14th May

The Sugarcubes play at The Metro, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.

In Miami, Florida, USA, the trial of 2 Live Crew and the distributor of its LP As Nasty As They Wanna Be vs Sheriff Nick Navarro begins. Navarro had recently succeeded in having the LP declared obscene, largely based on a recent Mimai Herald newspaper review which states that, "Many of 2 Live Crew's lyrics are so filled with hard-core sexual, sadistic and masochistic material that they could not be printed here, even in censored form."

Gary Moore plays at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, Europe.

Oleta Adams releases her third album, Circle Of One on Fontana Records in the UK. It is produced by Roland Orzabal (of Tears For Fears) and David Bascombe.

The Fall play at The University, Hull, England, UK.

Corrosion of Conformity play at The Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.

On her Farewell Tour, Tina Turner plays at The Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, Europe.

Vogue by Madonna begins the third of five weeks at No1 in the Australian Top 40 Singles chart.

James play at Event, Brighton, England, UK.

Motley Crue play at The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.

Robert Plant plays at Teatr Orfeo, Milan, Italy, Europe.