Events in Music
Music Awards
Aug 28 28th MTV Video Music Awards: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber win
Weddings in Music
Divorces in Music
- Aug 12 Rock singer John Mellencamp (59) divorces model Elaine Irwin (41) after 18 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- Aug 2 DeLois Barrett Campbell, American gospel singer (b. 1926)
- Aug 11 Jani Lane, American heavy metal musician (Warrant) dies of alcohol poisoning aged 47
- Aug 13 Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish musician (b. 1952)
- Aug 22 Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (b. 1933)
- Aug 22 Nick Ashford, American songwriter (b. 1942)
- Aug 29 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, American delta blues guitarist, dies at 96