Events in Music History in September 2022

Music Concert

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

Music History

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

Music History

Sep 14 Musician R. Kelly found convicted of further sex crimes in Chicago, including producing child sexual abuse imagery [1]

Born Pink

Sep 16 South Korean girl group Blackpink release their second studio album "Born Pink" - 1st K-pop girl group to top the US Billboard chart

Music History

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