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Rev. Black's Rockin' Vickers (aka Rockin' Vicars) play in a 'Big Beat Night' at The Ashton Palais, Manchester, UK. The band includes Ian Kilmister, who will go on to greater fame as bassist Lemmy of Hawkwind and Motorhead.
David Bowie And The Buzz play an evening show at the Racing Track, Brands Hatch, England, UK, Europe, during a Radio London sponsored racing event. Tom Jones, plus members of The Walker Brothers, The Small Faces, The Pretty Things and The Kinks also appear at the event.
Joy Division record The Kill at Strawberry Studios, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo, Japan, Asia, when customs men find half a pound of marijuana in his luggage.
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A stage production of The Elephant Man opens in the Center Of Performing Arts, Denver, Colorado, USA, with David Bowie in the leading role as the monstrously disfigured John Merrick.
Duran Duran play the last of three nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Hawkwind, supported by Bronz, play at The Guild Hall, Preston, England, UK, Europe.
Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters' Pros and Cons tour plays in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Golden Rose Rock Festival, an eight day event, is taking place in Montreux, Switzerland, Europe. Artists appearing today include Agnetha Falskog, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Howard Jones and Spandau Ballet. The festival is filmed by BBC-tv for broadcast later in the year.
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Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play the first of six nights at Docklands Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
Anderson Wakeman Bruford Howe (or Yes by another name) play at Riverside Stadium, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Rolling Stones, minus Bill Wyman, spend the second of eight days rehearsing for their Steel Wheels tour at The Mza nightclub in Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
Peter Murphy (formerly of Bauhaus) plays at The Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, supported by Nine Inch Nails.
On his Sound + Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Praça da Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America.
The three-day-long Glastonbury Festival attracts 70,000 fans who each pay £49 to see Carter USM, Shakespeare's Sister, Primal Scream, Tom Jones, P J Harvey, Saw Doctors and The Levellers. The souvenir programme costs £4.
Feeling that people's concerns have shifted away from the possibility of nuclear war towards environmental concerns, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis decides to change the charitable objectives of the event, with the result that £250,000 is raised for Greenpeace, Oxfam and other local charities.
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On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the sixth of eight non-consecutive nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
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Postal Service release the album Give Up in the USA. It will take ten years but it will eventually achieve
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Nick Franglen, one half of the electronica duo Lemon Jelly, spends the day creating a 24-hour-long piece of music, Hymn to London Bridge, live beneath the arches of London Bridge, London, UK, Europe. Franglin uses an electronic instrument called a theremin, an expresso machine and a bank of effects pedals to create what he calls "washes of sound" which are then modified by pedestrians passing overhead who unwittingly trigger a sensor which interacts with the music. Franglin has also worked as a session musician for Primal Scream, Bjork, Pulp, and Blur.
Bruno Mars and Ellie Goulding play at The Plains Of Abraham, Quebec City, Quebec. Canada.
On their Opposites tour, Biffy Clyro play at The GlavClub, Moscow, Russia, Europe.
The Take Off Music Festival takes place in Airport C. Panero, Villanova D'Albenga, Italy, Europe. Artists appearing include Nicky Romero, Dyro, Merk And Kremont, Junior Black, Stefano Pain and Alex Guesta.
On the North American leg of their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, supported by Icona Pop.
At a press conference in Milan, Italy, Europe, Depeche Mode announce the upcoming release of their 14th album, Spirit, to be accompanied by a major world tour entitled Global Spirit.
Animal Collective play at The Civic Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with The Bowery Presents.
Tune-Yards begin a North American tour with a show at The Space Gallery, Portland, Maine, USA.
On their 135-date Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers play at The Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Right Hand Left Hand release their third album, Zone Rouge, on Bubblewrap Collective.
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