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On their Quadrophenia And More Tour, The Who play the second of two nights at the Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, USA.
The movie Joyful Noise, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton, is released in Brazil, South America.
On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays at The FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Nicki Minaj plays at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Mitsubishi Elektric Halle, Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe.
Former Busted singer/guitarist/songwriter Charlie Simpson earns a Guinness World Record by playing the world's coldest gig ever - a fifteen minute solo acoustic set in the remote Siberian village of Oymyakon, Siberia, Europe, also known as the 'Pole of Cold'. Now the frontman of Fightstar, Simpson endures temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius and is only allowed breaks of 30 seconds between each song.
After 28 years in the music industry, Metallica take back ownership of their original masters, including music and long form video, from The Warner Music Group and launch their own label Blackened Recordings.Randy Blythe, vocalist with Lamb Of God, is charged in court in Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, with causing bodily harm resulting in death, in connection with the death of a fan who jumped onstage two years earlier during a concert. The court in Prague now has three months to set a trial date or return the case to prosecutors for further investigation.
Ray Lamontagne plays the first of two nights at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.