Editing 1990 in music (section)

===April–June===
*[[April 4]] – Gloria Estefan returns to Miami, Florida after undergoing back surgery following the March 20 accident.
*[[April 5]] – [[Michael Jackson]] is awarded 'Artist of the Decade' by [[George H. W. Bush]] at the White House. 
*[[April 6]] – Mötley Crüe's [[Tommy Lee]] suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, Connecticut.
*[[April 7]] – [[Neil Young]], [[Elton John]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[John Mellencamp]], [[Guns N' Roses]] and [[Jackson Browne]] perform at [[Farm Aid]] IV in [[Indiana]]. John dedicates "Candle in the Wind" to AIDS patient [[Ryan White]] during his performance. White dies the following day.
*[[April 13]] – [[Madonna]] starts her controversial [[Blond Ambition Tour]] in Tokyo, Japan.
*[[April 16]] – A massive [[Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa|tribute concert]] is held at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] for recently freed anti-[[apartheid]] activist [[Nelson Mandela]], who appears in a pre-taped 45-minute speech at the event. Performers include [[Anita Baker]], [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[The Neville Brothers]] and [[Neil Young]]. The event is broadcast to 61 countries around the world.
*[[April 24]] – [[Janet Jackson]] is honored with a Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResults.aspx?igi=43235&s=janet+jackson&sfld=C&vwmd=e |title=Celebrity Pictures, Entertainment News Photo Galleries and Videos |publisher=WireImage |website=www.wireimage.com |access-date=2018-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127010101/http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResults.aspx?igi=43235&s=janet%20jackson&sfld=C&vwmd=e |archive-date=2011-01-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[April 25]] – [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s [[Fender Stratocaster]], on which he performed his famous version of the "[[Star Spangled Banner]]" at [[Woodstock]], is auctioned off in London for $295,000.
*[[April 27]] – [[Axl Rose]] marries model Erin Everly, daughter of singer [[Don Everly]], in a Las Vegas ceremony. Divorce papers are filed on May 24, then withdrawn, then filed again in October.
*[[May 5]] – The 35th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1990|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall]] in [[Zagreb]], is won by [[Italy|Italian]] singer [[Toto Cutugno]] for the song "[[Insieme: 1992]]", Italy's first victory in the contest since 1964. At 46 years old, Cutugno becomes the oldest winner of the contest to date, a record he holds until 2001.
*[[May 6]] – [[Valery Leontiev]] show "It seems to me that I have not lived" in the [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)|Olympic Stadium]].
*[[May 12]] – First [[Prague Spring International Music Festival]] following the [[Velvet Revolution]]: [[Rafael Kubelík]] conducts the [[Czech Philharmonic]] orchestra in [[Smetana]]'s ''[[Má vlast]]''.
*[[May 18]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their Urban Jungle European tour in [[Rotterdam]], the Netherlands.
*[[May 29]]
**In Canada, Toronto police threaten to arrest Madonna if she performs her simulated [[masturbation]] scene during her performance of "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" on her [[Blond Ambition Tour]].  Madonna refuses to change her show, and the police decide not to press charges, later denying that they had ever threatened to do so (a claim refuted by footage captured during the filming of Madonna's 1991 documentary ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare|Truth or Dare]]'').
**At the [[Eurovision Young Musicians Competition 1990]] finals, held at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, pianist Nick van Oosterum of the Netherlands takes first place.
*[[June 10]] – Members of [[rap music|rap]] group [[2 Live Crew]] are arrested and charged with [[obscenity]] after a performance in a [[Hollywood, Florida]] nightclub.
*[[June 12]] – [[Mariah Carey]] releases her [[Mariah Carey (album)|debut]] album, which would go on to top the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] for 11 consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |title=Mariah Carey Shares Cryptic Teaser For 30th Anniversary Celebration of Debut Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/mariah-carey-shares-debut-album-anniversary-teaser-9418743/ |website=Billboard |date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[June 30]] – Knebworth 1990, a one-off festival at [[Knebworth Park]], England in support of [[Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy]]. Participating musicians have all been winners of the [[Silver Clef Award]]. The acts include headliners [[Pink Floyd]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Elton John]], [[Dire Straits]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Eric Clapton]] and others.