28th April

Sting plays at The Apollo Theatre, New York City, USA.

Blind Guardian play at The Boogaloo Club, Zagreb, Croatia, Europe.

When Justin Bieber plays at the Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia, he is joined on stage by Chris Brown.

Arcade Fire play at The Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Oceania.

On her Aphrodite World Tour, Kylie Minogue plays at The Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

On her California Dreams tour Katy Perry plays the first of two nights at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.

Blackfield play at Trix Hall, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe.

Sonata Arctica play at Lutakko, Jyvaskyla, Finland, Europe.

Brand New play at The Crocodile Rock Cafe, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.

Interpol play at The Ritz, Ybor City, Florida, USA.

Broadcaster Glenn Beck in the USA labels the My Chemical Romance song "Sing" as "propaganda" after a cover version was featured on the musical drama TV series Glee. Beck misquotes the song's lyric and, soon after, MCR's frontman Gerard Way responds to the accusation stating, "I think the word Glenn Beck was looking for was 'subversion' not 'propaganda', because I don't know what it would be considered propaganda for — truth? Sentiment?" He also said that he was, "shocked that no actual fact-checking was done on the lyrics"

Jukebox the Ghost play at Schubas, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Rihanna and David Bowie are among the guests attending the Linked Against Leukemia gala in New York City, USA.