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Alan Ross And His Orchestra play at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.
The The two-day long Philadelphia Folk Festival begins on The Wilson Estate, Paoli, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Acts appearing over the two days of the event include the Rev. Gary Davis, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mike Seeger And Sonny Miller, Pete Seeger, Bonnie Dobson, Keith And Rooney and Tossi Aaron.
As part of the Forest Hills Music Festival, Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba play the last of three nights at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York City, USA.
The second day of the three-day long Sky River Rock Festival, is held in fields near Sultan, Washington, USA. Acts playing over the three days include Santana, Big Mama Thornton, James Cotton, Country Joe And The Fish, Richard Pryor, Dino Valenti, Byron Pope, It's a Beautiful Day, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Alice Stuart Thomas, The Youngbloods, New Lost City Ramblers, and local groups such as Juggernaut and Easy Chair. On the last day, The Grateful Dead arrive unscheduled.
Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come, The Edgar Broughton Band and Pink Fairies play at the Glastonbury Fayre, Pilton, Somerset, UK.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play in the Lake Michigan Summer Festival at International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, to an audience of 80,000.
The Boys Of The Lough play at The Arts Festival, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe.Glastonbury Fayre officially changes its name to Glastonbury Festival. For £8 a head, 18,000 heads have the chance to see New Order, Hawkwind, Taj Mahal, Aswad, Gong, Judy Tzuke and more. Local farmer Michael Eavis takes over running the event again. This is the first "Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament" festival, raising £20,000 for CND. A new, permanent, Pyramid stage is constructed, although it will double as a cowshed and animal food store in winter.
Frank Zappa, Blancmange, The Alarm, The Waterboys, The Sisters Of Mercy, 12 Drummers Drumming and Rory Gallagher play at The Golden Summernight Festival 1984 No2, Freilichtbühne Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany, Europe.
Toots And The Maytals, Ralph Towner And John Abercrombie, McCoy Tyner and Robben Ford are among the artists performing at The Festival International De Jazz De Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Michael Brecker Quartet plays at Juan le Pins Jazz Festival, France, Europe.
The two-week long Jazz A Vienne Festival begins at Theatre Antique, Vienne, France. Featured acts during the festival will include Bobby
McFerrin, Rickie Lee Jones, and The New Orleans Review (featuring
Dr John, Willy De Ville, Johnny Adams, The Wild Magnolias and
Zachary Richard).
On the second day of the Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, Somerset, England, UK, five festival goers are shot by a crazed gunman.The three-day long Larmer Tree Festival, held near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, begins. Acts appearing over the weekend include The Oysterband, Shooglenifty, Baka Beyond, Pronghorn and Keith Christmas.
Immediately after his performance at The Hurricane Festival, Eichenring, Scheeßel, Germany, Europe, David Bowie collapses, having suffered a heart attack. He is rushed to hospital in Hamburg and undergoes emergency surgery. 
The first day of the three-day long Fuji Rock Festival is held in Japan, Asia. Headliners for the event include Beck, The Bravery, Dinosaur Jr., Fatboy Slim, Foo Fighters, The Go! Team, Juliette And the Licks, Kaiser Chiefs, the Music and Sigur Ros.
Monkton Farleigh resident Midge Ure plays an hour-long outdoor acoustic show at the Trowbridge Festival in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK.The three-day long Great Escape Festival begins in Brighton, UK. Acts appearing at this year's festival include The Handsome Family, Ohbijou, Dan Auerbach, Noah And The Whale and Gang Of Four.
When The Horrors play at the Lounge On The Farm festival, frontman Faris Badwan is laid low with bronchitis, forcing the band to cancel their imminent appearances at T In The Park and the Oxegen festival in Ireland.
The sixth day of The 25th Wigan International Jazz Festival features a concert by the Take 6, and The Gerald Clayton Trio at The Lowri Beck Celebration Hall, Wigan, England, UK.
Sean Hayes headlines the Bicycle Music Festival, a traveling musical event offering multiple performances at several stops throughout the day in locations across San Francisco, California, USA. Other artists appeaing include The Nerv, The Get Back, The Derailleurs, Spaceheater and Judgement Day.
The Standon Calling Festival, a three-day event, comes to an end at Standon, Hertforshire, UK. Acts appearing on the final day include Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Efterklang and The Phenomenal Handclap Band.Marner Brown play on the fourth and final night of Alfa Live, a music event sponsored by Alfa Romeo, during the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood, UK.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Corona Capital Festival in Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, North America.The three-day-long All Tomorrow's Parties festival, curated by The National, begins at Camber Sands Holiday Centre, East Sussex, UK. Artists appearing over the three days of festival include The Kronos Quartet, The Antlers, Deerhoof, Owen Pallett, Michael Rother presents the music of Neu! And Harmonia, Menomena, Local Natives, Boris, Kurt Vile And The Violators, Nico Muhly, Stars Of The Lid, Tim Hecker, Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, Bear In Heaven, Youth Lagoon, Mark Mulcahy (Miracle Legion), My Brightest Diamond, Wye Oak, Kathleen Edwards, Lower Dens, Wild Beasts, The Philistines JR, Pedro Soler And Gaspar Claus, Ethan Lipton, Hauschka, Richard Reed Parry [Arcade Fire], Megafaun, Suuns, Dark Dark Dark, Buke and Gase, This Is The Kit, So Percussion, and Hayden.
The final day of The Cheltenham Jazz Festival, a six-day event held at various venues in Cheltenham, UK, is headlined by Van Morrison. The festival is directed by Jamie Cullum and features Gregory Porter as Artist-In-Residence.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and The Black Crowes play at The Hangout Music Festival, Gulf Shores, Alabama, USA.The five-day long The Echo Festival begins in Kanegra, Istria, Croatia, Europe.
Artists appearing over the course of the event will include Andres, Aneuria, Anthea, Apes, Audio Werner (Live), BLM, Borut, Braiden, Brighton, CFSN DJs, Christopher Rau, Citizen, Cuisine Dub, Daniel
Madlung, Davide Squillace, dBridge, Delano Smith, DjRUM, Donga, DoubtingThomas (Live), Dubok, Evano, Examine, Fred P aka Black Jazz
Consortium, Hodge, Ian F., Ion Ludwig (Live), James Fox, John
Roberts (Live), Kasra, Kassem Mosse, Lakosa, Lamache, Lemon, Lenzman, Locked Groove, Lorca, Madteo, Magda, Mandy Jordan, Marcus
Intalex, Mark Ash, Nick Hoppner, October, Onirik, Outboxx, Pablo
Tarno, Pedestrian, Petre Inspirescu, Redshape (Live), Rico Casazza
(Live), Roberto Amo, Seb Wildblood, South London Ordnance, Space
Dimension Controller (Live), SP:MC, Stray, Synkro, Thanksmate, Versa, Voigtmann, VRH, Xtrah, XXXY and Youandewan.
Award-winning blues band King King play at Wallingford Blues Festival, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, Europe.The 1975, MGMT, Disclosure, Jack Johnson, Foals and others play at Main Square 2014, La Citadelle, Arras, France, Europe.
HAIM are among the artists appearing at the Longitude Festival in Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland.
Adamantium, Fury and Massive Head Trauma play at Worcesetr Music Festival, Worcester, England, UK.
The second day of the Bingley Music Live 2014 festival, at Myrtle Park, Bingley, England, UK, features Avec Sans, Bipolar Sunshine, Bird to Beast, Bridie Jackson And The Arbour, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Dexters, Example, Gorgon City, Jess Glynne, Natasha North, Nick Mulvey The Renegade Brass Band, The Mispers, The Strypes and Young Kato.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Dempagumi.inc play at the Moshi Moshi Nippon Festival, Tokyo Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
On their Drones World Tour, Muse play at Provinssirock, Seinäjoki, Finland, Europe. Also on the bill are Die Antwoord, A Day to Remember, Angel Haze and The Wombats.
The porganisers of the California-based Coachella Festival file a suit in US district court against underground Los Angeles-based event Hoodchella, alleging trademark and service mark infringement, false designation of origin, dilution, unfair competition and "cybersquatting".
Phil Collins is among the artists playing at The British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
On his Purpose tour, Justin Bieber plays during the British Summertime Festival at Hyde Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their 135-date Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at Deichbrand Festival, Cuxhaven, Germany, Europe.
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at Trondheim Rocks, Trondheim, Norway, Europe.
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