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Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.The Revillos and The Playn Jayn play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe.
When Robert Plant plays at Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, his Led Zeppelin colleague Jimmy Page joins him onstage for an encore.
It is reported that Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, who lost his left arm in a car crash the previous December, is planning to return to playing with the band. He is rehearsing with a second drummer, Jeff Rich, who will play more complicated parts while Allen keeps the beat.
Kurt Cobain, not yet a member of Nirvana, is arrested for vandalism in his home town of Aberdeen, Washington, USA, when he is caught writing "Ain'T goT no how waTchamacalliT" on the wall of the Seafirst Bank Building. 
Legendary rock guitar virtuoso Billy Childish headlines a poetry reading at The Pindar Of Wakefield, Kings Cross, London, England, UK, Europe.
Arguably the most outrageous, over the top performer of the swing era, bandleader Kay Kyser, known as The Ol' Professor Of Swing, dies in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, aged 79. 
Toots And The Maytals play at The Dominion Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof asks the US Congress in Washington DC, USA, to help distribute food to victims of the famine in Africa.A report in the newspaper USA Today states that album sales in the USA have increased by between 20% and 100% for artists who performed in the Live Aid Concerts on July 13. Examples include the first four Led Zeppelin albums, reportedly selling double and triple their normal volume, albums by Black Sabbath, Crosby Stills And Nash and The Who all selling 50% more than usual. Phil Collins' albums are said to have sold out on the weekend of Live Aid, according to some retailers.
Kid Creole And The Coconuts begin a British tour at The Gaumont, Ipswich, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe.
Debbie Harry of Blondie and famed pop artist Andy Warhol take part in a promotional stunt to launch the new Commodore Amiga 1000 computer at the Lincoln Center, New York City, USA. To demonstrate the capabilities of the computer, Warhol paints a portrait of Debbie using a computer program called Graphicraft.
The Woodentops play an anti-heroin benefit show at The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England, UK, Europe.