26th May

Danish experimental alt-pop pioneers Efterklang make their Australian live debut at the Sydney Opera House, accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and featuring Budgie [Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Creatures] on drums.

Poi Dog Pondering play the first of two nights at The Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

On their Watch The Throne tour, Jay-Z and Kanye West, play at Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark, Europe.

On their Up All Night Tour, One Direction play at The Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA.

On their Ceremonials tour, Florence And The Machine play at The River Stage, Brisbane, Australia.

Morrissey plays at The Bob Hope Theatre, Stockton, California, USA.

On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Sweet Billy Pilgrim play at The Portland Arms, Cambridge, UK.

On their Epitaph tour, Judas Priest play at Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK.

Brian May, [guitarist of Queen], Midge Ure, Mike And The Mechanics and The Sweet play in The All Cannings Music Festival, All Cannings, Witlshire, UK.

On the North American leg of their I'm With You tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

Guns N'Roses play at The LG Arena, Birmingham, UK.

John Harrison, whose varied career in music embraced spells with MOR dance orchestra The Joe Loss Band and psychedelic space rock pioneers Hawkwind, dies in his sleep at Garden Crest clinic, Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 69, after a long battle with Huntington's disease.

The Mark Lanegan band plays at The Wonder Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA.

The I Love This City Festival 2012 plays the second of two days at AT&T Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza 94107, San Francisco, California, USA. Artists appearing over the two days of the festival include DJ Tiesto, Duck Sauce, Steve Aoki, The Crystal Method, Laidback Luke, Holy Ghost, Excision, Holy Fuck, Chuckie, Cookie Monsta, Cut Chemist, Kill The Noise, Felix Cartal, Pictureplane, Dirtyphonics, Brodinski, NiT GriT, James Murphy, Harvard Bass, Helicopter Showdown, Oliver S, Fareoh and Holy F.