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On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Roger Waters posts the official video for his Mexico City performance of "Pigs (Three Different Ones)," a rendition that slammed then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Willie And The Bandits release their fourth album, Steal, on Jig-Saw Music in the UK.On their The End World Tour, Black Sabbath play at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland, Europe, supported by Rival Sons.
When Justin Bieber is asked by TMZ if he enjoys The Weeknd's music, he responds, ""Hell nah. That s**t's wack!" His opinion is thought to be somewhat influenced by the fact that his former girlfriend Selena Gomez is now dating The Weeknd.
James McArthur And The Head Gardeners release their second album, Burnt Moth, on Moorland Records in the UK.
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Arcade Fire featuring Mavis Staples release a new single I Give You Power, with all proceeds going to the American Civil Liberties Union. The song is one of many recently released with a clearly anti-Donald Trump sentiment.
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Austra (real name Katie Stelmanis) releases a new album, Future Politics, on Domino Records.
Despite considerable criticism from her family and her musical peers, R'n'B singer Chrisette Michele performs live at the Inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington DC, USA. She claims she wanted to "get in front of these people who don't seem to understand who they're talking to and show them what we look like."
Mastering engineer Sean Magee of Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, tweets that he has "cut a record for Elastica," a 90s Britpop group which has not worked together in twenty years. Rumours begin spreading that the group has re-formed.
Incognito play the fourth of five nights at Blue Note, Milan, Italy, Europe.
Queensryche play at The Turning Stone Resort And Casino, Verona, New York State, USA.
Audioslave, the supergroup featuring Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and members of Rage Against The Machine, reunites onstage for the first time in nearly twelve years at the Anti-Inaugural Ball concert in The Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, California, USA. The event is headlined by Prophets of Rage and also features performances by Jackson Browne, Vic Mensa, Jack Black and the Los Angeles Freedom Choir.
Bret Michaels plays at The Heroes Ball, a Donald Trump Inaugural event, in The Warner Theater, Washington DC, USA. The hall is all but empty.
Ronald 'Bingo' Mundy, tenor vocalist of The Marcels dies of pneumonia, aged 76, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Mundy was a founder-member of the hit-making group with his high school friends in 1959.
On the Asian Leg of their WorldWired tour, Metallica play at AsiaWorld-Arena, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, Asia.
As Barack Obama's Presidency of the USA comes to an end, several music stars say their farewells. Rihanna posts a picture of Obama to Instagram along with the caption "worst break-up ever". Kendrick Lamar tweets "We really gonna miss you champ. The good you've done and opportunity’s you've given. Truly never know what we got til its gone. Thank u". One Republic write, "Goodbye Pres. Obama, thx for the service - u finally get to sleep in - SOAK IT UP!!" Lizzo describes Obama's departure as her "first heartbreak",and Bebe Rexha says, "You have a good heart".Following his inauguration in Washington DC, USA, Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America, dances his first dance as President with his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, to the song My Way, popularised in 1969 by Frank Sinatra.
