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Via a Twitter message, rapper Lil Wayne states that he is ready to leave his record label, Cash Money, because his forthcoming album, The Carter V, has been delayed.
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Bob Montgomery, a singer, songwriter and longtime musical partner of Buddy Holly, dies aged 77 of Parkinson's disease in Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA.
In Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Fred Wapner sentences Pete McNeal, who had been the drummer for alt-rock band Cake from 2001 to 2004, is sentenced to 15 years to life for the molestation of a 3-year-old girl.
Ben Howard plays a sold-out gig at The Civic, Wolverhampton, UK.
The Wands play at W2 Poppodium, Den Bosch, Netherlands, Europe.
Warp Records announce the death of Bristol, UK-based singer-songwriter Nick Talbot, aka Gravenhurst. No details of his demise are given.
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Carols by Kindlelight, featuring performances by Annie Lennox, Imelda May, Alfie Boe and others is held at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. The event, in which the studio is illuminated only by Kindle screens, is filmed in order to be made available exclusively for Amazon Prime members.
Pharrell Williams receives the 2537th star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
James Bay, a 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK, wins the Critics' Choice Award. He will be presented with the award at the next BRIT Awards event.
Chris Rea plays at Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland.
The charity WaterAid launches its Christmas online auction, featuring signed 25th anniversary Xperia Access Q Awards prints and a limited edition Gibson Les Paul guitar signed by some of the country's biggest music artists, including Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian), James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Carl Barat (The Libertines), Mark Collins (The Charlatans), Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds), Wilko Johnson and 'King of the Mods' Bradley Wiggins.
Madness play at The Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, UK.
tUnE-yArDs play the first of four nights at The Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, supported by Cibo Matto.
Editors, The Charlatans, and Slow Club play at Union Chapel, London, UK, for a special gig in aid of Save The Children.
Nick Jonas announces via a Twitter posting that his hit single Jealous has achieved platinum status in the USA.
On his 27-city UR Experience tour Usher plays at The American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Metronomy play at Glasgow Academy, Glasgow, Scotland.
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is taken into police custody (but not arrested) in Tauranga, New Zealand, after creating a disturbance outside a girl's school.
On his So - Back To Front Tour, Peter Gabriel plays at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, UK.
The music biopic Get On Up, based on the life of James Brown, opens at cinemas in Denmark, Europe.
Soundscan's list of the 25 top selling digital holiday songs between 2003 and 2014 shows Mariah Carey at No1 with All I Want For Christmas Is You.