Roth Cancels Las Vegas Residency
Jan 3 Rock singer David Lee Roth cancels his pre-retirement residency in Las Vegas due to "unforeseen circumstances related to COVID"
Allen Toussaint Boulevard
Jan 6 New Orleans, Louisiana city council votes to change name of Robert E. Lee Boulevard to Allen Toussaint Boulevard
79th Golden Globes
Jan 10 79th Golden Globes: Best film "The Power of the Dog" (drama), "West Side Story" (comedy/musical), Best TV series "Succession", Best Director Jane Campion (Motion Picture)
Spotify Removes Neil Young
Jan 26 Spotify removes Neil Young's music from its streaming platform after the singer-songwriter's ultimatum in objection to COVID-19 misinformation in Joe Rogan's podcasts [1]
Adele's BRIT Wins
Feb 8 BRIT Awards: Adele wins best artist, song and album of the year
Super Bowl
Feb 13 Super Bowl LVI halftime show features Hip Hop legends Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige, Eminem and 50 Cent
The Music Man
Feb 15 Revival of Meredith Willson's musical "The Music Man", starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC
Music History
Mar 9 American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Mar 14 Dolly Parton removes herself from the ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame saying "I don’t feel that I have earned that right” (she later reconsiders and gets in) [1]
Music History
Mar 30 Rock band Foo Fighters cancel their world tour after the unexpected death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins in Bogotá, Colombia [1]
Grammy Awards
Apr 3 64th Grammy Awards: Jon Batiste wins Album of the Year, Olivia Rodrigo three awards including Best New Artist, Silk Sonic Best Song "Leave the Door Open" [1]
- Apr 3 Return engagement of David Byrne's musical revue "American Utopia" closes at St. James Theatre, NYC, after 134 performances
Music History
Apr 10 Revival of "Cabaret" starring Eddie Redmayne wins best musical at UK's Olivier Awards, "Life of Pi" wins best play [1]
CMT Music Awards
Apr 11 21st CMT Video Music Awards: Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert. and Cody Johnson win
Music Concert
Apr 15 Coachella Valley music festival returns after a two-year hiatus with Harry Styles the headlining act on opening night in front of 100,000 [1]
Music History
May 7 Berklee College of Music bestows honorary doctorates to Beatles drummer Ringo Starr; bassist Chuck Rainey; composer James Newton Howard; and R&B singer Lalah Hathaway
Billboard Music Awards
May 15 29th Billboard Music Awards: Olivia Rodrigo wins 7; Drake wins 5; Taylor Swift and BTS also win
- May 15 British rock band "The Who" returns to Cincinnati, Ohio for the first time since tragic December 1979 stampede that killed 11 concert goers [1]
Music Concert
May 24 American rock band Aerosmith cancels planned Las Vegas concerts in June and July as singer Steven Tyler returns to drug rehab
- May 27 Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' opera "Omar" premieres at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina (2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music winner)
- May 27 Ringo Starr's fifteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter, Colin Hay, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham
Music History
Jun 5 American rocker Bruce Springsteen joins British rock band Coldplay for two songs (The Land of Hope and Dreams; Dancing in the Dark) at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Jun 10 Ringo Starr suspends his half-completed summer All-Starr Band tour when two musicians test positive for COVID-19
Music Concert
Jun 13 The Rolling Stones cancel concert in Amsterdam due to singer Mick Jagger testing positive for COVID-19
- Jun 16 American rocker Bruce Springsteen joins British legend Paul McCartney for two songs (Glory Days; I Wanna Be Your Man) at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Newport Folk Festival
Jun 23 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon makes his Newport Folk Festival debut, joining headliner Nathaniel Rateliff for four songs at the end of his set tributing the songwriter
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 24 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, and Kendrick Lamar headline; other performers include Crowded House, Robert Plant and Alison Krause, Noel Gallagher, Dianna Ross, Herbie Hancock, Billy Bragg, Angélique Kidjo, Lorde, Ziggy Marley, Suzanne Vega, and Hothouse Flowers
Music History
Jul 5 Legendary rock guitarist Carlos Santana collapses on stage from dehydration and heat exhaustion in Pine Knob, Michigan
Music History
Jul 14 Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd kicks off "After Hours 'Til Dawn", his 1st stadium tour, at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Music History
Jul 15 Elton John kicks off the North American leg of his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour" at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Music Concert
Jul 24 Singer-songwriter icon Joni Mitchell makes a surprise concert appearance, joining Brandi Carlile at Newport Folk Festval; Mitchell's first public performance in 19 years
Super Freaky Girl
Aug 23 Nicki Minaj's single "Super Freaky Girl" debuts at #1; first female rapper to do so since Lauren Hill in 1998 with "Doo Wop (That Thing)" [1]
- Sep 3 American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, England; performers include: Stewart Copland; Rush; The Pretenders; Paul McCartney; and Queen
- Sep 5 Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour after two musicians recover from COVID
Music History
Sep 8 FBI declassifies 270 pages of their surveillance files of American singer Aretha Franklin
- Sep 14 Musician R. Kelly found convicted of further sex crimes in Chicago, including producing child sexual abuse imagery [1]
- Sep 16 Singing drummer Ringo Starr releases his creatively titled third EP, "EP3"
- Sep 23 US President Joe Biden awards British singer Elton John with National Humanities Medal
Farm Aid Concert
Sep 24 Farm Aid held in Raleigh, North Carolina; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews. Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats [1]
- Sep 27 American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Kia Forum, Los Angeles, California; performers include: Joan Jett; Stewart Copland; Rush; Alanis Morissette; Def Leppard with Miley Cyrus; Wolfgang Van Halen; and Queen
- Oct 1 Ringo Starr postpones two dates of his All-Starr Band tour due to illness
- Oct 3 Ringo Starr postpones five dates of his All-Starr Band tour in Canada due to his testing positive for COVID-19
- Oct 11 Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour with a show in Seattle, Washington after his testing positive for COVID-19
- Oct 13 Ringo Starr cancels five remaining scheduled All-Starr Band tour concert dates in California and Mexico, after getting rebound COVID-19 infection
- Oct 14 Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Oct 17 K-pop band BTS announces that all seven members will be serving in the South Korean military for the required 18 month minimum
- Oct 18 American cellist Yo-Yo Ma is awarded the fifth $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize
- Oct 25 German sportswear manufacturer Adidas cuts ties with American rapper and fashion designer Kenye West over anti-Semitic remarks he made in interviews and on his social media [1]
Music History
Oct 31 Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, all tracks from her album "Midnights" [1]
Live at the Bon Soir
Nov 4 Columbia Records releases album "Barbra Streisand - Live At The Bon Soir", recorded in an NYC nightclub in November 1962
- Nov 5 37th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo; Duran Duran; Eminem; Eurythmics; Dolly Parton; Lionel Richie; Carly Simon; Judas Priest; Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis; Harry Belafonte; Elizabeth Cotten; Allen Grubman; Jimmy Iovine; and Sylvia Robinson [1]
- Nov 9 56th Country Music Association Awards: Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson & Chris Stapleton win
Winter Dance Party Poster
Nov 11 Advertisement poster for ill-fated "Winter Dance Party" concert featuring Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens on February 3, 1959 - the day they died in a plane crash - sells at auction for $447K [1]
- Nov 11 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 21st studio album "Only The Strong Survive", his covers of American 60s and 70s R&B and soul songs
- Nov 12 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces his 3rd 'Courage and Civility Award' of $100M to country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton to distribute to charities of her choice
- Nov 13 The Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, built in 1957 and host to JFK, The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra is imploded; closed in 2017 after an electrical fire
Roberta Flack
Nov 14 Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack reveals she is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and is no longer able to sing
- Nov 15 Ticketmaster sells more than 2 million tickets for Taylor Swift's The Eras tour, the most tickets ever sold in a single day for an artist, amid hours-long wait times for fans [1]
- Nov 20 Elton John completes the North American leg of his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour" at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 30 Harry Styles single "As It Was" is the most streamed song globally for Spotify in 2022 with Bad Bunny their most listened-to artist [1]
A Beautiful Noise
Dec 4 "A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical" opens at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC
Kennedy Center Honors
Dec 4 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for singers Gladys Knight and Amy Grant, actor George Clooney, rock band U2, and composer Tania León, in Washington D.C.
Celine Dion Reveals Diagnosis
Dec 8 Canadian pop singer Celine Dion reveals via Instagram that she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder
- Dec 11 Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's musical "Some Like It Hot", based on the 1959 feature film comedy, opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; garners 13 Tony Award nominations
Kendrick Lamar
Eminem
XXXTentacion
Tupac Shakur
Nicki Minaj
Coolio