- Feb 5 Heavy metal band Black Sabbath play their last concert in their home town Birmingham, England
Grammy Awards
Feb 12 59th Grammy Awards: Adele wins Best Song "Hello" and Best Album "25"
- Mar 21 Singer Wyclef Jean wrongly identified as a suspect, handcuffed and detained by LA county sheriff’s department
Hall of Fame
Apr 7 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Baez, Yes, Tupac Shakur, Journey, and Pearl Jam inducted
- Apr 7 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Joan Baez; Electric Light Orchestra; Journey; Pearl Jam; 2Pac Shakur; Yes; and Nile Rodgers
Album Release
Apr 14 Kendrick Lamar releases his fourth studio album "Damn" (2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music)
Agreement of Interest
May 1 Billy Corgan agrees to purchase the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
Album Release
May 12 Former One Direction singer Harry Styles releases his self-titled debut solo album
- May 13 62nd Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal's Salvador Sobral wins singing "Amar Pelos Dois"
Music Concert
May 22 Suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59
Music History
May 30 Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John reveals her breast cancer has returned after 25 years
- Jun 4 Ariana Grande headlines benefit concert for victims of her Manchester concert bombing, also featuring Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, and Katy Perry
- Jun 6 Korean singer T.O.P is rushed to hospital after a suspected overdose while serving mandatory military service
CMT Music Awards
Jun 7 51st CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood win
- Jun 11 71st Tony Awards: "Dear Evan Hansen" best musical; "Oslo" best play
Music History
Jun 12 Forbes release Top 100 highest-paid entertainers list - Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs at No.1 with earnings of 130 million
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 21 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, and Ed Sheeran headline; other performers include Kris Kristofferson, Barry Gibb, Katy Perry, The National, and Orchestra Baobob
Music History
Jul 21 Singer Justin Bieber barred from performing in China by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture citing his "bad behavior"
- Aug 3 Rapper Kidd Creole arrested and charged for stabbing to death a homeless man in New York City
Music Single
Aug 3 Camila Cabello releases her single "Havana" (biggest song worldwide 2018, 19 million copies sold)
Music History
Aug 10 Taylor Swift testifies, in Denver, Colorado court, that DJ David Mueller groped her
Music History
Sep 14 Selena Gomez reveals she had a kidney transplant, because of lupus, donated by her friend Francia Rais
Farm Aid Concert
Sep 16 Farm Aid held in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Blackberry Smoke, and Valerie June
Emmy Awards
Sep 18 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elisabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win
- Oct 1 Stephen Paddock shoots dead 58 people, injuring 489, at a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in American history
- Oct 4 Chinese pianist Lang Lang plays Carneige Hall one-handed due to injury with 14 year-old Maxim Lando playing his left hand for Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
- Oct 7 Rapper Nelly arrested for rape in Auburn, Washington
- Nov 7 Opera soprano Audrey Luna sings highest-ever note at Met Opera in New York, A above high C
Music History
Nov 15 Country singer Blake Shelton wins People Magazine's sexiest man alive award
Music History
Nov 18 Shawn Mendes is the first singer under 18 to get three No. 1 singles on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart
- Dec 4 New York's Metropolitan Opera suspends conductor James Levine after allegations of sexual misconduct
Film Premiere
Dec 9 "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" directed by Rian Johnson, starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Adam Driver premieres in Los Angeles
