Editing 1978 in music (section)

===May–July===
*[[May 6]] – [[The Knack]] is formed (first album released in 1979).
*[[May 13]] – [[Barry Gibb]] becomes the only songwriter in history to have written 4 consecutive #1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart.
*[[May 18]] – ''[[The Buddy Holly Story]]'', starring [[Gary Busey]], is released. It would win the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Original Music Score|Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score]], and earn a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] (Busey) and [[Academy Award for Sound|Best Sound]].
*[[May 23]] – [[Grieg Hall]] (''Grieghallen'') inaugurated in [[Bergen, Norway]] as a concert venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bergenbyarkiv.no/bergenbyleksikon/arkiv/1424944?s=Grieghallen|title=  Grieghallen|publisher=Bergen byleksikon|access-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref>
*[[May 25]] – In a performance used for ''[[The Kids Are Alright (1979 film)|The Kids Are Alright]]'', [[The Who]] play their last show with [[Keith Moon]].
*June 7 - Prince's debut single Soft and Wet is released by Warner Bros. Records.
*[[June 10]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] begin their 25-date [[The Rolling Stones US Tour 1978|US summer tour]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]].
*[[June 13]] – [[The Cramps]] play a [[Target Video#The Cramps at Napa State Mental Hospital|free concert]] for patients at the Napa State Mental Hospital.
*[[June 16]] – The film adaptation of the musical ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'', opens in theaters and is a box office hit.
*[[June 20]] – [[Grace Slick]] splits with [[Jefferson Starship]] the day after a disastrous concert in [[Hamburg]], Germany, in which a heavily intoxicated Slick verbally abused the crowd and groped various fans and bandmates.
*[[June 29]] – [[Peter Frampton]] is nearly killed in a car accident in [[The Bahamas]], suffering multiple broken bones, a concussion, and muscle damage.
*[[July 1]] – The first [[Texxas Jam]] is held over the July 4 long weekend at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] in [[Dallas]]. The first day features Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, [[Frank Marino]] and [[Mahogany Rush]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]], [[Journey (band)|Journey]], [[Head East]], [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]], [[Eddie Money]], [[Van Halen]] and [[Walter Egan]]. Sunday consists of [[Willie Nelson]] headlining his sixth annual Fourth of July picnic.
*[[July 15]] – The Picnic at [[Blackbushe Airport|Blackbushe Aerodrome]], [[Camberley]], Surrey, England, a concert featuring [[Bob Dylan]], [[Eric Clapton]] and [[Joan Armatrading]], attracts some 200,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Picnic at Blackbushe Aerodrome 1978|website=www.ukrockfestivals.com|url=https://www.ukrockfestivals.com/blackbushe.html|accessdate=2022-10-08}}</ref>
*[[July 19]] – [[Dead Kennedys]] play their first concert, at the [[Mabuhay Gardens]] in San Francisco, California.
*[[July 21]] – ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', a much-hyped musical film starring [[Peter Frampton]] and the [[Bee Gees]] performing the music of [[The Beatles]], opens in theaters. The film is savaged by critics and proves a box office disappointment.
*[[July 29]] – [[Glenn Goins]], one of the lead vocalists for the band [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] dies of [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]] at age of 24.
*[[July 30]] – [[Thin Lizzy]] officially announces that [[Gary Moore]] has replaced [[Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson]] on guitar.