• Avicii records his debut BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix.​

• Stevie Wonder headlines Glastonbury.​

• Joy Division and New Order's Peter Hook releases his book "Hacienda - How Not To Run A Club", telling the story of what is was really like to be co-owner of one of the worlds most famous clubs.

• The Swedish House Mafia headline their own stage at Creamfields, recorded for Radio 1’s Essential Mix.

• Calvin Harris voted 12th most influential Brit on Twitter.

• Cream release a fitness DVD.

• The XX win the Mercury Music Prize.​

• Soundcloud takes the crown from MySpace as the number 1 platform for electronic music artists.

• A crowd stampede at the Love Parade festival in Duisburg, Germany caused the deaths of 21 people and 500 injuries.

• The Electric Daisy Carnival was marred by controversy after a 15 year old attendee died of an ecstasy overdose.

• London's seOne Club closes, citing the recession for falling profits. It reopened briefly as Debut but was eventually demolished for redevelopment.

• British government bans the use off "legal high" drugs.

• DJ Mag launches an investigation into cheating in their annual Top 100 DJs Poll

       Notable albums:

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• Faithless - The Dance

• Pendulum - Immersion

• Example - Won’t Go Quietly

• The XX - xx

• Magnetic Man - Magnetic Man

• Netsky - Netsky