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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.
Joe Pass is playing at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Men They Couldn't Hang play at The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK.
The Smiths play the first of two nights at The Palladium Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA. The opening act for this Los Angeles show is Dainty Adore O'Hara, a 300-pound operetta-singing drag queen in a frilly yellow dress.
Midnight Oil and The Triffids play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe.
As part of the Capital Music Festival,
Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System. The road, which ran a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km) from Chicago, Illinois, USA, to Los Angeles, California, was immortalised in the song Route 66, written by Bobby Troup. The track was first recorded by The Nat King Cole Trio, with later versions recorded by Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, The Manhattan Transfer and Depeche Mode to name but a few. The road was also the subject of the Route 66 television show in the 1960s.
That Petrol Emotion play at The Old Tiger's Head, Lee Green, London, England, UK, Europe.
Roberta Peters with The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, plays at Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Midnight Oil play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Triffids.
Jonathan Richman, Desmond Dekker, Big Town Playboys, The Jazz Butcher and others play at Warwick University, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
The Untouchables, R.E.M., Green On Red,
Johnny Thunders Cosa Nostra play at The Underground, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Dead Neighbours.
James Brown plays the last of three nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Revillos, The Playn Jayn, The Primevals and The Styngrites play at The Electric Ballroom, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Roger Chapman And The Short List play at The Dominion Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dire Straits are awarded the 1985 Silver Clef for Outstanding Services to British Music by the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre.