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The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
The Farriss Brothers play their first official live gig at a house party in Whale Beach, Australia. They will find global success after changing their name to INXS.
On their Love Gun tour, Kiss play at The Cow Palace, Daly City, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jesse Colin Young and Bonnie Raitt play in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA.
Elvis Presley collapses while sitting on his toilet in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, after ingesting a cocktail of drugs including Morphine, Demerol, Chloropheniramine, Placidyl, Valium, Codeine, Ethinamate, Quaaludes and an unidentified barbiturate. He dies later in the day at the Baptist Memorial Hospital.
His death will inspire numerous songs including Elvis Ain't Dead by Scouting For Girls, Elvis Is Dead by Peter And The Test Tube Babies, Elvis Is Dead by Living Colour, Dead Elvis by The Doug Anthony All Stars, Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty and The Day Elvis Died by Boxcar Willie.
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The Ramones sign a contract with live promotions agency Premier Talent.
Rita Coolidge plays the second of two nights in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Buzzcocks sign a recording contract with United Artists, in London, UK.
No Mystery play at The Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK.
When Bing Crosby plays the last American concert of his career, the power fails but he continues the show, singing without amplification.
XTC play at The Rochester Castle, London, UK.
The Jam play at The 100 Club, London, UK.
Yes play at The Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA.
The Boomtown Rats play at The Nashville, London, UK.