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The Angelic Upstarts play at Oddy's Club At The Tower, Oldham, England, UK, Europe.
The Men They Couldn't Hang play at The Clarendon, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson begin five weeks atop the UK singles chart with I Know Him So Well.
Everything But The Girl and The Woodentops play at Exeter Univerity, Exeter, England, UK, Europe.
Bolshoi play at The 
On their Unforgettable Fire tour, U2 play at the Rudi-Sedlmayerhalle, Munich, Germany, Europe.
Microdisney play at The Polytechnic, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
During a series of GLC-sponsored Concerts for The Unemployed, The Hank Wangford Band, Rent Party, Attila The Stockbroker and Don Carroll play at The Town Hall, Chiswick, London, England, UK, Europe. Tickets cost £1.50 on production of a UB 40 registration card from the Department Of Employment, thus verifying unemployed status.
James King And The Lonewolves play at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Jesus And Mary Chain play at The Pavilion, Brighton, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Jungle.
The Church release their fourth LP, Remote Luxury, on Carrere Records in the UK. The album is actually a compilation featuring the tracks from their EPs Persia and Remote Luxury, previously released in the band's home territory, Australia.
The Ramones release a new single, Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La), on Beggars Banquet records in the UK. The track is produced by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics.
The Oyster Band plays at The West End Centre, Aldershot, England, UK, Europe.
The Blow Monkeys play at The University, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.UK music weekly Melody Maker chooses How Soon Is Now by The Smiths as Single Of The Week.
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Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam XI at The Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with Kris Kristofferson, Tom Wopat, Little Richard, Nicolette Larson, Alabama, Ted Nugent, Bill Medley, Lacy J. Dalton, Gail Davies, Eddy Raven, Emmylou Harris, Amy Grant and others.
Recently formed heavy rock combo Nightfly play the first gig on their Warming Up The Band tour, at The Cross Keys Institute, Gwent, Wales, UK, Europe. The band includes former Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody and Zak Starkey, son of The Beatles' Ringo Starr.During a series of GLC-sponsored Concerts for The Unemployed, Supercombo, Shikisha and The Hollywood All Stars play at the Town Hall, Islington, London, England, UK, Europe. Tickets cost £1.50 on production of a UB 40 registration card from the Department Of Employment, thus verifying unemployed status.
The Exploited play at The Porterhouse, Retford, England, UK, Europe, supported by The UK Subs.
The Poison Girls play at The Interaction Centre, Kentish Town, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Nightingales and The Larks.
The Troggs play at The Nag's Head, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe, supported by Black Dog.
Marc Almond And The Willing Sinners play at The Great Hall, Bradford University, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.
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It is reported that Billy Bragg is advising fans not to buy his first single, St. Swithin's Day / A New England, because it is being brought into the UK as an import costing around £2.50 - which is a mere £1.49 less than his LP Brewing Up With Billy Bragg which includes both tracks.
The Pretty Things play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Sounds music newspaper in the UK reports that Ian McCulloch of Echo And The Bunnymen has lost his assault case against Eric Newby, a bouncer at the 1984 York Festival. The court case stemmed from the band's headline gig at York Rock Festival at York Racecourse, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe, where there was an altercation between singer McCulloch and Newby. McCulloch claimed to have been beaten up backstage, but Newby denied the charge and magistrates decided there was no case to answer.Foreigner reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA with the big rock ballad, I Want To Know What Love Is, featuring guest performances by Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins and Jennifer Holliday.
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Teena Marie enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Lovergirl, which will peak at No4.
On their Love And Pride tour, hitmakers King, play at Aston University, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.