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American Independence Day is celebrated at The Roundhouse, London, UK, with a show headlined by The Flamin
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On their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, supported by Jay Boy Adams, Blue Oyster Cult, The Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
Paul Revere, founder and leader of Paul Revere And The Raiders, gets married (for the second time) at a Raiders show to Sandra Sue Campbell.
The Carpenters enter the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with I Need To Be In Love which will peak at No25
The Sex Pistols play at the Black Swan, Sheffield, UK, supported by The Clash, making their first live appearance.
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Cliff Richard enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with Devil Woman, which will become his biggest hit in America.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers record American Girl at Shelter Studios, Hollywood, California, USA. The song will inspire The Strokes to write their 2001 song, Last Nite.
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