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Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland releases her solo debut album, That Girl, on Mercury Nashville Records in the USA. The album is produced by Rick Rubin.
Paul Stanley of KISS attends the launch of Hard Rock Cafe's KISS Signature Series: Edition 32 T-shirt and collectable pin at the Hard Rock in Orlando, Florida, USA.The 56th Grammy Awards are held in The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Daft Punk score for best album with Randon Access Memories, and single Get Lucky. Royals by Lorde is Song Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance while Bruno Mars scoops Best Pop Vocal Album with Unorthodox Jukebox. Best Alternative Music Album is Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend, and Best Blues Album is Get Up! by Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr a given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, and perform live together. Attending the event are Beyonce And Jay-Z, Madonna, Pink, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Pharrell Williams, Metallica and many more. Rolling Stone magazine features the Full list of winners.
Biffy Clyro play at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
On his That's My Kind of Night Tour, Luke Bryan plays at The Civic Center, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, with Lee Brice and Cole Swindell.
Kate Miller-Heidke releases her fourth solo LP, O Vertigo, on Cooking Vinyl Records in Australia.
Eliza Gilkyson releases her 21st album, The Nocturne Diaries, on Red House Records in the UK.
Yes play at The NAC Southam Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sting, Paul Simon, Dionne Warwick, Steven Stills, James Taylor, Patti Smith and others play in a Rainforest Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. the show also features appearances by President Bill Clinton and actor Kevin Spacey.
On his Swing Tour Live, Robbie Williams plays the second of two nights at Wiener Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria, Europe.
super-Earth, a new band fronted by Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney, makes its live debut at Secret Society, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Suede, Childhood and others play at Japan Jam 2014, Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
Liam Gallagher, formerly of Oasis, attends Manhattan Supreme Court, New York City, USA, to discuss arrangements for his proposed child support payments for the daughter he fathered with American journalist Liza Ghorbani.
Ghost play at Track 29, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.Foster The People and St. Lucia play at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Spotify announces that it now has 10m paying subscribers and more than 40m active users across 56 global markets.
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Ed Sheeran's second album, X, enters the UK Official Albums Chart at No1, on sales of 182,000 copies, which also make it the fastest-selling UK album of the year so far.
Lionel Richie plays at The 2014 Essence Music Festival in The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
On his 20/20 Experience World Tour, Justin Timberlake plays at The Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The show draws an audience of 13,743 fans, and attracts a revenue of $1.5m.
After 37 years in the music business, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers finally score their first No1 album on the Billboard 200 Chart in the USA with their thirteenth LP release, Hypnotic Eye.
Brooklyn prosecutors announce that Noel Muir, a general contractor from Uniondale, New York State, USA, has been charged with swindling famed jazz pianist Cecil Taylor out of nearly a half-million dollars from the 2013 Kyoto Prize, won by Taylor.
IMP Entertainment files suit at Manhattan Supreme Court, New York City, USA, against Nicki Minaj alleging that she broke an agreement by arriving ninety minutes late to an NBA All Star event at Siren Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, in February, 2011.
In a fund-raising effort for World Elephant Day The Nature Conservancy auctions a Martin D-28 left-handed guitar autographed by Sir Paul McCartney, provided by Martin Guitars. In a reference to the famous inscription on Woody Guthrie's guitar, Sir Paul has written 'This Guitar Saves Elephants' on the body of the instrument. The instrument sells for $50,000.
The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival featuring Godsmack, Skillet, Buckcherry, Pop Evil, These Raven Skies, Tattered, Recollections takes place at Stage AE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ed Sheeran plays a one-man show to an audience of 20,000 at The Staples Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Miranda Lambert plays at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with special guests Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett and Jukebox Mafia.
Devon Sproule plays a house concert in Ojai, California, USA, with Matt The Electrician and Tim Easton.
Madame Tussauds unveil a new wax figure of Taylor Swift in celebration of her latest album ‘1989’ at Madame Tussauds, Hollywood, California, USA.
Stevie Wonder performs his classic album Songs In The Key Of Life in its entirety at The MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Disco Biscuits play the first of two nights at Concord Music Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Jan |