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Filming continues on the Prince movie Purple Rain in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Donny And Marie Osmond are undertaking a two-week live engagement in Hamilton, New Zealand, Oceania.
On their Lick It Up World tour, Kiss play at The Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Michael Jackson's video for Beat It is chosen Best Overall Clip at the Billboard Video Awards in Pasadena, California, USA. Duran Duran win Best Overall Long-form and Herbie Hancock's Rockit is named Most Innovative Clip.
Carolyn Leigh, a respected lyricist for Broadway, film, and popular songs, dies aged 57 of a heart attack in New York City, USA. She is best remembered as the wordsmith of popular standards Witchcraft and The Best Is Yet to Come, with co-writer Cy Coleman.
Kim Wilde features on the cover of Record Mirror magazine in the UK.
The Fall play at Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
On their Shout At The Devil tour, Motley Crue play at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Nik Kershaw has his first UK chart entry with I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. It will stall at No47, but will fare better on re-release, reaching No2.
On her Wild Heart tour, Stevie Nicks plays at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Elvis Costello plays at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Tom Evans, former bass player with Badfinger, is found hanged in the garden of his home in Surrey, England, UK, Europe, aged 36. Evans was the co-writer of the massive hit Without You.
Gordon Lightfoot plays at Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Loverboy are the musical guests on tv show Saturday Night Live in the USA. This edition of the show is hosted by Jerry Lewis.
The Beach Boys play at Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Stompers play at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Digny Fignus and Bruce Marshall And The Clue.
The Smiths appear on the cover of UK music paper Sounds.
On their Synchronicity tour, The Police play at The Meadows, Austin, Texas, USA.
Tina Turner's Let's Stay Together enters the UK singles charts, her first to do so in ten years.
Obscure American band R.E.M. make their British live debut at the tiny club, Dingwalls, in North London, England, UK, Europe.
On her Wild Heart tour, Stevie Nicks plays at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays the first of two nights at The RAS Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Sister Sledge perform Lifetime Lover on tv show Soul Train in the USA.
Bill Anderson and Roy Acuff release a new single, I Wonder If God Likes Country Music/Ride Off In The Sunset, on MCA Records in the USA.
On the Bark At The Moon tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays the first of two nights at The Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania.
On their The Present tour, The Moody Blues play at Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, USA.