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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
Gillan, Trust, Rose Tattoo, Samson, The Alex Harvey Band, Chicken Shack, Lionheart, Jackie Lynton's Band, Parachutes and Billy Squier play on the second day of the three-day long Reading Rock Festival '81 at Reading, UK.
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1981
Aneka reaches No1 in the UK singles chart with Japanese Boy.
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1981
On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at The Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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1981
Guy Stevens, producer of Spooky Tooth, Free, Mott The Hoople and The Clash, dies from an overdose of drugs he had been prescribed to help control his alcohol dependency.
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1981
Bob Dylan's album Shot Of Love enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No6 during an eight-week run.
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