Editing 1979 in music (section)

===September–December===
* [[September 1]] – [[INXS]] perform in public for the first time, at the Oceanview Hotel in Umina, New South Wales.
* [[September 2]] – [[U2]] enters the studio for the first time to record a locally released single.
* [[September 13]] – [[ABBA]] begins [[ABBA: The Tour]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], leading off a month of dates in North America.
* [[September 16]] – [[The Sugarhill Gang]] release ''[[Rapper's Delight]]'' in the United States, the first [[rap]] [[Single (music)|single]] to become a [[Top 40]] hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].
* [[September 17]] – [[Court of Appeal for Ontario|Ontario Court of Appeals]] rejects a government appeal against the previous year's sentencing of [[Keith Richards]], which allowed him to avoid jail time for his 1977 arrest in Toronto for heroin possession.
* [[September 19]]–23 – [[Musicians United for Safe Energy]] (MUSE) stages a series of five ''No Nukes'' concerts at [[Madison Square Garden]]. [[Jackson Browne]], [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]], [[Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band]], [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Tom Petty]], [[James Taylor]] and [[Carly Simon]] are among the participants.
* [[September 22]]
**[[Gary Numan]] hits number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with ''[[The Pleasure Principle (Gary Numan album)|The Pleasure Principle]]'', only two months after his [[Tubeway Army]] album ''[[Replicas (album)|Replicas]]'' had topped the chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17942/gary-numan/ |title=Gary Numan |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref>
**''[[The NewMusic]]'', a Canadian weekly music and culture program, makes its début on [[Citytv]].
* [[September 27]] – [[Elton John]] collapses on stage at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]] in [[Los Angeles County, California]] while performing "Better Off Dead". He refuses to stop the show and resumes playing fifteen minutes later.
* [[October 10]] – [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]] officially leaves [[Aerosmith]].
* [[November 3]] – [[Donna Summer]] becomes the first female artist to have 5 top 10 hits in the same year.
* [[November 16]] – [[Infinity Records]] is shut down and absorbed into parent company [[MCA Records|MCA]].
* [[November 17]] – [[Donna Summer]], for a second time, has two songs ("[[Dim All the Lights]]", #2, & "[[No More Tears (Enough is Enough)]]" with [[Barbra Streisand]], #3) in the Top 3 of the Billboard Hot 100, and the first female to have 5 top 5 hits in the same year.
* [[November 24]] – With "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" hitting the top spot, [[Donna Summer]] becomes the first female artist to score 3 #1 singles in a calendar year on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
* [[November 26]] – [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] perform at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], London, in a [[Royal Command Performance|command performance]] for Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. This was Haley's final recorded performance of "[[Rock Around the Clock]]".
* [[November 30]] – [[Pink Floyd]] releases ''[[The Wall]]''. It is one of rock's most well-known [[concept album]]s and one of the [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums of all time]]. It is also the last album recorded with the line up of [[David Gilmour]], [[Roger Waters]], [[Nick Mason]] and [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]].
* December – [[Iron Maiden]] is signed by [[EMI]]. They hire [[Dennis Stratton]] as a second guitarist.
* [[December 3]] – In [[Cincinnati]], a stampede for seats at [[Riverfront Coliseum]] during a [[The Who|Who]] concert kills 11 fans and injures 26 others.  Band members were not informed of the deaths until after the show.
* [[December 26]] – [[Iron Maiden]] drummer [[Doug Sampson]] is replaced by ex-[[Samson (band)|Samson]] drummer [[Clive Burr]].
* [[December 26]]-29 – The [[Concerts for the People of Kampuchea]] are held over four nights at the [[Hammersmith Odeon]] in London to raise funds for victims of war in [[Cambodia]]. [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[The Who]], [[The Clash]], [[Wings (band)|Wings]], [[Elvis Costello]] and members of [[Led Zeppelin]] all take part.
* [[December 31]] – The eighth annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[The Oak Ridge Boys]], [[Village People]], [[Chic (band)|Chic]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Barry Manilow]].