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Vincent Fournier, is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He will find fame as Alice Cooper.
Paul Thompson, drummer of Roxy Music, is born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
Marc Bolan does a demo session for Columbia Records in London, UK, but his efforts are rejected.
David Bowie And The Lower Third play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The 'N Betweens play at The Bolero Club, Wednesfield, England, UK, Europe. The members of this group will find greater success after a name change to Slade.
The Herd play at The Bolero Club, Wednesfield, England, UK, Europe, supported by The 'N Betweens, who will find greater success after a name change to Slade.
The Gods and Mud play in The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
David Bowie plays at The Arts Lab in the Three Tuns Pub, Beckenham, England, UK, Europe.
David Bowie, The Alan Skidmore 5 and Bridget St. John play at Regent Street Poly, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cockney Rebel play at The Greyhound, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
David Bowie's Station To Station tour plays in The Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
David Bowie's Station To Station tour plays in The Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Slade are in Munich, Germany, Europe, recording an appearance on a tv show.
Slade play at Charles Hall, University, Reading, England, UK, Europe.
Elton John releases his fourteenth studio LP, 21 At 33, on MCA/Rocket Records.
Queen play at Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Queen play at Mar de Plata, Argentina, South America.
Roxy Music play at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays the second of two nights at Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.
Jayne County (formerly Wayne County) plays at the General Wolfe, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
Quiet Riot and Queensryche play at The Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Iowa, USA.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays the last of three nights at The Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia, Oceania.
Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Civic Auditorium Arena, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, supported by Motley Crue.
W.A.S.P. release their debut LP, W.A.S.P., on Capitol Records in the USA.
Shock-metal band W.A.S.P. begins a US/Canada tour by sacking drummer Tony Richards and replacing him with Steve Riley.
Queen release a new single, Living On My Own, in the USA.
Balaam And The Angel play at Oddfellows, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Balaam And The Angel play at The Boys Club, Bedford, England, UK, Europe.
On their We Can't Be Serious tour, Aunt May play at The Underground, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Sentinel.
Frank Zappa, Dee Snider [Twisted Sister] and John Denver, testify before a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, to refute charges by the Parents Music Resource Center [PMRC] that some music is obscene and should be controlled by a rating system.
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On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at The Civic Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
Los Angeles-based shock-metal band W.A.S.P. begin recording their fifth album, to be titled The Crimson Idol.
On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at The California Exposition And State Fair, Sacramento, California, USA.
On his Sound And Vision Tour, David Bowie plays at Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain, Europe, with Kim Wilde as his special guest.
On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, Texas, USA.
On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at Heames Center, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
David Bowie plays the first concert at the newly-opened 11,000 seater Newcastle Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK.
The re-united original line-up of Kiss begin their comeback by holding a press conference aboard the decomissioned WW2 aircraft carrier USS Intrepid in New York City, USA.
When KISS play at The Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany, Europe, on their Psycho Circus Tour, the local fire marshal bans the use of any pyrotechnics. At the end of the show, however, KISS sets off the entire concert's worth of pyro all at once. As a consequence, KISS are banned from playing Bremen again.
Renowned record producer Gus Dudgeon, who worked with Elton John and David Bowie, dies aged 59 when his car swerves off the M4 motorway between Reading and Maidenhead, England, UK, Europe.
The Darkness play at Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK.
David Bowie and his wife Iman attend the 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards at Lincoln Centre, New York City, USA.
David Bowie releases his 24th album, The Next Day, on ISO Records in the UK.
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Vince Neil, formerly of Motley Crue, plays his first show since the demise of that band, at the Wolf Den at The Mohegan Sun casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.
It is announced that Oldham Council in England, UK, has named its newest road gritting vehicle Nicole Saltslinger, in honour of former Pussycat Dolls vocalist Nicole Scherzinger. The council had run an online competition inviting local people to devise a name for the gritter and Nicole Saltslinger was chosen as the most suitable, beating off other suggestions including Gritney Spears, Gritney Houston, Spready Mercury and Gritter Garbo.
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria, Europe.
Brian Eno is presented with a certificate to commemorate the recently discovered Asteroid 81948 being officially named after him. The presentation takes place at the prestigious science festival Starmus V, in Zurich, Switzerland, Europe.
On their 107-date End Of The Road World Tour, Kiss play at The Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
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