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Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
Def Leppard play at Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
The Ramones play in The University, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
Darryl Hall and John Oates play the second of four nights at The Venue, London, UK.
Kenny Rogers enters the UK singles chart with Coward Of The County which will peak at No1.
The Police reach No1 in the UK albums chart with Regatta de Blanc, and play at the Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) enter the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart with Last Train To London which will peak at No39.
Prince appears on US tv pop show American Bandstand, performing Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
Frank Sinatra sings to 180,000 people in a concert at the Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
The Spinners enter the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart with the medley Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl which will peak at No2.
The Clash play at Deeside Leisure Centre, Chester, UK.
During a 23-date US tour, performing mostly religious material, Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska.
Echo And The Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes play at The Plan K Theatre, Brussels, Belgium
Frank Sinatra sings to 180,000 people in a concert at the Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America.
UFO play the second of two nights at The Odeon, Birmingham, UK.
After nine days in a Japanese jail, Paul McCartney returns to London, England, UK, Europe, vowing, "I'll never smoke marijuana again."
I Wanna Be Your Lover by Prince reaches No11 on the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the US, and is also his UK chart debut at No41.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.