10th January

Fleet Foxes play at The Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane, Australia.

As part of the New York Guitar Festival, the Silent Films/Live Guitars event in the Merkin Concert Hall features two groundbreaking guitarists premiering original film scores for silent comedies by Buster Keaton. On this night, Dan Zanes presents his score for Keaton's 1928 movie Steamboat Bill, Jr., and Gyan Riley presents her score for Keaton's 1921 film The Goat.

Theme Park play at Madame JoJo's, London, UK.

Gregg Allman plays at The Saenger Theater, Pensacola, Florida, USA.

Beirut play at The Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia.

On their Suck It And See tour, The Arctic Monkeys play at Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia.

On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play the first of two nights at The Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK.

Van Halen, newly re-formed, release a new single, Tattoo, in the USA.

Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band play at the Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Lana Del Rey releases Born To Die in Spain, Europe. It is the first single and title track from her second album, Born To Die.

Buffy Sainte-Marie plays at the Highline Ballroom, New York City, USA.

Deerhoof play at The Woodland Bar, Brisbane, Australia.

Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses comes to the end of four days of jury duty on a civil trial in Santa Monica, California, USA.

B.B. King plays at The Marina Civic Center, Panama City, Florida, USA.

Ani DiFranco plays at The Union Chapel, London, UK.

A music fan pays $1225 on e-Bay to buy a copy of Can I Sit Next To You Girl, the 1975 debut single by AC/DC. The single was only ever released in Australia and featured lead vocals by their original singer Dave Evans.

NOFX play at The House Of Blues, San Diego, California, USA.

It is reported that Beyonce and husband Jay-Z have already spent $1m on their four-day-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter. The spend includes a $400,000 solid gold Ginza Tanaka rocking horse, a $10,000 Swarovski-studded high chair by Carla Monchen, a $30,000 Fantasy 'posh tots' coach carriage crib, a $20,000 windmill-style garden playhouse and a mini Bugatti car. The couple have spent a further $240,000 to ensure that the nurseries in each of their three homes are identical so the baby will feel at home when they travel around America.

Johnny Winter plays at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City, USA.

Cymbals Eat Guitars play at Botanique,, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.

Simple Plan play at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

It is reported that the US rights of six of The Beatles' earliest songs, including She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and From Me To You, is to change hands for the first time in almost half a century. The small music publisher Round Hill Music has bought the rights which were first acquired by New York song promoter George Pincus in 1963.