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Contents 1 Expected events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 August 1.8 November 1.9 December 1.10 Unknown date 2 Bands reformed 3 Returning performers 4 Bands on hiatus 5 Groups disbanded 6 Albums set to be released in 2010 6.1 January 6.2 February 6.3 March 6.4 April 6.5 May 6.6 June 6.7 December 6.8 1st quarter 6.9 2nd quarter 6.10 3rd quarter 6.11 4th quarter 6.12 Unspecified Date 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Expected events

[edit] January

• January 19 - The Swell Season at Radio City Music Hall in New York
• January 31 - The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.

[edit] February

• February 1 - Social Distortion will be back in the studio recording their first album since 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll. A late spring release is expected.^[1]
• Motörhead will hit the studio to "rehearse, write and record" a new album to be released later this year.^[2]

[edit] March

• March 26 - T.I. is expected to be released from FCC Forest City.

[edit] April

• April 25 – The Earth Day Global Day of Celebration to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970.^[3]

[edit] May

• May 29 - The Final of the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Bærum, Norway.
• Rock in Rio Festival returns to Lisboa, Portugal

[edit] June

• June 12 - Muse plays at the Stade de France in Paris.

[edit] August

• The tour in support of Metallica's latest album, Death Magnetic, is expected to be finished.^[4]

[edit] November

• The 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards will take place.

[edit] December

• Norwegian group A-ha will break up for the second time following a world tour.^[5]

[edit] Unknown date

• Taylor Swift will host the 2010 Country Radio Seminar.^[6]
• Latin music singer Juanes to reinvent his sound for new album in 2010.^[7]
• Roy Orbison, Bryan Adams, Ringo Starr, Chaka Kahn, Van Morrison, Marco Antonio Solis, ZZ Top and The Funk Brothers are to receive their Hollywood Walk Of Fame in the recording category.^[8]
• Country duo Brooks & Dunn will split up after a nearly 20-year career together.
• The Smashing Pumpkins will continue their release of Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, which began in October 2009, one track per 3-4 weeks at a time until all 44 from the album are released.

[edit] Bands reformed

• Pavement (touring only)

[edit] Returning performers

• Adema (first studio album with original lead vocalist Mark Chavez since 2003)
• Aerosmith (first studio album since 2004, first album of original material since 2001)
• Amy Winehouse (first studio album since 2006)
• Blink-182 (first studio album since 2003)
• Burzum (first studio album since 1999)
• Cassie (first studio album since 2006)
• Christina Aguilera (first studio album since 2006)
• Cold (first studio album since 2005)
• Days of the New (first studio album since 2001)^[9]
• Deftones (first studio album since 2006)
• Devo (first studio album since 1990, first album through Warner Bros. since 1984)
• Dr. Dre (first studio album since 1999)
• Diddy (first studio album since 2006)
• Evanescence (first studio album since 2006)
• Everclear (first full-length studio album since 2006)
• Far (first studio album since 1998)
• Fear Factory (first studio album since 2005; first release with drummer Gene Hoglan and first release with guitarist Dino Cazares since 2002)
• Fefe Dobson (first official studio album since 2003)
• Forbidden (first studio album since 1997)
• Gorillaz (first studio album since 2005)
• Infectious Grooves (first studio album since 2000)
• Julian Lennon (first studio album since 1998)
• Lostprophets (first studio album since 2006)
• Mark Morrison (first studio album since 2006)
• Michelle Branch (first solo studio album since 2003)
• Missy Elliott (first studio album since 2005)
• Morbid Angel (first studio album since 2003; first release with rhythm guitarist Destructhor and first release with bassist and vocalist David Vincent since 1995)
• My Chemical Romance (first studio album since 2006)
• No Doubt (first studio album since 2001)
• The Offspring (first studio album recorded as a four-piece since 2000)
• OK Go (first studio album since 2005)
• Pavement (first tour since 1999)
• Pennywise (first studio album and tour with a new lineup since 1995)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (first studio album since 2006)
• Sick of It All (first studio album since 2006)
• Social Distortion (first studio album since 2004)
• Splender (first studio album since 2002, after the band's breakup in 2004)
• Stone Temple Pilots (first studio album since 2001)
• The Strokes (first studio album since 2006)
• Suicidal Tendencies (first proper studio album since 2000)
• Tarja Turunen (first studio album since 2006)
• TLC (first studio album since 2002, and the first studio album following the death of founding member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)
• Tupac Shakur (first posthumous studio album, following his death in 1996)
• Twisted Sister (first proper studio album since 1987)
• Van Halen (first studio album since 1998; first release with bassist Wolfgang Van Halen and first release with vocalist David Lee Roth since 1984)
• Wang Chung (first studio album since 1989)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (first studio album since 2006)

[edit] Bands on hiatus

• Augie March ^[10]
• Fall Out Boy ^[11]

[edit] Groups disbanded

• A-ha ^[12]
• Brooks & Dunn^[13]
• Salt the Wound^[14]
• Scary Kids Scaring Kids^[15]

[edit] Albums set to be released in 2010

All releases are LPs unless otherwise stated.

[edit] January

January 1

• Nobody's Daughter by Courtney Love ^[16]

January 5

• Unbroken by Katharine McPhee^[17]
• Animal by Ke$ha^[18]

January 11

• Hold Me Down by You Me At Six ^[19]

January 12

• Contra by Vampire Weekend ^[20]
• Of the Blue Colour of the Sky by OK Go ^[21]

January 19

• Behave Yourself (EP) by Cold War Kids ^[22]
• My Dinosaur Life by Motion City Soundtrack^[23]
• The Colossus by RJD2 ^[24]
• End Times by Eels^[25]

January 25

• There Is Love in You by Four Tet^[26]
• One-Armed Bandit by Jaga Jazzist^[27]

January 26

• Heart of My Own by Basia Bulat^[28]
• Teen Dream by Beach House ^[29]
• Love? by Jennifer Lopez^[30]
• Realism by Magnetic Fields^[31]
• Transference by Spoon^[32]

Unspecified Date

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 13 by Merzbow ^[33]
• The Betrayed by Lostprophets^[34]
• Epic by Cold^[35]
• 78violet by 78violet^[36]
• Sons of the System by Mnemic^[37]
• Crazy Horse by Paradiso Girls^[38]

[edit] February

February 1

• Romance is Boring by Los Campesinos!^[39]

February 2

• The Courage of Others by Midlake^[40]
• Smoke and Mirrors by Lifehouse^[41]
• Venom by Chamillionaire^[42]

February 8

• Heligoland by Massive Attack^[43]
• One Life Stand by Hot Chip^[44]

February 9

• Atlas Drugged by Look What I Did ^[45]
• Mechanized by Fear Factory^[46]
• Ironbound by Overkill ^[47]

February 14

• Love by Angels & Airwaves ^[48]
• Thank Me Later by Drake ^[49]

February 16

• Peace and Love by Juliana Hatfield^[50]
• Sound Awake by Karnivool ^[51]

February 22

• Sweet 7 by Sugababes ^[52]

February 23

• The Golden Archipelago by Shearwater ^[53]
• Computers and Blues by The Streets ^[54]
• Land of Make Believe by Kidz in the Hall ^[55]
• Work by Shout Out Louds ^[56]

Unspecified Date

• The Great Escape by Joe Budden^[57]
• Untitled by Sanctus Real ^[58]
• Teenage Fantasy by Secret and Whisper ^[59]
• Untitled by Unkle^[60]

[edit] March

March 9

• Untitled by Emily Osment^[61]

March 23

• Option Paralysis by The Dillinger Escape Plan^[62]

Unspecified Date

• Don't Say We Didn't Warn You by Does It Offend You, Yeah? ^[63]
• Joy by Fefe Dobson^[64]
• Untitled by Godsmack ^[65]
• The Winter of Mixed Drinks by Frightened Rabbit ^[66]
• Untitled by Boyzone^[67]

[edit] April

April 20

• Long Live the Kings by Kottonmouth Kings ^[68]

Unspecified Date

• Relapse 2 by Eminem^[69]

[edit] May

Unspecified Date

• Untitled by Britney Spears^[70]
• The Graveyard of the Atlantic by The Ataris^[71]
• Untitled by Friendly Fires^[72]

[edit] June

June 16

• Shakurspeare by Tupac Shakur^[73]

[edit] December

December 28

• Alter Bridge III by Alter Bridge^[74]
• First Flight by Wiz Khalifa^[75]
• The Believer by Common^[76]

[edit] 1st quarter

• Untitled by Avril Lavigne^[77]
• Untitled by Bullet for My Valentine ^[78]
• Light & Darkness by Christina Aguilera^[79]
• Untitled by Ciara^[80]
• Untitled by Coheed and Cambria ^[81]
• Last Train to Paris by Diddy^[82]
• Option Paralysis by The Dillinger Escape Plan ^[83]
• Untitled by Eisley^[84]
• At Night We Live by Far ^[85]
• Skeletons by Hawthorne Heights^[86]
• Untitled by Hellyeah ^[87]
• Untitled by Interpol^[88]
• Untitled by Janet Jackson ^[89]
• Untitled by Jo Dee Messina ^[90]
• No Better Than This by John Mellencamp^[91]
• All I Want Is Everything by JoJo^[92]
• Untitled by Linkin Park ^[93]
• Untitled by Maroon 5^[94]
• Congratulations by MGMT ^[95]
• Untitled by Natasha Bedingfield^[96]
• Untitled by Ov Hell^[97]
• Untitled by Panic! at the Disco ^[98]
• Of Men and Angels by The Rocket Summer ^[99]
• Untitled by Raven-Symoné ^[100]
• Wild One (EP) by Rooney ^[101]
• Untitled by Secondhand Serenade ^[102]
• Untitled by Suicidal Tendencies ^[103]
• Release the Drones by Supergrass ^[104]
• Untitled by We Are The Fallen^[105]

[edit] 2nd quarter

• Untitled by Disturbed ^[106]
• Untitled by The Gracious Few ^[107]
• Untitled by Jordan Pruitt ^[108]
• Untitled by Taproot ^[109]
• Scratch My Back (covers album) by Peter Gabriel ^[110]

[edit] 3rd quarter

• Untitled by Everclear^[111]
• Untitled by Sick of It All ^[112]
• Untitled by Sum 41^[113]

[edit] 4th quarter

• Untitled by Kelly Clarkson^[114]

[edit] Unspecified Date

• Untitled by Adema ^[115]
• White Crosses by Against Me!^[116]
• Untitled by Arcade Fire ^[117]
• Untitled by As I Lay Dying ^[118]
• Untitled by Bad Religion ^[119]
• Untitled by Barenaked Ladies ^[120]
• Just Stop, and Think by The Bird and the Bee ^[121]
• Untitled by The Bled^[122]
• Untitled by Bleeding Through^[123]
• Untitled by Blink-182 ^[124]
• Untitled by Candlebox ^[125]
• Untitled by Circa Survive^[126]
• Untitled by Cradle of Filth ^[127]
• Untitled by Crossfade^[128]
• Untitled by Dark Tranquillity^[129]
• Untitled by David Cook^[130]
• Days of the New Presents Tree Colors by Days of the New^[131]
• Untitled by Deftones ^[132]
• Fresh by Devo^[133][134]
• Untitled by Digitalism ^[135]
• Down IV by Down ^[136]
• Detox by Dr. Dre ^[137]
• Untitled by Dropkick Murphys ^[138]
• Untitled by Evanescence^[139]
• Untitled by Exodus^[140]
• Untitled by Fenix TX^[141]
• Untitled by Flobots^[142]
• Untitled by Forbidden ^[143]
• Untitled by Framing Hanley ^[144]
• Untitled by From First to Last ^[145]
• Untitled by Gabriella Cilmi ^[146]
• Untitled by The Gaslight Anthem ^[147]
• Untitled by Girls Aloud ^[148]
• Plastic Beach by Gorillaz ^[149]
• Untitled by H₂O ^[150]
• Untitled by Hanson ^[151]
• Falling Down by Hayden Panettiere^[152]
• High School Musical 4 Soundtrack ^[153]
• Untitled by Incubus ^[154]
• Untitled by Infectious Grooves ^[103]
• Untitled by Iron Maiden ^[155]
• Top Five, Dead or Alive by Jadakiss ^[156]
• Jason Castro by Jason Castro^[157]
• Untitled by Juanes ^[7]
• Untitled by Judas Priest^[158]
• Untitled by Katy Perry^[159]
• Untitled by Kings of Leon ^[160]
• Untitled by Korn ^[161]
• Untitled by Kraftwerk ^[162]
• Leighton Meester by Leighton Meester ^[163]
• Untitled by Lexington Bridge^[164]
• Untitled by Liars^[165]
• Untitled by Linkin Park^[166]
• Ludaversal by Ludacris^[167]
• I Am What I Am by Mark Morrison ^[168]
• Untitled by Meat Loaf ^[169]
• Everything Comes and Goes by Michelle Branch ^[170]
• Untitled by Mickey Avalon ^[171]
• Untitled by Miniature Tigers^[172]
• Untitled by Morbid Angel ^[173]
• Untitled by Motörhead ^[174]
• Untitled by My Chemical Romance ^[175]
• Instant Gratification by N.E.R.D ^[176]
• Untitled by Nevermore^[177]
• Untitled by No Doubt ^[178]
• Untitled by The Offspring ^[179]
• The Conqueror by Patrick Wolf ^[180]
• Untitled by Pennywise ^[181]
• Untitled by Portishead ^[182]
• Untitled by The Pussycat Dolls ^[183]
• Untitled by Radiohead ^[184]
• Untitled by Red Hot Chili Peppers ^[185]
• Teflon Don by Rick Ross^[186]
• Untitled by Ricky Martin^[187]
• Untitled by Rogue Wave ^[188]
• Untitled by Mark Ronson ^[189]
• How I Got Over by The Roots^[190]
• Untitled by Rush ^[191]
• Untitled by Saving Abel ^[192]
• Untitled by Scorpions^[193]
• Untitled by Seether ^[194]
• Untitled by She Wants Revenge ^[195]
• Untitled by Shinedown ^[196]
• Untitled by The Shins^[197]
• Untitled by Social Distortion ^[198]
• Untitled by Splender ^[199]
• Untitled by Stone Sour ^[200]
• Untitled by Stone Temple Pilots ^[201]
• Untitled by The Strokes ^[202]
• Vice Verses by Switchfoot ^[203]
• Untitled by T.I. ^[204]
• Untitled by Testament ^[205]
• Untitled by Tool ^[206]
• Adrenaline Rush 2010 by Twista ^[207]
• Songs of Ascent by U2^[208]
• Untitled by Valkyrja^[209]
• Untitled by Van Halen^[210]
• Untitled by The Vines ^[211]
• Untitled by "Weird Al" Yankovic^[212]
• Married to the Eiffel Tower by The Wolfmen ^[213]

[edit] See also

• 2010 in film

[edit] References