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The Black Keys play at The Pan American Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, supported by Tegan and Sara.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Pavilion, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Yekaterina Samutsevich, a member of Russian feminist band Pussy Riot, is freed on appeal in court in Moscow, Russia, Europe, on the grounds that she did not take part in February's 'punk prayer
protest' against Russian President Vladimir Putin. [She was led
away by security men before the incident took place.] Sentences for
two other members of the band are upheld by the appeal court.
Tom Morello, aka The Nightwatchman, performs in the Smithsonian National Museum Of The American Indian in New York City, USA, at the 2012 Food Sovereignty Prize hosted by WhyHunger.
Cee Lo Green presents his Cee Lo and Friends show at Planet Hollywood Resort And Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Singer-songwriter and recording artist Nils Koppruch dies in Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
The commemorative gravestone of recently-deceased DJ and tv personality Jimmy Savile is removed from a cemetary in Scarborough, UK, broken up and sent to a landfill. His family say they requested the removal of the headstone "out of respect to public opinion" following allegations he sexually abused girls.
Bono of U2 and Bill Gates meet with French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace, Paris, France, Europe.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Staples Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA. During the show, she dedicates a song to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani child activist shot in the head and neck one day earlier by a masked member of the Taliban.
The Live UK Music Business Awards are held in the Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London, UK.
At the Live UK Music Business Awards event in the Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London, UK, Emeli Sande is chosen as Breakthrough Artiste of The Year, Foo Fighters win Best Festival Performance for their Reading Festival appearance, and Bestival receives the trophy for Best Festival [capacity over 40,000].
Rapper Nelly is arrested after police at the Sierra Blanca border checkpoint in Texas, USA, find heroin, marijuana and a loaded .45 handgun on his tour bus.