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The popular tenor Edward Lloyd cuts the first sod from the field which will become the site of EMI's first record production factory at Hayes, Middlesex, England, UK, Europe. Cost of the silver spade used by Mr Lloyd is £6.10/-, plus 15/- for the engraving (£7.25 in total). The spade was later acquired by EMI in 1994 for £5,000! Bernard William Jewry is born in London, England, UK, Europe. He will find fame first as UK pop idol Shane Fenton in the 1960s, then after a drastic image-revamp, as Alvin Stardust in the 1970s.
Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, on the way down, play at The Winter Gardens, Ventnor, UK. Their support band is Davy Jones And The Lower Third, who are on the way up. Mr Jones will later change his name to David Bowie.
The 'N Betweens play at The Ship And Rainbow, Wolverhampton, England, UK. The group includes, Dave Hill and Don Powell, two future members of Slade.
The 'N Betweens play at The Community Centre, Pelsall, England, UK, Europe, with The Gilt Edge. The 'N Betweens will find greater success after a name change to 
Aspiring London-based rock singer Fred Bulsara, meets a Liverpool-based band called Ibex for the first time. He will join them, but will go on to find much greater fame as Freddie Mercury of Queen.
David Bowie signs a contract with GEM, a music production company co-owned by music lawyer Lawrence Myers and Bowie’s manager Tony DeFries.
Mott The Hoople release a new single, All The Young Dudes, in the UK on CBS Records. The song is written and produced by David Bowie.
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Kiss play at The Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
On their A Night At the Opera tour, Queen play at Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
After ten years of marriage, David Bowie and Angie Bowie's divorce becomes final, under Swiss law.
With Bryan Ferry now recovered from his recent illness, Roxy Music resume their Flesh And Blood tour with a show at The Conference Centre, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
Kiss appear on the cover of People magazine in the USA.Queen's tour of the USA ends with the last of three nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
David Bowie stars in the Berthold Brecht play, Baal, screened today by BBC tv in the UK.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays during four nights at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their Lick It Up World tour, Kiss play at The Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
Motley Crue begin their first North American tour with a show at Madison Square Gardens, New York City, USA.
Dio play at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Queensyrche.
On their Winged Assassins tour, W.A.S.P. play at The Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
When Twisted Sister play in El Paso, Texas, USA, the local police sheriff asks if his son can sit behind the band's drummer and watch him play. The band agrees.
When Tina Turner plays at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, she is joined onstage by David Bowie.
Prince wins the Best Original Score Oscar for his movie Purple Rain at the Academy Awards.Queen play the first of four nights at The Sports And Entertainments Centre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
On their We Can't Be Serious tour, Aunt May play at The Greyhound, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe.
The New Sweet play at The The last day of the UK's three-day long Reading Festival features Alice Cooper, The Stranglers, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, Bolshoi, FM and The Enid. Tickets cost £12.50.
On their 
Angie Bowie begins a legal suit against former husband David Bowie, seeking to lighten his wallet by $56m.
On his Sound And Vision tour, David Bowie plays at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Stick It To Ya, the debut LP by glam metal band Slaughter is certified as a platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
On their Hot In The Shade tour, Kiss play at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisonsin, USA, with Winger and Slaughter.
It is made public that C.C.DeVille has left Poison, to form The C.C.DeVille Experience.It is reported that Hollywood spiritualist Father Gilberto has performed an exorcism on former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee to banish evil demons which his wife, Pamela Anderson, believes have been affecting his behaviour.
John Birch, an English luthier mainly known for his electric guitars, dies at the age of 78. His customers included Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, Brian May of Queen, Dave Hill and Jim Lea of Slade, Gerry Shephard of The Glitter Band and Roy Orbison.
Twisted Sister play a benefit gig at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, hoping to raise at least $100,000 to cover the costs of a liver transplant for their seriously ill soundman Charlie Barreca.
Tam Paton, manager of The Bay City Rollers, dies of a heart attack, aged 70, in the bath at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The three-day-long Sonisphere '10 Festival begins at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Acts appearing on this, the first day, include Alice Cooper, Gary Numan, Europe, Terrorvision and 65daysofstatic.
The Sonisphere '10 festival is held at Stora Skuggan, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe. Artists appearing include Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Iggy And The Stooges, Slayer, Anthrax and Hammerfall.
1980's glam-metal rockers Odin play at The Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their Maiden England World Tour, Iron Maiden play at Jones Beach, Wantagh, New York State, USA, supported by Alice Cooper.
Jan Kuehnemund, the founding member and lead guitarist for the all-female glam metal band Vixen, dies in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, aged 51 after a long battle with cancer. Queen And Adam Lambert play at The Izod Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Mumford And Sons, former REM singer Michael Stipe, The Flaming Lips, The Pixies, Debbie Harry, Jakob Dylan, J Mascis, Rickie Lee Jones, The Polyphonic Spree, Perry Farrell, Cat Power and Ann Wilson of Heart take part in the second of two David Bowie Tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.1907 |
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