Music History

Elvis Presley performed on tour at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. The concert began at 8:30 p.m., and Presley wore a blue Bicentennial jumpsuit; according to the source, approximately 7,500 to 8,000 spectators attended.

Marshall Tucker Band performed at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.

Elvis Presley performed at the Civic Center in Lakeland, Florida, at 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Elvis Presley performed at the State Fair Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi. The concert began at 8:30 p.m. and attracted approximately 12,000 people; Elvis wore the Bicentennial Suit.

Elvis Presley performed at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at 2:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m. It was the last day of his career on which he performed two concerts in a single day.

Elvis Presley performed at the Convention Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, before approximately 7,500 people. The concert began at 8:30 p.m., and Elvis wore the blue Bicentennial suit.

AC/DC performed at the Dubs club in Gainesville, Florida.

The Police, The Clash and The Damned performed at the second Mont de Marsan Punk Festival in France, held in a bullfighting arena. Other performers included The Boys, The Rich Kids, Electric Kellar and Asphalt Jungle.

The Police performed at The Red Cow on Hammersmith Road in London.

AC/DC vystoupili v Hollywood Sportatorium v Pembroke Pines na Floridě.

Alice Cooper performed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Yes performed at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Rush headlined at the RKO Orpheum Theatre in Davenport, Iowa.

Foreigner performed at the Circle Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Police performed live as a three-piece for the first time at Rebecca's club in Birmingham, England, after original guitarist Henri Padovani left the band.

Rush performed at Music Hall in Houston, Texas.

Yes performed at the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, New York.

Donovan performed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Peter Frampton played the first of three sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden.

Rush performed at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.

KISS played the first of three concerts at The Forum in Inglewood, California. These concerts were used for the album “Alive II”, released in October.

At the 17th edition of the three-day Reading Festival in England, performers included Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Golden Earring, Aerosmith, The Doobie Brothers, Hawkwind, Racing Cars, John Miles, Graham Parker, The Enid, No Dice and Frankie Miller’s Full House. A three-day ticket cost £7.95.

Jackson Browne performed at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. His performances of “Running On Empty” and “The Load Out/Stay” from this concert were later released on the album “Running on Empty”.

Yes performed at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, near Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is held.

AC/DC performed at the famous Whisky A Go-Go club in Los Angeles.

Yes performed at Dane County Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin.

Despite sharp disputes over the group's artistic direction and financial management, The Beach Boys played a free concert in New York's Central Park before an estimated audience of more than 150,000 people. Despite the tension backstage, they delivered an energetic concert featuring hits such as “California Girls,” “In My Room,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Grateful Dead, with supporting acts The Marshall Tucker Band and New Riders Of The Purple Sage, played a headline concert at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey. The concert lasted 11 hours and, with an attendance of 107,019, set a US record for attendance at a paid concert outside festivals, which stood until 2024, when it was surpassed by George Strait.

Rush performed at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, on the shores of Lake Superior.

Rush performed at Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Aerosmith performed at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Aerosmith vystoupili na Comiskey Park v Chicagu.

Neil Diamond performed at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.

Muddy Waters performed at a White House picnic for President Jimmy Carter.

Bruce Springsteen performed at the Agora Theater in Cleveland during his Darkness Tour. The concert became well known and was widely circulated through unofficial recordings.

Thin Lizzy performed at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.

AC/DC performed at Gusman Philharmonic Hall in Miami, Florida.

AC/DC performed at the Concert Hall in Calderone, New York.

Bruce Springsteen performed at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Actor Gary Busey joined the band for Buddy Holly’s “Rave On”.

AC/DC performed at the Paradise Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols made his final live stage appearance when he appeared together with Rat Scabies of The Damned, former Sex Pistols member Glen Matlock, and Nancy Spungen at London's Electric Ballroom. The audience included Elvis Costello, Blondie, Joan Jett, The Slits, and Captain Sensible.

The first edition of the Canada Jam festival took place at Mosport Park north of Bowmanville in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. More than 110,000 people attended, and performers included The Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason, The Commodores, The Village People, Triumph, Kansas and The Atlanta Rhythm Section.

Fleetwood Mac, The Cars, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch and Eddie Money performed at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.

Blue Öyster Cult performed at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Genesis performed at the Stadthalle concert hall in Vienna, Austria.

Patti Smith performed at The Odeon in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Grateful Dead performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

The Grateful Dead performed "Shakedown Street" live for the first time at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.