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Nina Simone is playing during twenty nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Adrian Legg plays at The Rising Sun, Islington, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dumpy's Rusty Nuts play at The Blue And Gold Club, King's Lynn, England, UK, Europe.
The Steel An' Skin Afro-Caribbean Band plays at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, while promoting their album Acid Rain.
The Wilko Johnson Band plays at The Saxon Tavern, Catford, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Shakers.
Working week play at Manchester University, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Pat Metheny Group plays at The Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Skeletal Family play at The Grand Hotel, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Eek A Mouse plays at Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Ruby Turner Band plays at Loughborough University, Loughborough, England, UK, Europe.
The Diesel Band plays at The 
Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott, John Holt, Delroy Washington, Junior Delgado and other reggae artists appear in the Boom Of '85 benefit show at The Civic Hall, Poplar, England, UK, Europe. The show is a benefit concert for Ethiopian Famine Relief.
Balaam And The Angel play at The Riverside Club, Fetcham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Circus Circus Circus.Around The World In A Day, the seventh studio album by Prince, debuts at No5 in the UK albums chart but will rise no further.
Pookiesnackenburger play at Watermans Art Centre, Brentford, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Housemartins, The Crackshots and Little Things play at The Tunnel Club, Greenwich, London, England, UK, Europe.Bill Cosby hosts the recording of a three hour NBC-tv concert Motown Returns To The Apollo, celebrating a $10.4m renovation of the legendary Harlem venue. Artists include Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Drifters, The Manhattans, The Commodores, The Cadillacs, Martha Reeves, Mary Wells, Patti LaBelle, Rod Stewart, George Michael, Boy George and Joe Cocker. The show will be transmitted on 19 May.
Husker Du play at The Living Room, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.The Nightingales play at Thames Polytechnic, Woolwich, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by That Petrol Emotion and Bum Bites.
The Triffids play at The Half Moon, Herne Hill, London, England, UK, Europe.
Attila The Stockbroker plays at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.German band Propaganda enter the UK singles chart with Duel, which will peak at No21, the highest of their five chart entries.
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On his The Glory Boys tour, Rick Wakeman plays at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Archie Shepp Quartet plays at Sheffield University, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Racing Cars play at The Cartoon, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.
The A news item in today's edition of The New Musical Express (NME) music paper in the UK, notes that a number of concert promoters, including Harvey Goldsmith, Barry Dickins, Rod MacSween and John Giddings have begun announcing major gigs on tv or in mainstream newspapers, rather than using the traditional method of announcing such shows first in the music press. The latest Bruce Springsteen gigs, for example, were announced on BBC-2 tv show The Old Grey Whistle Test. This, according the NME, amounts to "treating us as their servants".
The Hank Wangford Band plays at The Bull And Gate, Kentish Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Man play The King's Head, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe.
Los Angeles-based soul/mod revival band The Untouchables play at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Mama's Boys play at Surrey University, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
Sky play at The Gaumont, Ipswich, England, UK, Europe.Dr. Feelgood, John Otway and Partners In Crime play in a benefit show at the Thame Sports And Arts Centre, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play at The Cricketers, Kennington, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Steve Gibbons Band plays at The Half Moon, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their Unforgettable Fire tour, U2 play the second of two nights at Hollywood Sportatorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
The Blasters play at The Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
XMAL Deutschland play at at Bradford University, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.
Chicken Shack play at The Greyhound, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Willie And The Poor Boys.
Paul Weller and Martin Gore (of Depeche Mode) are musical guests on the BBC1 tv series The Saturday Picture Show.