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John Victor Lindsay Hopkins is born in Slough, England, UK, Europe. He will find success in the 1960s as photographer, journalist, researcher and political activist, Hoppy Hopkins, regarded as one of the best-known underground figures of Swinging London. He photographed The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and many others. He also recorded the seedier side of London, with photographs of tattoo parlours, cafes, prostitutes and fetishists.
The Detours play at The Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after it evolves into The Who.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, Heinz And The Saints, The Dennisons and Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four play at The Gaumont, Worcester, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard appears on daily tv show Toast Of The Town (aka The Ed Sullivan Show), recorded in New York City, USA. Also on the show is Frank Ifield.
The Steam Packet (including Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger) play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK.
The Riot Squad play in The Old Town Hall, Stratford, Borough of Newham, Greater London, England, UK, Europe. Val McKenna sings as a guest with The Riot Squad on this date.
Jimi Hendrix walks out of the tv show, Fanclub, when he is asked to mime for the transmission, in Amsterdam, Holland, Europe.
The Rolling Stones spend the sixteenth of seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
In a Chinese junk sailing round the Statue Of Liberty in the harbour of New York City, USA, John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles hold a business meeting with Ken Mansfield, head of Apple Records in the USA.
Fleetwood Mac are in CBS Studios, New Bond Street, London, UK, recording the single version of Need Your Love So Bad. (The song was first recorded by Little Willie John in 1955)
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Ben E. King plays at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe, and The All Star Club, London.
Soul singer Gloria Jones returns to London, England, UK, Europe,from the USA where she has been making an LP.
At the start of a Japanese tour, 10cc play the first of three nights at Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.
On their Synchronicity tour, The Police play the second of two nights at The Summit, Houston, Texas, USA.
Purple Rain by Prince peaks at No7 in the UK albums chart. It will go on to become one of the decade's best-selling albums.
Ashford And Simpson play the first of three nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Pastels play at The Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Shop Assistants.
Elton John plays the first of two nights at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.The Smiths play the final date of a brief Irish tour in Whitla Hall, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe. Heroin-addicted bassist Andy Rourke will be fired shortly after the band returns to England.
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Iron Maiden, Kiss, Anthrax, Helloween and Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force play in the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Arena Festa dell'Unita, Modena, Italy, Europe.
When Bon Jovi play at the RDS Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, Europe, they are joined for one song by Joe Elliott of Def Leppard. Support act for the show is Lita Ford.
On their The Prayer tour, The Cure play at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Shelleyan Orphan.
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Jason Perry, frontman of the heavy rock band A, is forced to leave the stage of The Academy, Birmingham, England, UK, because of severe stomach pains.
The three day long Endorse-it In Dorset festival begins at Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England, UK. Headline act is Desmond Dekker And The Aces, other acts on the bill include Zion Train, Pronghorn, Sub-Giant and The Ukrainians.
Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) plays the first of two nights at The Genting Arena, Birmingham, England, UK.
On his Ghosts And Garden Parties tour, Steve Rothery plays at Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe.
Ed Sheeran plays at Esplanada Do Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, South America.During the second North American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, supported by Our Lady Peace. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
On the third leg of their 100-date Global Spirit Tour, Depeche Mode play the first of two nights at The Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
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