14th May

Vogue by Madonna begins the third of five weeks at No1 in the Australian Top 40 Singles chart.

The Fall play at The University, Hull, England, UK.

Vanessa Paradis releases her second album, Variations sur le même T'aime, in France, Europe.

James play at Event, Brighton, England, UK.

In Miami, Florida, USA, the trial of 2 Live Crew and the distributor of its LP As Nasty As They Wanna Be vs Sheriff Nick Navarro begins. Navarro had recently succeeded in having the LP declared obscene, largely based on a recent Mimai Herald newspaper review which states that, "Many of 2 Live Crew's lyrics are so filled with hard-core sexual, sadistic and masochistic material that they could not be printed here, even in censored form."

Frank Sinatra plays at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.

Motley Crue play at The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.

Faith No More play at Nachtwerk, Munich, Germany, Europe.

On their Presto tour, Rush play at The Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The Sugarcubes play at The Metro, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.

Robert Plant plays at Teatr Orfeo, Milan, Italy, Europe.