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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.
The blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.
Dennis Brown plays at Friars, Aylesbury, UK.
The UK Subs play at The Rock Garden, Middlesbrough, UK.
Rough Boys, a solo single by Pete Townshend of The Who, enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No39.
At a birthday party in the former St Mary's Episcopal Church at 394 Oconee Street, Athens, Georgia, USA, 300 teenagers dance at the debut gig of a band formed just weeks earlier - Twisted Kites, later to become R.E.M.
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Gerry Rafferty plays at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland.
Split Enz and The Sports play at The Playroom, Gold Coast, Australia, Oceania.
Def Leppard play at The City Hall, St. Albans, UK.
The Cure release a new single, A Forest, in the UK.
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Sad Cafe play at The ABC, Blackpool, UK.
As the music industry recession bites deeper, EMI Records announce a £28m loss for the second half of 1979.
War and Blood Sweat And Tears play at The Fulcrum Centre, Slough, UK.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play the second of two nights at Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA, supported by Rail.
Thin Lizzy play at The Forum, Antrim, Ireland.
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.