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Dire Straits play at The Hop And Grape, University Of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Bob Dylan plays the second of three nights at the Entertainment Center, Perth, Australia.
Johnny Cash plays at Sportovni Hale, in Prague, Czech Republic, Europe.
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R'n'b and jazz guitarist George Benson enters the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart with On Broadway, which will peak at No7 during a ten-week run on the chart.
Bob Dylan oversees vocal overdubs by bassist Jerry Scheff and saxophonist Steven Douglas on the song New Pony, at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California.
Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays at The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.
Bob Dylan plays the third of seven nights at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles.
Bob Dylan plays the sixth of seven nights at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bass-player Bill Wyman falls offstage and hurts his wrist when The Rolling Stones play at The Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Squeeze play the second of two nights at The Starwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays in The Stampede Corral, Regina, Canada.
The Grateful Dead play the first of three gigs at the Sound and Light Amphitheatre, in the shadow of The Great Pyramid in Egypt.British punk band Sham 69 pull out of a proposed Rock Against Racism Carnival in London, UK, claiming concern that they will be blamed if any violence breaks out.
When Black Sabbath play at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA, support band Van Halen is seen to parachute down to the venue from a plane flying overhead. It is, however, a publicity gimmick using stunt men instead of the band. Also on the bill are Richie Lecea, Sammy Hagar and Boston.
Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at The Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois.
Young Parisians, the debut single by Adam and the Ants, hits the shops in the UK.
Sid Vicious, former bassist of The Sex Pistols, attempts suicide again in the bathroom of the Hotel Seville, Madison Avenue, New York City, USA, by slashing his wrists with a razor blade and a broken light bulb, then tries to jump out the window. He is admitted to the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital.
Queen hold perhaps the most debauched rock'n'roll party ever, to launch their album Jazz in the Imperial Ballroom of The Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. At a cost of £200,000, they entertain 600 guests. There are tales of free blowjobs for record company execs in the back room, a local strip joint shut for the night because Queen has hired all of its strippers, dwarves, snake charmers, tansvestites and much more. The band, of course, deny that most of it ever happened but contemporary reports of the event are unusually lurid.
Australian rugby league official James Coldwell suffers an injury near his eye which requires three stitches after staying in the same Leeds, England, UK, Europe, hotel as The Jam. Paul Weller of The Jam will be charged with maliciously wounding Mr. Coldwell.
Jazz pianist, composer and arranger Lennie Tristano dies aged 59, of a heart attack at home in Jamaica, New York City, USA.Olivia Newton-John reveals in an interview in Tit-Bits magazine that she would like to quit the music business and raise a family.
Van Halen begin recording their second album, Van Halen II, in Sunset Sound studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rush play the last of three nights at The International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
John Roger Stephens is born in Springfield, Ohio, USA. He will find success as singer-songwriter John Legend.Jan |