- November 30: California judge jails Michael Jackson doctor
- October 10: Indian ghazal singer Jagjit Singh dies aged 70
- September 5: Proms performance by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra disrupted
- August 17: Indiana State Fair stage collapse kills four, injures forty
- July 23: Singer Amy Winehouse dies at age 27
- June 20: Clarence Clemons, Springsteen’s E Street Band sax player, dies at 69
- June 14: Sky purchases UK Glee rights
- June 7: Scottish singer Jai McDowall wins fifth Britain's Got Talent series
- June 7: US X Factor producers confirm line-up changes
- May 17: Judge Dannii Minogue exits UK X Factor over 'Australia's Got Talent' scheduling clash