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Robert Levon Been, bassist of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, throws a water bottle into the audience during a gig at Backstage, Munich, Germany, Europe. In due course, he will be fined 18,500 euros and given a three month suspended sentence, because the bottle injured a fan's eye.
EMI Music Publishing announces that is has extended its existing publishing agreements with some of the world's most successful songwriters, including Amy Winehouse, The Scissor Sisters, Bryan Ferry and Take That members Howard Donald and Jason Orange.
Paul Heaton begins a 16-date UK tour by bicycle, under the banner of the Pedals And Beer Pumps Tour. Heaton aims to save the English pub by playing live gigs in pubs across the nation, starting at The Flying Horse, Rochdale, Lancashire.
Jane's Addiction play their first gig with new bassist Duff McKagan, at Bardot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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.
Ed Sheeran performs during a show at The Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK, Europe. The event, organised by sixth-formers at Woodbridge School, is a fashion show to raise funds for East Anglian Children’s Hospices.
During a six-date tour, 
Shy Child, Infadels, Kids On Bridges, Zoot Woman and Shortwave Set perform live reinterpretations of the classic Human League album Dare at Dingwall's, Camden, London, England, UK.
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The National play at The Electric Ballroom, Camden, London, England, UK, supported by Buke and Gass.