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REO Speedwagon begin three-weeks at No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, with their single Can't Fight This Feeling.
REO Speedwagon begin three-weeks at No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, with their single Can't Fight This Feeling.
On their first British tour since 1980, Uriah Heep play at The King George Hall, Blackburn, England, UK, Europe.
Howard Jones plays the first of two nights at The Apollo, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.
Dead Or Alive reach No1 in the UK singles chart with You Spin Me Round (Like A Record).
The first airlift of emergency supplies paid for by Band Aid leaves the UK headed for Addis Ababa. Midge Ure helps load the plane with medicines, food, milk, Land Rovers, tents and water tanks, then flies off to help supervise distribution in Africa.
The double A-side single Take Me With You/Let's Go Crazy by Prince peaks at No7 in the UK Singles Chart.
Midge Ure of Band Aid (and Ultravox) travels to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa, with the first shipment of relief supplies funded by sales of Do They Know It's Christmas.
No Jacket Required by Phil Collins enters the Billboard Top 40 Albums Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 and remain resident in the chart for a whopping 70 weeks.