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At the close of the year, according to the most recent statistics from Pollstar, total box-office sales of the world's top 50 tours had dropped by 12% in 2010 to $2.93bn, down from 2009's $3.34bn.
Avril Lavigne debuts What The Hell, the first single from her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, during Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve show on tv in the USA.
In the UK's New Year's Honours list Annie Lennox formerly of Eurythmics is awarded an OBE for her Aids charity work. Richard Thompson, a former member of folk-rock group Fairport Convention also gets an OBE, while influential record producer Trevor Horn is awarded a CBE.Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud becomes engaged to her DJ boyfriend Tom Crane in The Maldives.
The Bobby Lewis Trio play at the Blue Note Jazz Club, Broadview, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cracker and Southern Culture On The Skids play at The Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
The Dresden Dolls and Brother play a New Year's Eve show on the This Feeling club night at the Vibe Bar, London, UK.
The Brookes Brothers play at Sound Control, Manchester, UK, and also at The O2 Academy, Bournemouth, UK.
Sublime With Rome, The Dirty Heads and AM Taxi play at The Grand Ballroom, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Widespread Panic play the second of two nights at the Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.