16th January

American indie band Howler release their debut album America Give Up on Rough Trade Records in Europe.

All Time Low play at 53 Degrees, Preston, UK.

Tribes release their debut album, Baby, in the UK.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds play at Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

A tribute show for recently-deceased songwriter and percussionist Ralph MacDonald is held at The Palace Theatre, Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Musicians taking part include Roberta Flack, Jimmy Buffett, Valerie Simpson, Robert Greenidge and The Ebony Hillbillies.

Lisa Hannigan plays at Schokoladen, Berlin, Germany, Europe.

Steel Panther play at The House Of Blues, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

James Blunt plays at Teatro Do Sesi, Porto Alegre, Brazil, South America.

Attack Attack! release their third album This Means War in the UK on Rise Records.

Happy Mondays play at Batofar, Paris, France, Europe.

The Lemonheads play at Stage AE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Horrors play at The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Nathan Cable Ltd, a private company supplying "support activities to performing arts", owned by Ed Sheeran, is incorporated.

Suzanne Vega plays at The National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan.

Henry Rollins plays at The Memorial Hall, Sheffield, UK.

We Were Promised Jetpacks play at Point Ephemere, Paris, France, Europe.

Enter Shikari play at The Borderline, London, UK.

Boy And Bear release their debut album, Moonfire, in the UK.

It is confirmed that influential Berkeley, California-based punk label Lookout Records has closed down.

Nada Surf play at Rough Trade East, London, UK.

Enter Shikari release their third studio album, A Flash Flood Of Colour, in the UK.

$100m legal proceedings by the family of Michael Jackson against Dr. Conrad Murray, due to start on this day in Los Angeles, California, USA, are withdrawn. It is announced that the family has had a change of heart and will not be pursuing the former physician who was convicted of Jackson's involuntary manslaughter. The Jackson family will now, it is reported, pursue a civil action against AEG, concert promoters for the This Is It tour which Jackson was preparing for when he passed away.

The Black Dahlia Murder play at The O2 Academy 3, Birmingham, UK.

Kasabian play at Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.

Figures released by The Official Charts Company reveal that pop albums outsold rock albums in the UK for the first time in seven years in 2011. Seven of the Top 10 best-selling albums of 2011 were classified as pop albums.

Chickenfoot, including guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, play at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe.