2 March – Elton John announces his latest tour with Billy Joel. The duo's previous tour, in 2003, grossed $USD 45.8 million from only 24 sellouts according to Billboard Boxscore.[2]
17 July, 18 & 21 – Paul McCartney performs three sold-out concerts at Citi Field to open the stadium with The Script. On 15 August 1965, The Beatles had performed the first concert at Shea Stadium and McCartney joined Billy Joel on stage for the last concert there. Joel joined McCartney again on the first night.
21 August – The Verve break up for the 3rd, and final time. The split is due to Simon Jones and Nick McCabe no longer on speaking terms with Richard Ashcroft, and their assertion that Ashcroft only reformed the band as a vehicle to relaunch his solo career.
22 August – Oasis perform what would turn out to be their final gig, at V Festival, Staffordshire. They were supposed to perform the following night there, but cancelled due to reports that Liam Gallagher had laryngitis.
After another fight with his brother Liam, Noel Gallagher leaves Oasis. Initial reports shortly afterwards suggested that Oasis had broken up, but Liam denied this. The remaining members of Oasis eventually decide to discontinue the band name and start recording under a new name, Beady Eye.
9 September – The entire catalogue of The Beatles is re-released as digital remasters with rare pictures, short documentaries, original and newly written liner notes with replicated original UK artwork for the first time since 1987.
16 September – Four of the Spice Girls reunite for dinner and drinks in London, the exception being Posh Spice, who was in Los Angeles. It was the first time all had reunited in public since their "Return of the Spice Girls Tour" in 2007/8.
12 October – Ash begin releasing the first of a run of 26 singles, known as the "A-Z Series", where they would release one single every fortnight, through digital download and 7" vinyl for a year. But despite much publicity and press attention, none of the singles reach the UK Top 40.
20 December – Rage Against the Machine takes the Christmas number one slot in the United Kingdom with "Killing in the Name", after a massive Facebook campaign to prevent the winner of The X Factor from taking the slot once again.[4]
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