Editing 1976 in music (section)

===November–December===
*[[November 18]] – Former [[Tower of Power]] lead singer [[Rick Stevens]] and another person are found guilty on two counts of murder.
*[[November 23]]
**[[Thin Lizzy]] are forced to cancel their U.S. tour when guitarist [[Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson]] injures his hand in a bar fight.
**[[Jerry Lee Lewis]] is arrested after showing up drunk outside [[Graceland]] at 3 a.m., waving a pistol and loudly demanding to see [[Elvis Presley]]. Presley has declined his request.
*[[November 25]] – [[The Band]] gives its last public performance; [[Martin Scorsese]] is on hand to film it.
*[[November 26]] – The [[Sex Pistols]]' debut single "[[Anarchy in the U.K.]]" is released by EMI.
*[[December 1]] – The [[Sex Pistols]] appear on [[Thames Television]]'s ''Today'' show as a last-minute replacement for [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. The group causes a national outcry after swearing on the show.
*[[December 2]] – The [[Bee Gees]] perform at [[Madison Square Garden]] and donate the proceeds to the [[Police Athletic League]] in New York. In January 1979, they will receive the Police Athletic League's "Superstars of the Year" award.
*[[December 3]]
**A [[Pink Floyd]] album cover shoot in South London goes awry when a large inflatable pig balloon being used for the shoot breaks free of its moorings and drifts out of sight.
**[[Attempted assassination of Bob Marley]] (with his manager Don Taylor and others) in a shooting at his home in [[Kingston, Jamaica]].
*[[December 8]]
**[[The Carpenters]] air their ''"Very First Television Special"'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
**The [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] release ''[[Hotel California (Eagles album)|Hotel California]]''. Globally, it will become the third [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling album]] of all time, behind the same band's February-released ''Greatest Hits'' compilation.
*[[December 12]] – [[Ace Frehley]] is shocked on stage during a [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] concert in [[Lakeland, Florida]] after touching an [[ground (electricity)|ungrounded]] metal railing. The incident inspires the song "[[Shock Me]]".
*[[December 31]] – The fifth annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with performances by [[Donna Summer]], [[Bachman-Turner Overdrive]], [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]], and [[KC and the Sunshine Band]].