7th December

While driving in his Jaguar, Nick Cave crashes into a speed camera in Hove, UK. Neither Cave nor his two sons, Arthur and Earl, who were passengers, are injured.

Pendulum play at The BIC, Bournemouth, UK.

On her Crazy Cats Tour,Pixie Lott plays at The Apollo, Hammersmith, London, UK.

T.I. releases a new album, No Mercy, in the USA.

The Rockstar Taste Of Chaos tour, featuring Disturbed, Papa Roach, Buckcherry and Halestorm plays at the NIA, Birmingham, UK.

Dans Les Arbres play at The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Neil Sedaka plays at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Cast play at The Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa, England, UK.

Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks play at Woodfire, Dowagiac, Michigan, USA.

Thirty Seconds to Mars play at St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland, Europe.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange voluntarily attends a police station in England in response to a Swedish police request for questioning in relation to a sexual assault investigation. He is arrested and taken into custody, thus beginning a lengthy fight against extradition to Sweden. Folk band The Portraits will be inspired to write their 2012 song Backyard about the way in which the British Government treated Assange.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion play at the Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France, Europe.

The Courteeners play at The HMV Forum, London, UK, with Miles Kane.

The Ken Colyer Trust publishes the book, Goin' Home: The Uncompromising Life and Music of Ken Colyer, in the UK in a paperback edition.

Rammstein play the second of two nights at The MEX Sports Palace, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America, for an audience of 20,469.

Suede play at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK.

Interpol play the second of two nights at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK.

Lemmy, a biographical movie about Lemmy of Motorhead, is released in the UK.

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band's play a low-key concert at the Carousel House on the Asbury Park boardwalk in New Jersey, USA, to showcase material from Springsteen's album The Promise.

Meat Loaf plays at Wembley Arena, London, UK.

Belle And Sebastian play at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK.

Duffy releases her second album, Endlessly, in the USA on Mercury Records.

On the European leg of her Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays at the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, Europe.

While driving in his Jaguar, Nick Cave crashes into a speed camera in Hove, England, UK. Neither Cave nor his two sons, Arthur and Earl, who were passengers, are injured.

Jenny And Johnny [Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice] play at 93 Feet East, London, UK.