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On their Automatic Tour, The Jesus And Mary Chain play at Club Nu, Miamia, Florida, USA, supported by Nine Inch Nails.
On their Presto Tour, Rush play at The Memorial Auditorium, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
Midnight Oil play at The Newcastle Earthquake Benefit, Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle, Australia, Oceania.
The Skatalites play at Fitzgerald's, Houston, Texas, USA. On the Blues'n'Boogie Tour, Great White and Havana Black play at The Pavilion, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA.
Aerosmith reach No1 with Janie's Got A Gun in the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia, Oceania. This is their first No1 single in Australia.
The UK Top Ten Singles for this week are as follows :1 NOTHING COMPARES 2 U – SINEAD O’CONNOR
2 Dub Be Good To Me Ft Lindy Layton – Beats International Featuring Lindy Layton
3 Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) Ft Ya Kid K – Technotronic Featuring Ya Kid K
4 I Don’t Know Anybody Else – Black Box
5 How Am I Supposed To Live Without You – Michael Bolton
6 Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
7 Happenin’ All Over Again – Lonnie Gordon
8 Walk On By – Sybil
9 I Wish It Would Rain Down – Phil Collins
10 Live Together – Lisa Stansfield
Dinosaur Jr, supported by Nirvana, play at Iguana’s, Tijuana, Mexico.
The ninth annual BRIT Awards are held at the Dominion Theatre, London, UK. Fine Young Cannibals are chosen as Best British Group, while their album The Raw And The Cooked is Best Album by a British Artist. The band, however, later returns the trophies stating 'it is wrong and inappropriate for us to be associated with what amounts to a photo-opportunity for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party.' Batman by Prince is Best Soundtrack. Queen collect the Outstanding Contribution to British Music trophy, with Freddie Mercury making his final public appearance. Other winners this year include Annie Lennox and Phil Collins.
The fifth MTV Unplugged show to be transmitted features live acoustic performances by Joe Walsh and Dr John.
Debbie Harry (aka Blondie) and Tears For Fears play at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New jersey, USA.
The Rolling Stones play the fourth of ten concerts at Tokyo Dome, Japan, Asia. These are the group's first-ever performances in Japan.
Laurie Anderson plays at The War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, USA.