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Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.
Maddy Prior plays at The Hornpipe Community Arts Centre, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Playn Jayn play at The 100 Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Richard Thompson plays at East Anglia University (UEA), Norwich, England, UK, Europe.
George Melly And The Feetwarmers play at Theatre Ell, Llanalli, Wales, UK, Europe.
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem play at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Explorers, featuring Phil Manzanera and Andy McKay, play at Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, Europe.
New Model Army play at The Ritz, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Chameleons play at The Escape Club, Brighton, England, UK, Europe, supported by Easterhouse.
Del Awtri play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. The band playing on this night is believed to have been Del Amitri, but their name is mis-billed on the poster.
Billy Connolly plays at The New Victoria, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe.
Irish Mist play at The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
Los Angeles-based soul/mod revival band The Untouchables play at The Country Club, Kirklevington, England, UK, Europe.
The Word Girl by Scritti Politti enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No4 during a twelve week stay.
The San Francisco headquarters office of rock promoter Bill Graham burns down in what looks suspiciously like an arson attack. Fire brigade investigators discover the remains of two gallon jugs of gasoline which they suspect were used as Molotov cocktails.
Sky play at The Gaumont Theatre, Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
The Colourfield play at Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Monochrome Set play at The Leadmill, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Working Week release a new single, Sweet Nothing, on Virgin Records in the UK. On the same day, they play at Reading University, Reading, England, UK, Europe.
Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms Tour plays the second of two nights at the Sportpalace, Athens, Greece, Europe.
On his The Glory Boys tour, Rick Wakeman plays at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
The Pointer Sisters play at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Spear Of Destiny play at The Studio, Bristol, England, UK, Europe, supported by Blue In Heaven.
The Deviants play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Larry Wallis And The Doughnut Dunkers Of Death, and 20 Flight Rockers.
The Alarm play at The University, Leeds, England, UK, supported by The Faith Brothers.
Morr issey-Mullen play at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.
Mike Harding plays at The Hippodrome, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
The Replacements sign to Sire Records in the USA.