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Dierks Bentley plays Am I The Only One and 5-1-5-0 during the halftime show in college football's Capital One Bowl, featuring the Georgia Bulldogs vs the Nebraska Cornhuskers at The Citrus Bowl Stadium, Orlando, Florida, USA.
KK Downing, former guitarist with Judas Priest, announces that he is planning to become a live music promoter in the Birmingham area of the UK.
Blues singer and guitarist Samantha Fish plays the third of six nights at Blues on Whyte, 10329 Whyte Ave Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Dramatico Entertainment announces that it has inked a deal with
Paris-based label Play-On to sign award-winning, multi-platinum
selling artist Zaz for
the UK and Ireland. Dramatico will release Zaz's next studio album
in the UK later in the year.
The Magic Band, all of whom played with Captain Beefheart at one time or another, perform a concert of his music at Chelsea Under The Bridge, London, UK. The show is recorded and will be released later in the year.
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Dong The Witch Is Dead, a song from the soundtrack of the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz, enters the Official Singles Chart in the UK at No2. The song's revived fortunes are the result of a campaign to make it a No1 hit in the wake of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Furthur play the first of nine nights at The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
A re-formed line-up of Black Flag play an invites-only show for family and friends at Moose Lodge, Redondo Beach, California, USA. The venue is where the group played its first-ever gig in 1979.
The Backstreet Boys are awarded a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
It is announced that Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger are to be among 198 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts And Sciences in October of this year.Gabrielle Aplin releases her debut album, English Rain, for Parlophone Records in the UK.
On tour in support of their fourth LP, Heart Of Nowhere, Noah And The Whale headline the Sound City festival, Liverpool, UK.
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Rock And Roll's Greatest failure : Otway The Movie [a documentary about the career of idiosyncratic rock performer John Otway] is screened at The Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France, Europe. The screening is preceded by a 'March of 100 Otways' through the streets of Cannes.Pharrell Williams, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes are among the guests attending the 10th anniversary party for retail clothing business Billionaire Boys Club presented by HTC at Tribeca Canvas in New York City, USA.
Electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre is elected as the new president of CISAC [the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers] at its annual meeting in Washington DC, USA.
On her Set The World On Fire Tour, Alicia Keys plays at The Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria, Europe.
Robbie Williams begins his Take The Crown Stadium Tour, at The Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, Europe, supported by Olly Murs.
On their Live And Loud tour, Rascal Flatts play at Country Jam, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA.David Traywick, the brother of country singer Randy Travis, is arrested at his home in Marshville, North Carolina, USA, along with his wife, Jessica, and two other women when officials find a meth lab in the house. Previously, in September 2012, Traywick had been arrested for cooking meth in a makeshift lab near his home.
On their Live And Loud tour, Rascal Flatts, supported by The Band Perry and Cassadee Pope, play at The California Mid-State Fair, Paso Robles, California, USA.
70s teen pop idol David Cassidy is arrested for DUI in Schodack, New York State, USA. He is charged and released on $2,500 bail, but will eventually be fined and have his licence revoked for six months.On his Old Ideas Tour, Leonard Cohen plays at The Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe.
Celebrating their tenth anniversary, McFly play the last of four consecutive nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Suzanne Vega, accompanied by guitarist Gerry Leonard, plays at Bad Bonn, Dudlingen, Switzerland, Europe.
It is revealed, via an interview in Us magazine, that Lady Gaga plans to become the first professional musician to sing in space, a goal she hopes to achieve in early 2015 during a commercial flight on a Virgin Galactic ship travelling into sub-orbital space.
The Pointer Sisters play at The Eastside Events Center, Eastside Cannery Casino Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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