Events
- 20 January – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance.
- 26 April – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
- 5 May - "A Little Peace" becomes the 500th UK No.1 single.
- 26 May – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
- 28 August - Eric Burdon gets arrested after a show at the Rockpalast in Cologne
- 22 September – The Who begin their only formally-announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
- 5 November – First broadcast of The Tube on Channel 4.
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