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Linda Ronstadt opens on Broadway, New York City, USA, as the female lead, Mabel, in a new staging of Gilbert And Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates Of Penzance.
Ringo Starr spends the second of three days recording with Ronnie Wood (of The Rolling Stones) at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his album tentatively titled Can't Fight Lightning. By the time it is released, it will be called Stop And Smell The Roses.
Ringo Starr returns to Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, to continue work on his album Can't Fight Lightning. By the time it is released, the album will have been re-titled Stop And Small The Roses.
The album Can You Feel It by The Jacksons, written by Michael Jackson and Jackie Jackson, enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No6 during a fifteen week run.
Queen begin three nights at Velez Sarfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.You Better You Bet by The Who enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No9, giving them their last Top Ten single.
The Stray Cats play at The Polytechnic, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
The Stray Cats play at The Pavilion, West Runton, England, UK, Europe.Jazz-rock band Landscape enter the UK album chart with From The Tearooms Of Mars To The Hellholes Of Uranus, which will peak at No13.
Steve Currie, former bassist of T.Rex, dies in a car crash while returning to his villa in Val Da Parra, Portugal.
During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, working on mixes of songs including Every Grain OF Sand, Heart Of Mine, Property of Jesus, Lenny Bruce and Angelina.
Diana Ross leaves Motown Records after twenty years and signs to RCA with a record-setting $20m contract.
Peter Sutcliffe, a mass murderer known as The Yorkshire Ripper, is sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey, London, UK. Sutcliffe's grim exploits will provide subject matter for songs including Leeds Ripper by Throbbing Gristle, Leeds United by Luke Haines and Night Shift by Siouxsie And The Banshees.
During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on mixes of the songs Lenny Bruce and Watered-Down Love.
Elvis Costello and Ian Dury appear in the show Fundamental Frolics at the Victoria Apollo, London, England, UK, Europe. It's the first time the two former Stiff Records artists have appeared together since 1977.
The Honeydrippers, featuring Robert Plant, play at the Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, USA, supported by 3 Out Of 5 Doctors.
On the Shot Of
Love tour Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at the Freileichttheater, Bad Segeberg, West Germany.
On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play the first of three nights at The Capitol Centre, Largo, Maryland, USA.
AC/DC headline the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, UK, Europe, in front of an audience of 65,000.
On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
The Michael Schenker Group plays at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Duran Duran begin their first North American tour with a show at The Spit, Long Island, New York State, USA.
David Cassidy begins a British tour with a show at Cornwall Coliseum, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe.The Rolling Stones begin their tenth tour of the USA with the first of two days in front of 90,000 fans at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. Support act is Journey.
Altered Images enter the UK singles chart with Happy Birthday. It will peak at No2 in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.
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The film On the Shot Of Love tour Bob Dylan plays at The Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
On the Shot Of Love tour Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at The Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia.
Queen play the first of two nights in Montreal, Canada.
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