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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 musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.Motorhead perform their current single, Ace Of Spades, on weekly UK chart-oriented tv show Top Of The Pops.
John Lydon of PiL is arrested in Dublin, Eire, Europe, on charges of assault. Lydon was formerly known as Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols.
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Rock musical movie Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John and featuring music by the Electric Light Orchestra [E.L.O.], opens to cinemas in Denmark, Europe.
The Ramones play at Rotters, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Spectres, whose line-up includes former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play in The Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.Lincoln Chase, composer of hits icluding Such a Night, Jim Dandy, The Name Game and The Clapping Song, dies aged 54, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The Grateful Dead play the twelfth night of a fifteen night season at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA, during which the band revives its acoustic set and records tracks for the album Dead Set.