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The Indian Maiden Burlesque Company plays the first of three nights at The Gaeity Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Chris And The Wonderful Lamp, featuring music by John Philip Sousa, is playing at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. The show features a cast and ensemble of 100.
The musical Aunt Hannah is playing at The Bijou Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 21 performances.
Richard Carle stars with 'his Gaily Plumed Flock' in the stage musical The Spring Chicken at The New National Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Billed as "George M. Cohan's musical sensation", The Talk Of New York is playing at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. The show stars Victor Moore.
Vaudeville act The Camp Lewis Players, billed as "9 Big acts, own orchestra", plays at The Heilig Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA.
The musical comedy The Bohemian Girl is presented at The Park Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a six-month run.
The musical revue Frivolities of 1920 is presented at The 44th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 61 performances.
The musical revue Thumbs Up! plays at The St. James Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 156 performances.
The musical revue Continental Varieties opens at The Theatre Masque, New York City, USA, where it will run for just nine performances.
The 12th stage edition of the musical revue George White's Scandals is playing at The New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Howard Kaplan is born in The Bronx, New York City. He will find fame as Haoward Kaylan, singer with The Turtles, Mothers of Invention and Flo And Eddie.
The stage show John Murray Anderson's Almanac - A Musical Harlequinade, starring Harry Belafonte, with songs by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, plays at The Imperial Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 229 performances.
Little Richard plays the last of three nights at The Savoy Ballroom, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Broadway star and choreographer Cholly Atkins, who will devise the stage movements of every Motown star of the 60s, meets his wife Maye on a blind date in New York City, USA.
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Jesse B. Weaver Jr. is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as a rapper using the stage name of Schoolly D.
Kaleidoscope play the last of three nights at the Straight Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Lightnin' Hopkins.
Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays in Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan, USA.
A sensation is caused at Queen's gig in Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, when a stream of naked females cycle across the stage during Fat Bottomed Girls.
The Ramones play the second of two nights in London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Boys.
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Violent Femmes are set on the path to success by James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist of The Pretenders, when he hears the band busking on a street corner in front of The Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. When The Pretenders play at the theatre later that night, Chrissie Hynde has invited Violent Femmes to play a brief acoustic set after the opening act.When The Smiths' UK tour plays at the Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK, Europe, Sandie Shaw comes onstage for the encore.
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Frank Zappa gives a lecture entitled Speaking Of Music, at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
When Jackson Browne plays at Bally's, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, he is joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen.
When Ray Charles plays in the JVC Supersession during the 25th Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona, at Palau de la Música, Barcelona, Spain, Europe, he is visited backstage by Steve Winwood. Also on the bill is Maceo Parker.
Professor Haakan Borglund of Uppsala University in Lund, Sweden, Europe, claims the woman Michael Jackson has married is not really Lisa Marie Presley but a double.
When a mere 45 fans turn up for a Bob Geldof gig at the 12,000 seater Civic Arena, Milan, Italy, Europe, Sir Bob refuses to go on stage and cancels the remaining dates on his Italian tour.String Cheese Incident play the last of four nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA.
French police begin investigations to discover why a stage for a Madonna concert at the Velodrome, Marseilles, France, Europe, collapsed, killing two workers.
Several weeks pregnant, Alicia Keys takes a tumble to the stage while performing Love Is Blind at the Essence Music Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Music fan Michael Edward Pickels of San Jose commits suicide by jumping three stories to land on the stage during a Swell Season show at The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California, USA.A new stage presentation of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds is launched to the media at LH2 Studios, London, UK. The new touring show stars Jason Donovan, Justin Hayward [of the Moody Blues], X-Factor contestant Rhydian and Liz McLarnon [of Atomic Kitten].
Daft Punk appear at the premiere of the movie TRON: Legacy in the El Capitan theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Polly Samson, wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, helps police to rescue a man attempting to commit suicide in freezing water near her beach-side home in Hove, East Sussex, UK. The man - who resisted being rescued - is then taken to the Royal Sussex Country Hospital, where he is arrested and sectioned.When B.B. King plays at The House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA, he is joined onstage by George Benson for a twenty minute jam session. It is also the celebration of Benson's birthday.
James McCartney, the son of Sir Paul McCartney, plays at The Kessler Theatre, Dallas, Texas, USA.
When singer-songwriter Ben Watt plays at Islington Assembly Hall, London, England, UK, he is joined by Dave Gilmour, guitarist of Pink Floyd, during three songs.
When Sarah Geronimo plays at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore, Asia, the show is attended by Dara of K-pop group 2NE1.
On her 39-date LA To The Moon tour Lana Del Rey plays at The American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. During the show, Del Rey breaks down in tears, which is taken as a reaction to the recent arrest of an armed stalker who had tried to gain entrance to her show in Orlando, Florida, a few days earlier.1900 |
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