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- Police raiding rapper DMX's home in Arizona found 12 neglected pit bulls, the buried bodies of three other dogs and several weapons. DMX told police that he had not been on the property for at least two months.
- The soundtrack album “High School Musical 2” was at No. 1 on the US album chart. It remained at the top for four weeks, and the musical's premiere attracted 17.2 million viewers in the United States.
- The Rolling Stones concluded their two-year A Bigger Bang World Tour with the final concert at London's O2 Arena. The tour became the highest-grossing rock tour up to that time, with gross revenues of $558 million.
- Kevin Federline's lawyers asked Britney Spears to pay part of her former husband's legal costs in their divorce proceedings. According to documents filed in Los Angeles, Federline had no net income after various expenses, while Spears had an average monthly income of $737,868.
- Hilly Kristal, founder of New York punk club CBGB, died at the age of 75 from complications related to lung cancer. He is credited with discovering Patti Smith and The Ramones, and his club became an important venue for the development of punk rock. It originally opened as a venue focused on country, bluegrass and blues.
- The Police began their reunion tour at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Rapper Lil Wayne was sued by a woman for $1 million, who claimed she had been crushed during one of his concerts after a large amount of cash was thrown into the audience. Tyrique Layne, who was 17 at the time, said that she lost consciousness during the concert in Maryland in October 2006 after being trampled by the crowd and subsequently suffered memory loss and severe headaches.
- The soundtrack to the film “High School Musical 2” began a four-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200. It also reached No. 1 in Canada and on the compilation charts in Italy and the United Kingdom.
- The mayor of St. Louis refused to declare the day “Ike Turner Day”. Turner was performing at the Big Muddy Blues Festival in the city at the time.
- Seventeen-year-old Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston reached number one on the UK singles chart with “Beautiful Girls”, which was also a US number-one hit. The song uses the bassline from Ben E. King’s classic hit “Stand by Me”.
- Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance married Lyn-Z, bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence, backstage at the Projekt Revolution festival featuring Linkin Park.
- Rockabilly and country singer Janis Martin died in Durham, North Carolina, at the age of 67 from cancer. She was known for her version of “Love Me to Pieces”.
- The Bob Dylan biographical film I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Italy. Directed by Todd Haynes, the film features six actors portraying different aspects or periods of Dylan's life and music, including Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale. Before its wider release later in 2007, the title was shortened to I'm Not There.
- The Police played the first UK concert of their reunion tour, performing for two nights at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
- Austrian-American keyboardist Joe Zawinul, co-founder of Weather Report, died at the age of 75.
- Operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti, a member of the vocal trio The Three Tenors, died in Modena, Italy, at the age of 71 from pancreatic cancer.
- Connie Stevens began filming Saving Grace in Missouri, her directorial debut.
- A court awarded Kevin Federline custody of his two children with Britney Spears. The judge cited, among other concerns, issues related to her use of controlled substances and alcohol.
- Laura Marling and her band performed outside the Soho Revue Bar in London because the 17-year-old singer was not allowed inside under a rule permitting entry only to people over 18. The concert was therefore performed directly on the street in front of surprised and enthusiastic fans.
- Radiohead’s official website crashed after the band announced that their album “In Rainbows” could be ordered through their own website. Fans could pre-order the digital version for any price they chose, while a special physical package costing £40 contained two CDs, two vinyl records, artwork, and booklets.
- The Spice Girls reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena sold out in 38 seconds after fans were informed that tickets had gone on sale. More than one million people applied for tickets, and three additional London dates were added because of the enormous demand.
- A judge in Los Angeles ordered Britney Spears to turn over her two young children to her former husband, Kevin Federline. Federline was granted temporary custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James. The court also ordered Spears to undergo random drug and alcohol tests twice a week as part of the ongoing custody dispute.
- The state of Connecticut proclaimed “Bruce Springsteen Day,” a decision announced by Governor Jodi Rell.
- American jazz bassist Lloyd Trotman died at the age of 84 from pneumonia. During the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, he accompanied numerous jazz and rock 'n' roll artists, including Sam Cooke, James Brown and The Everly Brothers. His bass can also be heard on Ben E. King's recording of “Stand by Me.”
- The Rolling Stones set a new record for the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. Their A Bigger Bang Tour, which ran from autumn 2005 through August 26, 2007, grossed $558,255,524 and sold 4.68 million tickets. It surpassed the previous record held by U2's Vertigo Tour, which grossed approximately $389 million.
- A federal jury in Minnesota found Jammie Thomas-Rasset liable on October 4, 2007, for willful copyright infringement involving 24 sound recordings shared through the peer-to-peer service Kazaa. The jury awarded the rights holders statutory damages of $9,250 for each recording, totaling $222,000. It was the first trial against an individual in the recording industry's campaign against illegal music sharing, which began in 2003 and involved thousands of lawsuits.
- The Rolling Stones set a new record for the total gross of a concert tour with the A Bigger Bang Tour. The tour ran from late 2005 through August 2007, with the band playing 113 concerts to more than 3.5 million people and grossing £247 million ($437 million). It surpassed U2's previous record with the Vertigo Tour, which grossed £220 million ($389 million).
- Isaac Hanson of the band Hanson underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his lung after being diagnosed with the potentially fatal Paget-Schroetter syndrome. He was expected to make a full and rapid recovery.
- A federal jury in Minnesota found Jammie Thomas-Rasset guilty of sharing music files through the KaZaa service and ordered her to pay $220,000 in damages.
- Bruce Springsteen faced an $850,000 lawsuit from a man who claimed that the singer had withdrawn from an agreement to purchase a horse. Florida court documents named Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa and a horse named Pavarotti. The man claimed that the couple had withdrawn from a $650,000 horse purchase agreement.
- Foo Fighters reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with their sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.
- Reba McEntire reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with her twenty-seventh studio album Reba: Duets.
- Rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em returned to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” and began a five-week run at the top.
- Sugababes reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “About You Now,” beginning a four-week run at the top.
- Bruce Springsteen's album “Magic” reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It was his 15th studio album and his seventh No. 1 album in the UK; the album also reached No. 1 in the US and other countries. The songs “Radio Nowhere” and “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” later won a combined three Grammy Awards.
- Rascal Flatts reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart with their album Still Feels Good. It was their fifth studio album and their third album to reach the top of the US chart.
- Arctic Monkeys were named the world's best band at the Q Awards in London. The best album award went to Amy Winehouse for Back to Black, Muse won Best Live Act, and Paul McCartney received the Icon of the Year award. Damon Albarn received the Inspiration award, Billy Bragg the Classic Songwriter award, and Johnny Marr the Lifetime Achievement award. Tony Wilson was posthumously named a Q Hero.
- George Harrison's solo catalogue made its digital debut on iTunes, making him the last of the four Beatles to have his individual catalogue released digitally. Nine solo albums appeared initially, while the Beatles' group recordings remained unavailable online until 2010.
- The Imagine Peace Tower was officially unveiled in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland, on what would have been John Lennon's 67th birthday. The memorial, created by Yoko Ono, consists of a tall tower of light projected from a white stone monument bearing the words "Imagine Peace" in 24 languages.
- Josh Groban released his Christmas-themed fourth studio album "Noël". The album sold over 3.5 million copies in 2007 alone and topped the national charts in Canada and the US, becoming the best-selling album of 2007 and one of the most successful Christmas albums of all time.
- LeAnn Rimes released her ninth studio album "Family", featuring the successful singles "Nothin' Better to Do" and "What I Cannot Change".