ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

1978 - Bob Dylan

90,000 tickets were sold in eight hours for Bob Dylan's forthcoming London dates at Earls Court.

1983 - Paul Weller

Former Jam leader Paul Weller unveiled his new group The Style Council at an anti nuclear benefit gig in London. The Style Council scored seven UK Top 10 hits and the band was also very successful in Australia and New Zealand during the 1980s, with multiple hit singles and albums.

2004 - Madonna

A planning inquiry hearing Madonna's appeal to ban ramblers from parts of her £9m country estate heard details of the land's make-up. The pop star claimed 100 acres of land at the 1,200-acre Ashcombe House estate had been inaccurately classified as open country. Madonna was appealing against the classification in a hearing. Under the act, people would have the right to access any land registered on the final map as open country-mountain, moor, heath or down.

BIRTHDAYS

1945 - Christy Moore

Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Christy Moore. He is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards.

Someone's kissed the Blarney Stone and you must listen to this . . . . . . . . . . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTY!