Events in Music
Event of Interest
May 2 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa

David Gilmour

Roger Waters
Album Release
May 16 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album

Paul McCartney
Event of Interest
May 17 Paul & Linda McCartney appear on "Saturday Night Live"

Lorne Michaels
Event of Interest
May 23 33rd Cannes Film Festival: "All That Jazz" directed by Bob Fosse and "Kagemusha" directed by Akira Kurosawa jointly awarded the Palme d'Or

Akira Kurosawa
Birthdays in Music
- May 1 Zaz [Isabelle Geffroy], French singer-songwriter (Je veux), born in Tours, France
- May 6 Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM)
- May 8 Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
- May 13 Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
- May 17 Dallas Taylor, American metal singer (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Underoath), born in Florida, United States
- May 18 Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
- May 22 Rhett Fisher, actor/musician
- May 24 Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
- May 28 Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)
- May 31 Andy Hurley, American musician (Fall Out Boy)