1977

Fleetwood Mac release Go Your Own Way, which goes on to become their first Top Ten single in the USA. On the same day, London's first full-time punk venue, The Roxy, opens in Neal St, Covent Garden. The Clash"> play at the opening.

A former juice bar in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, is opened as a club named Tipitina's, after a much-loved song by Professor Longhair. The club will flourish and become a focal point for New Orleans music.

Screemer play at The Bridge House, Canning Town, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Dexter Gordon Quartet is playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Lynda Williams.

Swift play at The Arts centre, North Gate, Chester, England, UK, Europe.

Consortium, Duffy and Ian Fleming play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

Bob Dylan's ailing marriage to his wife Sara finally disintegrates when she find him breakfasting with his latest lover in their Malibu, California, USA, mansion.

The Kinks play in Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.

On the third leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by Jay Boy Adams. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.

The Boys Of The Lough play at Derby, Matlock, England, UK, Europe.

Procol Harum play at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, UK.

On their first world tour, Abba arrive in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, and book in to the Sebel Town House hotel, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney.

Status Quo play at Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany, Europe.

Queen play at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.

XTC, a new wave band based in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, record Traffic Light Rock, Saturn Boy, She's So Square and Neon Shuffle, during their second demo session for CBS Records at the company's studio in Whitfield Street, London.

R'n'b and jazz guitarist George Benson enters the UK popular albums chart with In Flight, which will peak at No19 during a 23-week run on the chart.

The first published picture of Tori Amos appears under the headline 'Top Teens In Talent Contest' in the Montgomery Journal. Fourteen year old Miss Amos had won the first prize of $100, singing her own composition, More Than Just A Friend.

On the third leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at The Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, supported by Point Blank. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.

On the third leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at The Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.

Weather Report play at the Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA.

Weather Report play at Dade County Auditorium, Miami, Florida, USA.

Weather Report play at The Auditorium Theater, Denver, Colorado, USA.

When The Clash play a gig in Brighton, Sussex, UK, The Ramones go along to see them.

The Sex Pistols release a new single, God Save The Queen, in the UK. On the same day, Elvis Costello plays his first gig under that name at The Nashville pub in West London.

After ten months of legal battles and nearly two years after the success of Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen and his former manager, Mike Appel, settle their differences and part ways. The move finally enables Springsteen to record a followup to Born to Run with Jon Landau, the producer of his choice.

Touring in support of their fifth LP Deceptive Bends, 10cc play the second of two nights at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

International famed calypsonian Wilmoth Houdini dies in New York City, USA.

Tom Waits comes to the end of recording tracks for the album Foreign Affairs in Filmways/Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California, USA.

Yes play at The Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA.

In Rebecca's, Birmingham, UK, the definitive trio line-up of The Police makes its first live appearance.

Weather Report play at the Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Soul singer Gloria Jones returns to London, England, UK, Europe,from the USA where she has been making an LP.

Touring in support of their fifth LP Deceptive Bends, 10cc play the first of three nights at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.

At the start of a Japanese tour, 10cc play the first of three nights at Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.

Ultravox play at the Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.

Weather Report play at The Music Hall, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Weather Report play at the Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

The Lurkers play at Rebecca's, Birmingham, UK, supported by The Doll and The Reaction.

The Runaways play the last of four nights at The Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.