• Luke Hood launches the UKF YouTube channels. UKF would go on to become one of the biggest brands in drum & bass and dubstep with compilations, events, podcasts and a ticketing platform.

• The Pet Shop Boys win ‘Outstanding Contribution to Music’ at The Brit Awards.

• BBC Radio One launch Dubstep Week in September with back to back mixes from Chase & Status, Caspa, Jakes, Nero and Joker.

• Kraftwerk, Massive Attack and MGMT headline Bestival.

• Michael Jackson is found dead at his home in Beverly Hills.

• The world record for the longest DJ set is broken by DJ Alan D in Scotland - playing for 124 hours straight.

• Swedish House Mafia take over Mondays at Pacha, Ibiza.

• David Guetta and Calvin Harris top the singles and album charts in the UK.

• Carl Cox's Intec Records is reborn after 4 years.

• Rob Da Bank releases his book The ‘A-Z of Festivals: My life of music, mud and mayhem in 26 letters'.

• Seminal London club The End shuts it’s doors for a final time.

• Manumission in Ibiza closes thier doors for good.

• Above & Beyond's track 'Buzz' is used for the unveiling of Virgin's 'SpaceShipTwo' by Richard Branson in the Mojave Desert

Notable Albums
 

• Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do [Downtown] 

• Deadmau5 - For Lack of a Better Name [Ultra/Mau5trap] 

• The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die [Take Me To The Hospital]

• Moby - Wait for Me [Little Idiot]

• Calvin Harris - Ready for The Weekend [Columbia]

• David Guetta - One Love [Positivia/Virgin]

• Drake - So Far Gone [OVO Sound]