In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

The 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was hosted by the team on July 10, 2012.

During the 2012 season, the Royals hosted the All-Star game.

In September 2012, Milken and the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, jointly hosted 1, 000 senior medical scientists and members of Congress at a three-day conference to demonstrate the return on investment in medical research.

In preparation for the Euro 2012 football championships being jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, a number of airports around the country will be renovated and redeveloped.

Unification Church-owned Yeongpyeong Resort, The Ocean Resort and Pineridge Resort hosted Expo 2012 in May 2012, and will sponsor the 2018 Winter Olympics and Formula One.

Yoga Sports Federation which hosted The 9th Annual Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup in June 2012 says that yoga competitions inspire both practicing yogis and newbies to sharpen their skills.

It became the first city to host the Olympics for the third time when London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics.

ALEC was the subject of the September 29, 2012 edition of Moyers & Company hosted by Bill Moyers.

This show is hosted in the United Kingdom ( from 16th July 2012 ) on Jazz FM.

Simon's most recent SNL appearance was on the February 18, 2012 episode hosted by Maya Rudolph.

The show was revived by Network Ten in 2012 and is hosted by musician and actor Rob Mills.

The new series, which began airing in January 2012, is hosted by singer and actor Rob Mills and co-produced by Granada Media and Johnny Young.

Innsbruck hosted the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012.

The Bandy World Championships for women 2012 was hosted in Irkutsk and received praise from Federation of International Bandy.

From 10 September 2012, Robinson hosted a new series on History Channel Australia called " Tony Robinson's Time Walks ".

The Magic hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 2012.

On February 26 Orlando hosted the 2012 All-Star Game.

Beginning in 2012, the MLS Cup is hosted by the conference champion with the most table points during the regular season.

The 2012 World Social Forum was hosted in Porto Alegre, Brazil and ran from 24-30 January.

Since 2012 the show is hosted by Frank Skinner and guests compete to have their pet hates and peeves consigned to Room 101.

Wheaton hosted a NASA video on the Mars Curiosity rover which landed on Monday August 6, 2012.

The school hosted the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship at Bill Greehey Arena in 2009 and will host again in 2012.

On 11 February 2012, a Six Nations international rugby game between France and Ireland had to be cancelled just before kick-off due to the pitch freezing as the stadium lacks under-soil heating.

* " Charlie Brown " ( Coldplay song ), a 2012 song from Coldplay's fifth album, Mylo Xyloto

In early 2012, two collaborations featuring Rihanna were released ; Coldplay's " Princess of China " from the album Mylo Xyloto and Drake's " Take Care " from his album of the same name.

* British rock band Coldplay played at the arena for the first time on June 29, 2012 as part of their Mylo Xyloto Tour.

On July 29th and 30th 2012 Coldplay visited TD garden as a part of their Mylo Xyloto Tour.

* British rockers Coldplay perform at the venue on 17 & 18 November 2012 as part of their Mylo Xyloto Tour.

Coldplay played two shows at Izod Center in 2012 as part of the band's Mylo Xyloto Tour.

In May, 2012, it was announced that the British alternative rock band Coldplay will bring its Mylo Xyloto world tour to the stadium on Saturday, 10 November 2012.

* European Tour ( 2012 )

* The Tour with Kiss ( 2012 )

The band finished the second leg of the Time Machine Tour in July 2011 and released their latest studio album, Clockwork Angels in June 2012 with a supporting tour that began in September 2012.

; Gold Dust Orchestral Tour: Tori Amos kicks off her 2012 tour in Rotterdam on October 1.

In recent weeks, a series of summer 2012 dates have been announced as Stevie will reunite with Rod Stewart for another leg of the very successful Heart & Soul Tour.

* Heart & Soul Tour ( with Rod Stewart ): 2011, 2012

* In Your Dreams Tour: 2011, 2012

Tangerine Dream will embark in spring / summer 2012 on a tour of Europe, Canada & USA called The Electric Mandarine Tour 2012:

Currently, Opeth is on their 2011 / 2012 Heritage Tour through North America and Europe with their new keyboardist, Joakim Svalberg.

* Symphonica Tour ( 2011 – 2012 )

Numan's new album Dead Son Rising was released on 16 September 2011 which had a full U. K tour split in two halves, 15 – 21 September and 7 – 11 December, Both parts were supported by Welsh soloist Jayce Lewis in an interview during the tour ; Gary praised the Welshman to being the best supporting act ever in his 30 years of touring, later documenting the tour in a Tour diary and publicly inviting Jayce to join him for an American tour in 2012.

Marcy Playground will be joining Everclear, Sugar Ray, Lit, and the Gin Blossoms on the Summerland 2012 Tour, a 31-date nationwide tour beginning on June 28, 2012 in Saratoga, CA, and ending on August 11, 2012 in Laughlin, NV, to promote their new album.

In 2012, Newton-John embarked on an Asian Tour of Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka.

The band will join Linkin Park as co-headliners on the 2012 edition of the Honda Civic Tour.

Incubus has hinted that they will go on hiatus following the end of the 2012 Honda Civic Tour, but their manager has stated that Incubus will only take a break after the tour, not a hiatus.

The band will be undertaking a full UK ' Pop Up Shop ' Tour in November and December 2012.

“ The Lindisfarne Gospels Tour .” Accessed 13 March 2012.

Entitled the Teutonic Terror Attack 2012 Tour, they will be supported by Finland's Swallow the Sun.

* L ' Arc-en-Ciel: The legendary Japanese band, which has sold over 40 million records worldwide, played a sold out live show on March 25, 2012 as part of their 20th L ' Anniversary World Tour 2012.

* Nickelback: Played there for the first time on their Here and Now Tour in 2012 ..