Results
- The Smiths played their first live concert during the student music and fashion event An Evening of Pure Pleasure at the Ritz in Manchester. Blue Rondo A La Turk appeared as the support act, and The Smiths performed three songs: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Suffer Little Children, and Handsome Devil.
- The Smiths reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with the compilation album "Best…I".