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Cliff Richard is playing during four nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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On their Misplaced Childhood tour, Drum, Round A Way Wrong, The Rex McCormack Art Ensemble, Tremblefoots and No Name No Pack Drill play at Brabant Road Community Centre, Wood Lane, London, England, UK, Europe.
Friction Groove play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by A Cast Of Thousands.
Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dumpy's Rusty Nuts.
Harvey And The Wallbangers play at The Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale, England, UK, Europe.
The Moodists, The Primevals and The Palookas play at Acklam Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Green On Red play at The College of Technology, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by Doctors Children.The Doctor's Children release their debut single, Tomorrow I'll Die, on Glass Records in the UK.
It is reported that Spandau Ballet, and its publishing company Reformation, has taken Chrysalis Records to court to secure an injunction against the company's tv advertisement for the band's compilation The Singles Collection. The band claims that the music used in the advert infringes their copyright. (The suit will be settled in 1986, after which the band will move to CBS Records.)
The Cult play at The Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock, Scotland, UK, Europe.
On her first British tour, Anne Pigalle plays at The Adelphi, Hull, England, UK, Europe.
The Housemartins play at Moles Club, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
The Morr issey Mullen Band plays at The Bull And Gate, Kentish Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Helloween play 
On his Run For Cover tour, 
Joe Henderson plays at The Village Vanguard, 
The Nashville Teens play at The Red Lion, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe, supported by Model Slim.
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Magnum, supported by IQ and Alliance, play at St. Francis Xavier Hall, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.
Christopher Cross releases his third solo LP, Every Turn Of The World, on Warner Brothers in the UK.
On his Rain Dogs 1985 tour, 
Rent Party play at The Cricketers, The Oval, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Adult Net release a new single, Edie, on Beggars Banquet Records in the UK. The song is a tribute to Edie Sedgewick, an Andy Warhol 'superstar' who died in 1971.
A Good Heart, the first solo single by Feargal Sharkey (formerly of The Undertones) reaches No1 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Ice On Fire, the nineteenth album by Elton John, enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No3.
Chisa Maekawa is born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Asia. She will find success as vocalist Chisa of the pop trio Girl Next Door.
One The Juggler play at The Tunnel, Greenwich, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Queerboys and Cool Rays.
Art Farmer plays at Walmer Castle, Peckham, London, England, UK, Europe.
While promoting his single Come On Down, Captain Sensible plays at Queen Mary College, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Hank Wangford Band plays at The Arts Theatre, Belfast, Norhtern Ireland, UK, Europe.
Promoting their debut LP, Night Of A Thousand Candles, The Men They Couldn't Hang play at North Staffordshire Poly, Stoke, England, UK, Europe.
Wall To Wall, the second LP by Rene And Angela, is fianlly released in the UK by Capitol Records. It was first released in the USA in 1981.
He Said release a new single, Only One I, on Mute Records in the UK. The group is a new project by Wire founder members Graham Lewis and BC Gilbert.