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1979 - 1982
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.
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1980 - 1981
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.
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1981
Wiltshire's pioneering anarcho-punk band The Subhumans play their first London gig at The Red Lion.
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1981
You Don't Know Me by Mickey Gilley reaches No1 on the Billboard country singles chart in the USA.
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1981
Simon and Garfunkel re-unite for the first time in eleven years for a concert in Central Park, New York City, USA, attended by 400,000 fans.
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1981
Duran Duran play the second of two nights at The Ritz, New York City, USA.
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1981
The new No1 album in the USA is Tattoo You by the Rolling Stones.
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1981
Simple Minds play at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland.
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1981
The Michael Schenker Group plays at St George's Hall, Bradford, UK.
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1981
The new No1 album in the UK is Dead Ringer by Meat Loaf.
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1981
Adam and the Ants reach No1 in the UK singles chart with Prince Charming.
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