Editing 1976 in music (section)

===September–October===
*[[September 1]] – [[Ode Records]] president [[Lou Adler]] is kidnapped at his Malibu home and released eight hours later after a $25,000 ransom is paid. Two suspects are soon arrested.
*[[September 3]] – [[Rory Gallagher]] joins the short list of Western popular musicians to perform behind the [[Iron Curtain]] with a show in [[Warsaw]], Poland.
*[[September 8]] – In a candid interview appearing in the October 7 edition of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' published today, [[Elton John]] publicly discloses his [[bisexuality]] for the first time.
*[[September 14]] – The one-hour [[Bob Dylan]] concert special ''Hard Rain'' airs on NBC, coinciding with the release of [[Hard Rain (Bob Dylan album)|the live album of the same name]].
*[[September 18]]
**[[Queen (band)|Queen]] performs a [[Queen Hyde Park 1976|massive free concert]] at London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] for over 150,000 people.
**The second annual Rock Music Awards air on CBS. [[Peter Frampton]] wins Rock Personality of the Year, while [[Fleetwood Mac]] wins for Best Group and Best Album.
*[[September 20]]-21 – [[100 Club Punk Festival]], the first international punk festival is held in London. [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] play their first concert.
*[[September 25]] – [[Bono]], [[The Edge]], [[Adam Clayton]] and [[Larry Mullen Jr.]] form a band called Feedback in [[Dublin]]. The band would later be renamed [[U2]].
*[[October 2]] – [[Joe Cocker]] performs a duet of "[[Feelin' Alright?|Feelin' Alright]]" with himself (as portrayed by [[John Belushi]]) on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.
*[[October 8]] – English [[punk rock]] group the [[Sex Pistols]] sign a contract with [[EMI]] Records.
*[[October 11]] – Irish singer [[Joe Dolan]] is banned for life by [[Aer Lingus]] after an air rage incident en route to Corfu from Dublin.
*[[October 20]] – The [[Led Zeppelin]] concert film ''[[The Song Remains the Same (film)|The Song Remains the Same]]'' premieres at Cinema I in New York.
*[[October 22]] - [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] releases their debut single “[[New Rose]]”, considered to be the first release from a British punk group.
*[[October 31]] – [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] and [[Parliament Funkadelic]] begin "The P-Funk/Rubber Band Earth Tour" in [[Houston]], a national live series highlighting one of the biggest and revolutionary stage shows in the history of the music industry (the rock group [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] would be the other group to do a similar act), relying on elaborate costumes, special lighting and effects, and extremely large props including "the Mothership", which would arrive and land on stage, all of what this band is generally known for. This live set would vary in length (on average of 3 to 5 hours long) and at high volume.