3 March – Disgraced glam rock singerGary Glitter is convicted of sexually abusing two young girls at his villa inVietnam and is sentenced to three years in jail.
30 July – The last weekly edition of the British television chart show,Top of the Pops, is broadcast.
2 August –Anthony Payne's reconstruction ofPomp and Circumstance March No. 6 byEdward Elgar from the composer's sketches, gets its world premiere at theProms.
26 October –Duran Duran lead guitaristAndy Taylor once again leaves the band after a series of disagreements surrounding their latest album, which was still incomplete by the year's end. Reasons given are his disapproval of the usage of bothTimbaland andJustin Timberlake in the creation of the band's album. The band hires an interim guitarist to supplant Taylor, with no real replacement being announced.
31 October –The Who releaseEndless Wire, their first studio album for 24 years.
