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Marc Zermati is born in Algiers, Algieria, Africa. After moving to France, Europe, he will found Skydog Records and become a successful record producer and promoter of punk rock music.
Robert Steven Moore is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He will find success as a prolific lo-fi rocker under the names R. Stevie Moore and RSM.
Stackridge record a live John Peel Session, at BBC Broadcasting House, London, England, UK, Europe.
Television play their first gig at CBGBs in New York City, USA. According to punk chronicler Clinton Heylin,
Neil Young releases his harrowing album Tonight's The Night, in the USA. On the same day, The Talking Heads make their debut at CBGB's, New York City, as support to The Ramones.
The Stranglers headline The Rainbow, London, England, UK, Europe. During the set by support band Joy Division, their singer Ian Curtis suffers an epileptic fit.
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XTC play at The Palais d'Hiver, Lyon, France, Europe, supported by The Hot Club, featuring former Sex Pistols' member Glen Matlock.
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Attila The Stockbroker plays at Teeside Polytechnic, Middlesborough, England, UK, Europe.
The Stranglers play the first of five nights at The Dominion, Tottenham Court Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Neurotics (formerly Newtown Neurotics) headline an open-air event at Bold Miners Institute, St. Helens, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are East Of Eden, Riotous Youth and Young Lions.Angelic Upstarts play at The 100 Club, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Capricorn.
Vic Goddard releases a new single, Holiday Hymn, on El Benelux Records in the UK.
Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Cougar Mellencamp, Lou Reed, Billy Joel, Foreigner, Joni Mitchell, Ry Cooder and others are rehearsing at the Memorial Stadium, University Of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA. They raise $10m for America's hard-pressed dustbowl farmers.
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The UK Subs play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Foreign Legion.
Chelsea play at The Greyhound, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe.Wet Wet Wet and Billy Bragg reach No1 in the UK pop singles chart with their double A-side Childline charity cover of The Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends and She's Leaving Home.
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Debbie Harry, aka Blondie, plays the first of three nights at The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA.
On a charity fundraising edition of UK tv quiz show The Weakest Link, Billy Bragg wins over £11,000 for his chosen charity which provides support for victims of torture. Other music biz contestants on the show include Suzi Quatro, Lesley Garrett, Carol Decker of T'Pau, Shola Ama, DJ Spoony and Dave Lee Travis.
The Star Spangles release their debut single, Which Of The Two Of Us Is Gonna Burn This House Down,
The Lawrence Arms, Jerry Built and The Take play at King Tuts, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Green Day, Daniel Johns, Ja Rule, Delta Goodrem, Bryan Adams, Anna Nicole and others appear at the first Annual MTV Australia Awards in Luna Park, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Having been picked up from Viking Legacy Records by Sony Music, Sandi Thom's debut single, I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker [With Flowers in My Hair], is released in Australia and New Zealand.
When Green Day play at The United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, their set includes a cover of the classic song Chicago [That Toddlin' Town], written in 1922.
Motion City Soundtrack and New Politics play at The South Festival Lot, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Actress and sing Juliette Lewis, leader of Juliette And The Licks, hosts the final show in the current series of popular music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC tv in the UK.
Multiple Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse is found dead at her flat in Camden, London, England, UK. The 2012 song Amy by Green Day will be inspired by Billie Joe Armstrong hearing of Winehouse's death.It is announced that George Michael is suffering from a life-threatening ailment - acute respiratory distress syndrome, known as ARDS, which stops oxygen entering the blood stream. Earlier in the month, he cancelled all remaining dates on his Symphonica - The Orchestral Tour after he was hospitalised in Vienna's AKH Hospital with pneumonia.
Casey Chaos, lead singer of punk rock band Amen is arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after allegedly crashing his SUV into at least three parked cars in a residential neighborhood in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The three-day long Pinkpop Festival 2013 comes to an end at Landgraaf, Netherlands, Europe. Acts appearing over the three days of the event include Kings of Leon, The Killers, Green Day, Paramore, Phoenix, Ellie Goulding, Fun., and The Script.
Hardcore punk rockers Code Orange release their second LP, I Am King on Deathwish Records in the USA.Early 90s all-female punk rock trio Babes In Toyland re-unite to play at The Roxy, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their From The Cradle To The Grave tour, Squeeze play at Indigo O2, London, England, UK, with their 'very special guest' Dr John Cooper Clarke.
It is revealed that, just two days after the election of Donald Trump as President Of The USA, the song It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. achieves a 435% sales increase to 3,000 sold, and a 312 percent streaming increase to 601,000. Also scoring significant increases in the immediate wake of the election are American Idiot by Green Day, FDT (F*ck Donald Trump) by YG feat. Nipsey Hussle, You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones, Up Like Trump by Rae Sremmurd, Donald Trump by Mac Miller and, inevitably, God Bless America by Lee Greenwood.
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Ruts DC play at The Black Box, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe, supported by Stop! Stop! Start Again!
John Lever, drummer of Manchester-based post-punk band The Chameleons, dies aged 55 after a short illness.
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