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Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.
Hugh Masekela plays at The International, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Buddy Rich And His Trio play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dream Syndicate play at Dingwall's, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe.
Second day of this year's rain-blighted Glastonbury Festival, in Pilton, Somerset, England, UK, features Working Week, Aswad, Midnight Oil, Untouchables, Ian Dury and The Blockheads and Style Council.
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Prefab Sprout's second LP, Steve McQueen, enters the UK albums chart, where it will peak at No21.
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Cupid And Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti, enters the UK pop albums chart where it will peak at No5 during a nineteen-week stay.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra plays at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
The Damned play at The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Fuzztones.
Orchestre Jazira play at Wilkie House, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Guana Batz play at The Riverside Club, Fetcham, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Rapids.
Waysted release a new LP, The Good The Bad The Waysted on Music For Nations in the UK.
It is reported that Finnish band Hanoi Rocks has split up. They were the first Finnish band to chart in the UK and they also achieved popularity in Japan, Asia.
The Untouchables play at Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Sister Sledge play the first of two nights at The Dominion Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Hollies play at The Forum, Hatfield, England, UK, Europe.
Betty Carter is playing at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Neurotics (formerly Newtown Neurotics) headline an open-air event at Bold Miners Institute, St. Helens, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are East Of Eden, Riotous Youth and Young Lions.
Racing Cars play at The Cartoon, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
George Melly And The Feetwarmers play at The Stables, Wavendon, England, UK, Europe.
A Certain Ratio play at The Victoria Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Terry And Gerry play at Durham University, Durham, England, UK, Europe.
Dogs D'Amour play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Steve Gibbons Band plays at The Saxo n Tavern, Catford, London, England, UK, Europe.
Chicken Shack play at The Greyhound, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Downbeat.
The Men They Couldn't Hang play at Porterhouse, Retford, England, UK, Europe.
Knebworth Festival takes place at Knebworth Hall, Hertfordshire, England, UK, Europe. Headliners are Deep Purple, supported by Scorpions, Meat Loaf, UFO, Mama's Boys, Blackfoot, Alaska and Mountain. Deep Purple asttempt to make their performance the loudest British concert sound ever , at that point the record was still held by The Who at Charlton 74. There is no record of whether the mighty Purps actually achieved their ear-splitting target. Meat Loaf performs with his leg in plaster, having fractured it by falling off a stage in Australia.
Rubella Ballet play at Ziggy's, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
King Kurt play at The Bay Hotel, Gourock, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan's album Empire Burlesque enters the UK pop albums chart where it will peak at No11 during a six-week run.
Primal Scream play at Thames Polytechnic, Woolwich, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Loft and Razor Cuts.
The Steve Gibbons Band play at The Panthers Club, Saxon Tavern, Bellingham, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Dave Kelly Band plays at The Bull And Gate, Kentish Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Higsons play at The Leadmill, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
The Longest Day concert at Milton Keynes Bowl in the UK is headlined by U2, but also features R.E.M., The Ramones, Billy Bragg, The Faith Brothers and Spear Of Destiny.
Eric Clapton plays at Blossom Music Theater, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
TV Personalities play at The Enterprise, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Kursaal Flyers play at The Cricketers, Kennington, London, England, UK, Europe.
Roaring Boys play at Croydon Underground, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Pogues play at Cornwall Coliseum, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe.
It is announced that 17-year-old Jason 'Moose' Harris from Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, has joined New Model Army as their bass guitarist.
Crazy Cavan plays at The Tunnel Club, Greenwich, London, England, UK, Europe.
Adrian Legg plays at The Rising Sun, Islington, London, England, UK, Europe.
Restless, Frenzy, The Rattlers and The Outer Limits play at Klub Foot, Clarendon Hotel, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.