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1979 - 1982
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
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1980
Brass Construction release a new 12" single, Music Makes You Feel Like Dancing/Shakit, in the UK on Liberty United Records.
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1980
Janis Ian releases a new single, Have Mercy Love, in the UK.
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1980
The Clash play at the Leisure Centre, Crawley, UK.
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1980
The Pretenders release their debut LP, Pretenders, on Sire Records in the USA.
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1980
The Pretenders release their debut album, The Pretenders, in the UK.
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1980
The Police play at The Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
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1980
The Only Ones release a new single, Trouble In The World, in the UK.
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1980
At the start of a 23-date US tour, performing mostly religious material, Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at the Paramount Theater, Portland, Oregon.
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1980
An hour-long rock documentary, Jethro Tull, is broadcast on BBC-2 tv in the UK.
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1980 - 1981
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
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1980 - 1981
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.
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