1.Manga UK annnouced the following on twitter:

Finalized UK plans for K-ON!! release. Expect Vol.1 DVD sejak August. We are authoring with Madman in Australia and they don't recive materials until April. Add 12 week production time. So, that's why it takes so long. Please don't import R1 edition. It'll kill us.
This follows the baru-baru ini announcement that the Complete Series 1 box-set won't be released until the first quarter of 2012;

2.The limited first pressing for the ninth and final Blu-ray Disc volume of the K-ON!! Televisyen Anime series ranked #1 on Oricon's sales chart for a saat consecutive...