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Joe Jackson begins a British tour at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Belle Stars enter the UK singles chart with Sign Of The Times on Stiff Records. It will peak at No3 during an eleven-week run.
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Former Velvet Underground vocalist, Nico, plays at The Venue, London, England, UK, Europe.
Echo and the Bunnymen play at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
On the South American leg of their Hide Your Sheep Tour [aka the No Problem Tour], Van Halen play the first of three nights at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil, supported by Patrulha do Espaco.
JoBoxers score their first UK singles chart entry with Boxer Beat, which will peak at No3.
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Kajagoogoo reach No1 in the UK singles chart with Too Shy.
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The Commodores play the last of three nights at The Night Out, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Michael Jackson begins a seven-week run at No1 in the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart with Billie Jean.
Twisted Sister play the second of two nights at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pete Townshend of The Who releases the album Scoop, on Atco Records.
She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No5.
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Piedmont-style blues duo Cephas And Wiggins record the LP Sweet Bitter Blues in Gypsy Studio, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
Mendip District Council in Somerset, England, UK, issues a Public Entertainment Licence to local farmer Michael Eavis granting permission to hold the 1983 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset.
Kai Winding, virtuoso jazz trombonist, dies of complications arising from a brain tumour, aged 60, in Yonkers, New York, USA.
Bob Dylan is in the Power Station, New York City, working on tracks for his album Infidels. Mark Knopfler is acting as co-producer and also plays guitar on the album. On this day, former Rolling Stones' axeman Mick Taylor adds overdubs to the songs Sweetheart Like You, Man Of Peace and Neighbourhood Bully.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays the first of two nights at Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.
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Echo And The Bunnymen start a brief tour of the Outer Hebrides, at the Gathering Hall, Portree, Skye, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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The Thompson Twins play at Goldiggers, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Billed as their last ever gig, Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.
Texan judge Pat McDowell sentences David Crosby to five years in jail for a 1982 drugs and firearms offence.
Headlining at the last night of the Reading Rock Festival in the UK, Thin Lizzy play their farewell gig. Other acts include Ten Years After, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Climax Blues Band, The Enid, Sad Café, One The Juggler and Little Steven And The Disciples of Soul.
Red Red Wine by UB40 reaches No1 in the UK singles chart.
Blotto play at The Chance, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA, supported by French Letter.
On his Midnight At The Lost And Found tour, Meat Loaf plays at Cirkus Krone, Munich, Germany, Europe.
One year after the group split up, The Jam release the compilation album Snap! on Polydor Records in the UK.
Death Cult play in Trinity Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe, supported by Rubella Ballet.
The album The Wild Heart by Stevie Nicks is awarded platinum status in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Linda Ronstadt releases a new LP, What's New, on Asylum Records in the USA.
The O'Jays, The Whispers, Angela Bofill, Lakeside, Roberta Flack And Donnie Hathaway play in the Budweiser Superfest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
On their Grace Under Pressure Warm Up Tour, Rush play at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.
Jerry Reed plays at Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Iron Maiden play at The Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Billboard magazine reports that the music video for Madonna's second single, Burning Up, has been added into MTV rotation. This marks Madonna's introduction to MTV audiences, because the channel had not previously aired her low-budget video for Everybody.
The Police play at The Sportshalle, Cologne, Germany, Europe.
The Eurythmics begin a major British tour in Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Ten Years After play at The Cabooze, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
On their Lick It Up tour, Kiss play at The Grugahalle, Essen, Germany, Europe.
Mr. Mister play at The Sasch Dance Club, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Common Knowledge.
Maynard Ferguson plays at The Chance, New York City, USA.
Marie Osmond leaves Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, to undertake an engagement as anchorwoman of the 1984 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Tappi Tíkarrass, a band including Bjork before she found fame, play at Músíktilraunir, an annual band contest in Reykjavík, Iceland, Europe.
The Gregg Allman Band plays at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Foreign Legion and The Jim Femino Band.
On their Synchronicity tour, The Police play at The Meadows, Austin, Texas, USA.
Waylon Jennings plays at the Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
Bob Dylan's album Infidels enters the Billboard US Top 40 albums chart where it will peak at No20 during a ten-week run.
On their Shout At The Devil tour, Motley Crue play at The Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
On her Fun tour, Cyndi Lauper plays at The Metro, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dennis Wilson, drummer of The Beach Boys, is admitted to hospital with serious head injuries, after being beaten up by a male friend of his estranged wife — nineteen-year-old Shawn Love Wilson — at the Santa Monica Bay Inn, Santa Monica, California, USA.
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