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On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the last of five nights at The Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
It is announced that singer and songwriter Jimmy Somerville has signed his publishing to BMG Chrysalis UK. The agreement includes copyrights written over a near 30-year career with Bronski Beat, The Communards and latterly as a solo artist, together with rights to future compositions.
Michael Gudinski of the Mushroom Group is named the most powerful person in the Australian music industry, according to the first AMID Power 50 [a ranking of the 50 most powerful people in the music industry as determined by the team at the Australiasian Music Industry Directory and industry consultants]. Splendour In The Grass co-directors Paul Piticco and Jessica Ducrou rank second and promoter Michael Chugg is third.
On their Fallen Empires tour, Snow Patrol play at Filmnachte am Elbufer, Neustadter Elbufer, Dresden, Germany, Europe.
Zayn Malik of boyband One Direction buys a second-hand black Bentley Continental GT at a cost of £32,000, from a dealership in Hertfordshire, UK.
On their first tour together in over twenty years, the surviving members of The Beach Boys play at The Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at the Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their Rock Of Ages Tour, Def Leppard play at The Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, supported by Poison and Lita Ford.
It is announced that, according to research carried out by the economic think tank New Economy, The Stone Roses' recent three-date Heaton Park homecoming gigs generated an estimated £23m for the City of Manchester, UK.Crosby, Stills And Nash play at The Wolf Trap for the Performing Arts - The Filene Center, Vienna, Virginia, USA.
