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5 years ago
On their 40th Anniversary tour The Specials play at The Sands Centre, Carlisle, England, UK, Europe.10 years ago
Mariah Carey makes an unannounced surprise appearance in Times Square, New York City, USA, to unveil the billboards promoting her new album 'Me. I Am Mariah.... The Elusive Chanteuse'.
The 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards are held at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. Rihanna collects four awards including Artist Of The Year. Pharrell Williams secures the iHeart Radio Innovator award.
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It is reported that the remaining members of Lostprophets are forming a new, but as yet un-named, band. Lostprophets split in 2013 after frontman Ian Watkins was jailed for 35 years on child sex offences.
Iconic record company Sub-Pop Records opens a record store in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, USA.
In an open letter in Salon magazine, Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason ask the Rolling Stones to cancel their upcoming gig in Tel Aviv, Israel, Europe, on the grounds that it is now "the moral equivalent of playing Sun City at the height of South African apartheid."
As part of the 32 Londoners event, Ray Davies holds a mini-press conference aboard The London Eye, London, UK, for which a gin company has specially created 32 different cocktails intended to represent each of London's boroughs.
Ariana Grande, Bastille, Blake Shelton, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Luke Bryan, Pharrell Williams, Pitbull, Shakira and Thirty Seconds to Mars are among the performers at the first ever iHeart Radio Music Awards in Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
HIM, Explosions In The Sky and Scream Maker are among the acts performing on the first day of The Strawberry Music Festival, Shanghai, China, Asia.
Fancy by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX rises from No18 to No7 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA.
Alter Bridge play at First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with Monster Truck as their opening act.
Rotifer, Papernut Cambridge, Ralegh Long, Five Thieves and others play in the third Gare Du Nord Records Live Showcase in The Latest Music Bar, Brighton, England, UK.
25 years ago
Emily Erwin of The Dixie Chicks marries country singer Charlie Robison, at Cibolo Creek Ranch, in the Chinati Mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert, near Shafter, Presidio County, Texas, USA.
When Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana play at Ronnie Scott's Club, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, Robert Plant turns up to see the show. After the gig, Scotty is interviewed by Johnny Black for Mojo Magazine, and photographed by Glenn Powell of SonicShots.50 years ago
The Carpenters perform in the White House, Washington DC, USA, at the request of President Nixon, during a dinner in honour of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt.75 years ago
Tim Hodgkinson, who will play sax, clarinet and keyboards in successful 60s band Henry Cow, is born in Salisbury.
The first record heard on tonight's edition of the radio show
Cowboy Hit Parade, on KFVD, Los Angeles, California, USA, is
Tennessee Saturday Night by Red Foley. The show is sponsored by The
Record Corral, owned and hosted by Cliffie Stone.
Eddie Crosby records Lovesick Blues, I've Been Bitin' My Fingernails, Sugarfoot Boogie and Have You Ever Been Lonely, in Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
100 years ago
Mabel Louis Smith is born in Jackson, Tennessee. She will find success as Big Maybelle, on Okeh Records in the 1950s.
Mabel Louise Smith is born in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. She will find fame as blues shouter Big Maybelle
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