24th November

Touring in support of their fifth album, Moms, Menomena play at The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK .

On her MDNA Tour, Madonna plays the first of two nights at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico.

Chris Stamp, the British music biz entrepreneur who, among many other achievements, managed The Who and helped launch Jimi Hendrix, dies of cancer, aged 70, in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, USA.

Diamonds by Rihanna reaches No1 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. This makes it Rihanna's twelfth number one single on the Billboard chart and ties her with Madonna and The Supremes for the fifth-most number ones in the chart's history.

Counting Crows play at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Squeeze play at The Hexagon, Reading, England, UK, Europe.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse play at Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe.

Morrissey and Iggy Pop And The Stooges play in The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

A line-up of mostly indie musicians comes together at The Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California, USA, to perform The Complete Last Waltz, a tribute to the Band's marathon farewell concert. The players include Nels Cline of Wilco, Dave Dreiwitz of Ween, Joe Russo of Furthur, Erick Slick and Scott McMicken of Dr. Dog, Ira Elliot of Nada Surf, Jason Abraham Roberts of Norah Jones' band, Cass McCombs, Trixie Whitley and Marco Benevento.

Mike Doughty, formerly of Soul Coughing, plays at The City Winery, New York City, USA.

Jenn Bostic plays at a private event in Waconia, Minnesota, USA.