Editing 1976 in music (section)

===July–August===
*[[July 2]]
**Composer [[Benjamin Britten]] accepts a life peerage, only a few months before his death.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46954|page=9295|date=6 July 1976}}</ref>
**[[Brian Wilson]] performs on stage with [[The Beach Boys]] for the first time in three years at a [[Days on the Green|Day on the Green]] concert in [[Oakland, California]].
*[[July 4]] – Many outdoor festivals and shows are held all over the United States as the country [[United States Bicentennial|celebrates its bicentennial]]. [[Elton John]] performs for 62,000 at Shaffer Stadium in [[Foxboro, Massachusetts]], while [[Eagles (band)|The Eagles]] and [[Fleetwood Mac]] play for 36,000 at [[Tampa Stadium]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] and [[ZZ Top]] draw 35,000 at [[Memphis Memorial Stadium]] and [[Elvis Presley]] performs for 11,974 at the [[Mabee Center]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]].
*[[July 7]] – 50,000 fans brave the rain in New York to attend a free [[Jefferson Starship]] concert in [[Central Park]].
*[[July 27]] – [[Tina Turner]] files for divorce from husband [[Ike Turner|Ike]].
*[[August 5]] – [[Eric Clapton]] provokes an uproar over comments he makes on stage at a [[Birmingham]] concert, voicing his opposition to immigration using multiple racial slurs while exhorting the audience to support [[Enoch Powell]] and to "keep Britain white".
*[[August 11]] – [[Keith Moon]] is rushed to hospital for the second time in five months, collapsing after trashing his Miami hotel room.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Fletcher|title=Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2t1T3Jywu0MC&pg=PT523|date=4 March 2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-222-3|pages=523}}</ref>
*[[August 13]] – The official [[ABBA]] logo with the reversed 'B' is adopted.
*[[August 16]] – [[Cliff Richard]] becomes one of the first Western artists ever to perform in the Soviet Union when he gives a concert in [[Leningrad]].
*[[August 21]] – An estimated 120,000 fans pack [[Concerts at Knebworth House|Knebworth House]] to see [[The Rolling Stones]]. [[Todd Rundgren]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] and [[10cc]] also perform.
*[[August 25]] – [[Boston (band)|Boston]] release their eponymous debut studio album, ''[[Boston (album)|Boston]]''.
*[[August 31]] – A U.S. district court decision rules that [[George Harrison]] had [[cryptomnesia|"subconsciously" copied]] [[The Chiffons]]' hit "[[He's So Fine]]" when he wrote the song "[[My Sweet Lord]]".