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In the midst of a UK tour, Mike Joyce of The Smiths wakens to find he has chicken pox. The Smiths abandon the tour, leaving The Go-Betweens to fill in for them. 
Soft Cell give their final live performance at Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK, Europe. 
R.E.M. spend the fourth of seven days of recording in Reflections Sound Studio, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
$20,000 of damage is done by fans at a Z.Z. Top concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Two fans are hospitalized and 149 chairs destroyed.Johnny Osbourne, Misty In Roots, Orchestre Jazira and Mutabaruka play at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, Europe.
Renaissance and Nigel Mazlyn Jones play at The Venue, London, England, UK, Europe.
Saxon play the second of two nights at The Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.
Flesh For Lulu play at Porterhouse, Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
Hawkwind, supported by Bronz, play at The Civic Hall, Halifax, England, UK, Europe.
Whitesnake, supported by Great White, play at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Former Velvet Underground vocalist Nico, plays at The Venue, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Style Council play at The Sports Centre, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Billy Bragg.
The videocassette The Making Of Michael Jackson's Thriller, goes on sale in the UK with advance orders of 80,000 units.
On their End Of The Road tour, Status Quo play the second of two shows at RDS, Dublin, Eire, Europe.
On their End Of The Road tour Status Quo play the second of two nights at The Coliseum, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe.
A riot takes place in the town of Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire, UK, during the Miners' Strike. Nine of those taking part will be
convicted. The song Fitzwilliam by Chumbawamba is inspired by the riot.
Stevie Wonder releases a new single, I Just Called To Say I Love You, in the USA.
Former When Sheila E plays at the Agora, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, she is joined onstage by Prince for four songs.
The New Riders Of The Purple Sage play at The Lone Star, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
On their Phantoms tour, The Fixx play at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago plays at First Avenue And Seventh Street Entry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
On her Fun tour, Cyndi Lauper plays at Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA.
On his Born In The USA tour, Bruce Springsteen plays the fourth of six (non-consecutive) nights at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Anne Murray plays at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine Meadows, California, USA.
R.E.M. and the dBs play at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
On his 
Frankie Goes To Hollywood release their debut album, Welcome To The Pleasuredome, on ZTT Records in the UK. Iron Maiden play at L'Espace Balard, Paris, France, Europe, supported by Motley Crue.
Shock-metal band W.A.S.P. begins a US/Canada tour by sacking drummer Tony Richards and replacing him with Steve Riley.
Mike Nolan of Buck's Fizz is seriously injured when the band's tour bus collides with a lorry on the Great North Road near Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, shortly after the band plays a gig in The City Hall. All four members are injured, but Nolan falls into a coma, seeming so close to death that at one point he is given the last rites.Jan |