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- Brooks & Dunn played their final joint concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville as part of a benefit event for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
- Starship lead guitarist Mark Abrahamian, 46, suffered a fatal heart attack in Norfolk, Nebraska, shortly after a concert with Boston and Survivor. He collapsed in the dressing-room area shortly after the performance while talking on the phone with his fiancée.
- Elton John received the first-ever Brits Icon award during a special concert that marked his return to the stage following appendix surgery. The award was presented to him by Rod Stewart, who jokingly called him the second-best rock singer of all time.
- The album Step Back was released less than two months after Johnny Winter’s death at the age of 70. The project features a number of guest musicians, including Eric Clapton, Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Winter received his only Grammy Award for the album, winning in the Best Blues Album category.
- The compilation album “Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975” returned to the Billboard 200 after a promotional sale in the Google Play store for 99 cents. The album, released in 1976, was already the best-selling compilation record in history at the time, with worldwide sales of more than 42 million copies.
- With the song “Closer” featuring Halsey, The Chainsmokers reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Sixty-six-year-old Dave Hlubek, lead guitarist, principal songwriter and founding member of Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, died of a heart attack. He left a musical legacy that included seven gold and platinum albums and several million recordings sold worldwide.
- With her third studio album “Rainbow”, she reached number one on the US Billboard 200.
- Australian rock musician Conway Savage of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds died at the age of 58. In 2017, he underwent treatment for a brain tumor. He also had a solo career from 1993 and released three albums.
- The Killers were at number one on the UK album chart with their sixth studio album Imploding the Mirage, which at the time was the third-fastest-selling album of the year. It was also their sixth consecutive album to reach the top in the United Kingdom.
- James Darren died at the age of 88. In the first half of the 1960s, he had six songs in the US Top 40, two of which reached the Top 10. He also worked as an actor in film and television, including the films The Guns of Navarone, The Gene Krupa Story, All the Young Men and Because They're Young and the television series The Time Tunnel.
- Sting was sued by his former The Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland over alleged unpaid shares of royalties from songs recorded by the group between 1977 and 1984. In the civil case at the High Court, they claimed they had an oral agreement to share the income, which was later formalized in written contracts. Sting, who wrote The Police's biggest hits, denied the allegations, and his lawyers described the claims as unjustified.
- Gary Glitter, 82, pleaded not guilty at a British court to eight counts of sexual abuse of a girl aged between 8 and 11. The alleged offenses were said to have taken place between 1978 and 1981 under his legal name, Paul Gadd. Judge Tony Baumgartner adjourned the case for a three-week trial scheduled to begin on November 22, 2027.