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Cliff Richard is playing during four nights at The International Centre, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
On their Kick Over Apartheid tour, The Redskins play at Essex University, Colchester, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Boothill Foot-Tappers.
The Climax Blues Band plays at The Cartoon, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
It is reported in the UK music press that guitarist Billy Zoom has left Los Angeles punk band X to "pursue a technical design project".
Dire Straits play the first of four nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
English anarcho-punk band Conflict plays at The Hope And Anchor, Islington, London, England, UK, Europe.Blue Oyster Cult play at The Plahouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by Girlschool.
It is announced that The Playn Jayn has split up, with brother Mike Jones and Nick Jones planning to form a new band.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers release a double live LP, Pack Up The Plantation: Live!, on MCA Records in the UK.
Haze play at The Blue And Gold Club, Kings Lynn, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mournblade.
Curiosity Killed The Cat play at The Riverside, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Wet Wet Wet play at The Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by The Painted Word.
Cameo play at 
George Melly And John Chiltern's Feetwarmers play at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.
Wishbone Ash play at Spectrum Arena, Willington, Crook, County Durham, England, UK, Europe.
Sting plays the second of two nights at Teatro Tenda, Milan, Italy, Europe.
TV Personalities play at The Dovecote Arts Centre, Stockton On Tees, England, UK, Europe, supported by Icy Eye.
The Wolfhounds play at The Enterprise, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Wedding Present.
The single Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No38 during a three week run. Largely the brainchild of Little Steven Van Zandt, the artists involved include U2, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, Keith Richards and Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock and Gil Scott-Heron.
King Kurt play at The Civic Hall, St. Albans, England, UK, Europe.
Artists United Against Apartheid release the album Sun City in the USA. Largely the brainchild of Little Steven Van Zandt, the artists involved include U2, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, Keith Richards and Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock and Gil Scott-Heron.The Top Ten UK Indie Singles on this date are as follows:
1. Tiny Dynamite Cocteau Twins 4AD
2. Sub Culture New Order Factory
3. Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? The Cramps Bigbeat
4. Revolution Chumbawamba Agitprop
5. Echoes In A Sahllow Bay Cocteau Twins 4AD
6. It Will Come The Woodentops Rough Trade
7. Let Them eat Bogshed Bogshed Vinyl Drip
8. Rain The Cult Beggars Banquet
9. Winds Of Change Robert Wyatt Rough Trade
10. The Battle Continues Conflict Mortarhate
1. Tiny Dynamite Cocteau Twins 4AD
2. Sub Culture New Order Factory
3. Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? The Cramps Bigbeat
4. Revolution Chumbawamba Agitprop
5. Echoes In A Sahllow Bay Cocteau Twins 4AD
6. It Will Come The Woodentops Rough Trade
7. Let Them eat Bogshed Bogshed Vinyl Drip
8. Rain The Cult Beggars Banquet
9. Winds Of Change Robert Wyatt Rough Trade
10. The Battle Continues Conflict Mortarhate
The Clive Gregson Band plays at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Rhythm Sheds.
The Halleymites release a new single, We Are The Halleymites, on Red Bus Records in the UK. The single includes a free book and cassette by astronomer Patrick Moore, entitled The Story Of Halley's Comet. According to the record company PR-flak, Halleymites are "happy-go-lucky creatures which inhabit the comet and have never known trouble and coflict." The track was produced by Billy Lawrie, brother of pop singer Lulu so, in all likelihood, The Halleymites was a manufactured studio-only band created especially to cash in on the imminent 1986 arrival of Halley's Comet.
Mr. Mister reach No1 in the 
Pendragon play at The Granary, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at The Hippodrome, Bristol, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dumpy's Rusty Nuts.
Brighton-based band Live Sex release their debut LP, An Expression Of Faith, on Hopewell Records in the UK.
While promoting their compilation album Songs To Learn And Sing, Echo And The Bunnymen play the last of three nights at SFX, Dublin, Eire, Europe, supported by That Petrol Emotion.
The Strawbs play at The Tunnel, Greenwich, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dady and Law Of The West.
The Higsons play at The Cricketers, The Oval, London, England, UK, Europe.
English anarcho-punk band Conflict is reported to be involved in a dispute with the Vice Squad and the Post Office, after packages sent by the band (containing their latest single, The Battle Continues, lyric sheets and t-shirts) were passed to the police by the Post Office in Islington, London, England, UK, Europe. The band has been advised that "it is an offence to send subversive material through the post." The band had always been outspoken regarding issues such as anarchism, animal rights and the anti-war movement and a number of their gigs during the 1980s were followed by riots and disturbances.
UK music paper Sounds reports that New Model Army have lost their appeal against being refused a work permit for the USA. The US Immigration Department in New York City has simply reiterated its original assertion that the band has "no artistic merit."