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During Gregg Allman's concert at The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, a fight breaks out between 44-year-old Carl Darren Brothers and Ronald Sixt Jr., seated next to him. Sixt is stabbed and, as a result, Brothers is taken to Metro Nashville Jail and charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication.
Cois 'Pee Wee' Moultrie, an original member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys band, dies of a heart attack, aged 89, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA. Pee Wee played accordion the Drifting Cowboys from 1938 to 1940.
PaulMcCartney.com streams a thirty-minute-long press conference featuring Paul McCartney talking in London, UK, with press from around the world to promote the release of his new album of cover versions, Kisses On The Bottom.
The Wu-Tang Clan play in The Grand Ballroom At The Regency Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
A two-day trial opens in Davidson County Probate Court, Tennessee, USA, to determine how royalties for the late Jim Reeves' recordings will be split. Although Reeves died almost fifty years ago, his work still generates $400,000 per year. Terry Davis, who was married to Jim Reeves' widow for thirty years until her death in 1999, feels that he should receive part of those royalties.
On their Fallen
Empires tour, Snow Patrol play at The Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
Conor
Maynard releases the video for his debut single, Can't Say No in
the UK. It will notch up over 3m views within a month.
Liam Gallagher, frontman of Oasis and Beady Eye, wins a poll of listeners to XFM Radio to choose The Greatest Frontman Of All Time. Astonishingly, he took the No1 place easily, out-polling the number two, Freddie Mercury of Queen, by two votes to one. Rumours that the poll was conducted by the same people who conducted the recent Russian Presidential election have not yet been officially denied.
On their Say Anarchy tour, Say Anything play at The House Of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play at The Trusts Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand.
On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play at The State Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, supported by Ed Sheeran.
John Mayer releases his fifth studio album, Born And Raised, in Austria, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland.
The MacCabees and Theme Park play at Ibiza Rocks Hotel, San Antonio, Spain, Europe.
Soul II Soul, fronted by founding member Jazzie B, are honoured with a PRS for Music Heritage Award. A special plaque is placed in The Electric, Brixton, London, UK, Europe, where the group played their first live gig.
The Crosby, Stills And Nash play at The Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Thomas Bartlett [aka Doveman], Rufus Wainwright, fun., The National, Toshi Reagon, Beth Orton, They Might Be Giants, John Cameron Mitchell with Stephen Trask, MX Justin Vivian Bond, Cibo Matto, Sam Amidon and Reggie Watts play in Freedom To Love Now! A Concert for Marriage Equality, at The Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA.
When The Rolling Stones play at The O2 Arena, London, UK, they are joined onstage by Mary J. Blige, and by former bandmates Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor for the first time in more than twenty years.
Legal representatives of The Black Keys tell a federal judge in Los Angeles, California, USA, that the band has reached an out of court agreement with Pizza Hut and the Home Depot over the misuse of two tracks from their LP El Camino, Gold On The Ceiling and Lonely Boy, in commercials for the companies.The Disco Biscuits play at The Best Buy Theatre, Times Square, New York City, USA.
Sensible Events, one of the UK's most adventurous music booking agencies, comes to the end of an eight-year contract with Live Nation, and reverts to being an independent agency again. Artists associated with Sensible include Roger Waters, Mark Knopfler, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Elton John and many others.
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