Idol winner Phillip Phillips releases his debut LP, The World From The Side Of The Moon, on Interscope Records in the USA.Ray Lamontagne plays the first of two nights at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Enter Shikari, Cancer Bats and Engine-Earz Experiment play the first of two nights at The HMV Ritz, Manchester, England, UK.
On their 30th Anniversary tour, the original line-up of Jan |