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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 Pretenders play at The Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire, UK, Europe.
The Police play the first of two nights at Seibu Kodo, Kyoto, Japan, Asia.
A new Nic Roeg-directed movie, Bad Timing, opens in the USA. It stars Art Garfunkel, of Simon And Garfunkel fame.
During a series of GLC-sponsored Concerts for The Unemployed, The Cocteau Twins play at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK, Europe. Tickets cost £1.50 on production of a UB 40 registration card from the Department Of Employment, thus verifying unemployed status.
Paul McCartney is interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine in the USA.
Kurt Cobain, future leader of Nirvana, gets his first guitar.
Joy Division play at The Town Hall, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe, supported by Killing Joke, A Certain Ratio and Section 25. Tickets cost £2.20.
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Def Leppard play at The Top Rank, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
The Ramones play in Paris, France, Europe, supported by The UK Subs.
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.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.