Punk

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, later infamously known as The Moors Murderers, abduct 16-year-old Pauline Reade in Gorton, UK, and Brady kills her on the moors nearby. This will prove to be the first of five murders of children aged between 10 and 17 in and around Manchester, UK. The shocking case of Brady and Hindley will become the subject of such songs as Mother Earth by Crass, No One Is Innocent by The Sex Pistols, Suffer Little Children by The Smiths and Very Friendly by Throbbing Gristle.

Mike Muir is born in Venice, California, USA. Under the name Cyco Miko, he will find success as the singer for Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves.

The MC5 play at The Ambassador Roller Rink, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Eric Burdon And The Animals, The Move, Denny Laine And The Electric String Band, David Bowie, The Nice and Chicken Shack are heard performing live on the BBC Radio 1 show Top Gear, presented by deejays John Peel and Tommy Vance in London, England, UK, Europe.

When Iggy And The Stooges play at the Cincinnati Pop Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Iggy Pop horrifies the audience by smearing himself with faeces. It transpires later that the substance used was actually peanut butter.

Jazz bassist Otto Hardwick, who worked with Duke Ellington, Noble Sissle and others, dies.

The 101ers, featuring The Clash's future frontman Joe Strummer, play at The Eksit Club, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe.

When pub rock band The 101ers, with lead vocalist Joe Strummer, play at The Golden Lion, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe, rock manager Bernie Rhodes gives Strummer 48 hours to decide whether or not to join a new band he is forming. The band will find success as The Clash.

On their White Riot tour, The Clash play at The Electric Circus, London, England, UK. In the audience is a young man called Mike Peters who decides he wants to start a band. Soon after, he forms a punk group called The Toilets, but he will find greater success as leader of The Alarm.

The Factory Flick, a series of short films by Charles Salem and Malcolm Whitehead (later of Ikon), starring Joy Division, A Certain Ratio and Ludus, is shown at the Scala Cinema, London, England, UK, Europe.

Steeltips play at The Hot Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by Fun City.

X play at The Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Blondie reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA with Rapture.

The Dead Kennedys play at The Royal Court, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

The movie The King Of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese, goes on limited release in the USA. The film includes a brief cameo by The Clash, who are seen performing live outside 1650 Broadway, New York City, USA, in emulation of The Drongos, a post-punk era band who frequently busked on that very spot.

Siouxsie and the Banshees play the second of two nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London, with Robert Smith of The Cure playing lead guitar.

PiL aka Public Image Ltd play at Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.

Black Flag play at Blue Note, Columbia, Missouri, USA, supported by Saccharine Trust.

The Revillos and The Playn Jayn play at Shelley's, Stoke, England, UK, Europe.

Play Dead play at The Paradise, Preston, England, UK, Europe, supported by Three Men Gone Mad.

David Bowie win the Video Of The Year award for his single, China Girl, at the first MTV Video awards. The song was co-written with Iggy Pop.

Siouxsie And The Banshees play at The California Theater, San Diego, California, USA.

Debbie Harry (aka Blondie) and Tears For Fears play at Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Debbie Harry, aka Blondie, plays at The University Of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK.

Deborah Harry (aka Blondie) plays at Temple Park Centre, Newcastle, England, UK.

On their No Control tour, Bad Religion play Washington DC, USA.

On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of eight non-consecutive nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan.

The second day of the T In the Park Festival, at Balado, near Kinross, Scotland, stars Travis, Supergrass, Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop and Lulu.

Benjamin Orr, co-founder of The Cars, dies of pancreatic cancer at home in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, aged 53. On the same day, Green Day release the album Warning in the USA on Reprise Records.

Blondie Setlist at Melbourne Music Festival, Melbourne, Australia.

Feeder play the second of two nights at The Academy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Lou Reed plays at The Concertgebuow, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe.

Green Day play at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Green Day play at Mark Of The Quad Cities, Moline, Illinois, USA.

Newly-published circulation figures show a slump in UK music magazine sales with weekly rock magazine NME dropping by 17.3% in the first half of 2010. Monthly rock mag Q has tumbled by 10.7% while stablemate Mojo dropped by 6.2%.

Bowling For Soup play at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England, UK.

Police find a small amount of cannabis in a hotel room occupied by Joel Madden of Good Charlotte at The Darling Hotel, Sydney, Australia, Oceania. Madden, in Sydney appearing as a judge on tv talent show The Voice, is asked to leave the hotel. No charges are brought against him because only a small amount of cannabis has been found.

Pixies play at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Frank Turner plays at Dynamo, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe.

On their Revolution Radio tour, Green Day play at The Infinite Energy Arena, Duluth, Georgia, USA.

On their Revolution Radio tour, Green Day play at The Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, California, USA.

70s punk band Penetration begin their 40th Anniversary Tour with a gig at The O2 Academy, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

On their 40th Anniversary Tour, 70s punk band Penetration play at Lewes Con Club, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.

During a spoken-word tour to promote his recent book, I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right, John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols) plays at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings, England, UK, Europe.