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- Teddy Pendergrass, former lead singer of Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes, promoted the album “Life Is A Song Worth Singing” with a concert exclusively for women. The concept was highly successful, and further similarly themed performances sold out.
- The Grateful Dead performed before an audience of 66,000 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
- Frank Zappa, Scorpions, Brand X, John McLaughlin, Ten Years After, Joan Baez and Genesis appeared at Ludwigsparkstadion in Saarbrücken, Germany.
- AC/DC performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
- Electric Light Orchestra performed at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.
- Yes performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
- Led Zeppelin headlined the festival at Knebworth Park in England in front of approximately 120,000 people. It was their first British concert in more than four years.
- A benefit concert in support of the ailing Lowell George of Little Feat was held, featuring members of his band as well as Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, and Bonnie Raitt.
- In honor of the late Lowell George and to help support his family, members of Little Feat organized a benefit concert at The Forum in Inglewood. Performers included Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, and Nicolette Larson, while additional guests joined various artists throughout the evening. The nearly three-hour concert was held as a one-night-only event.
- Van Halen performed at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Chicago vystoupili v Hersheypark Arena v Hershey v Pensylvánii.
- Led Zeppelin odehráli své poslední živé vystoupení ve Velké Británii.
- Během koncertu Marshall Tucker Band v Long Beach v Kalifornii nespokojený divák ukradl automobil a projel s ním dvěma řadami kovových výjezdových dveří a betonovou zdí. Většina publika již prostor opustila a k vážným zraněním nedošlo.
- KISS performed at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
- Van Halen performed at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine.
- Led Zeppelin played their final concert on British soil at Knebworth House in England before approximately 104,000 people. Also appearing were The New Barbarians, Todd Rundgren, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Chas & Dave and Fairport Convention. The setlist included “The Song Remains The Same,” “Celebration Day,” “Black Dog,” “Nobody's Fault But Mine,” “Over The Hills And Far Away,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” “Since I've Been Loving You,” “No Quarter,” “Hot Dog,” “The Rain Song,” “White Summer/Black Mountainside,” “Kashmir,” “Trampled Under Foot,” “Sick Again,” “Achilles' Last Stand,” “In The Evening,” “Stairway To Heaven,” “Rock And Roll,” “Whole Lotta Love” and “Communication Breakdown.” They played several smaller European concerts the following year, but broke up in December 1980 after the death of drummer John Bonham.
- KISS performed at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis.
- The Allman Brothers Band performed at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Van Halen performed at the MECCA Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Led Zeppelin played the final concert of their two-day comeback at the Knebworth Festival, which was their last British performance with John Bonham.
- B.B. King performed at a special event at the Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his career in show business.
- The Cars performed in New York's Central Park before a crowd of half a million people.
- The Allman Brothers Band performed at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- INXS played their very first concert in Sydney, Australia.
- The Grateful Dead performed at the Civic Center in Augusta, Maine.
- Van Halen performed at Kaikan Hall in Kyoto, Japan.
- The Grateful Dead played the first of three concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York.
- Blue Oyster Cult performed at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Blue Öyster Cult performed at the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
- Pink Floyd began a five-show run at Earls Court in London as part of The Wall tour. The production featured a massive wall that was gradually built throughout the performance, eventually separating the band from the audience.
- Fleetwood Mac performed at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
- The Allman Brothers Band byli hlavními hvězdami koncertu v Greek Theatre v Los Angeles.
- The Greater London Council banned The Plasmatics from blowing up a car on stage during their British live debut at the Hammersmith Odeon.
- Black Sabbath performed at the Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
- The Allman Brothers Band performed at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago.
- The unknown rock band appeared as the opening act for Hall & Oates in Maryland. During the performance, the audience discovered that the singer was Cher.
- Grateful Dead performed at the Municipal Auditorium Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
- At the Toledo Speedway Jam II concert in Toledo, Ohio, ZZ Top were the headliners, while AC/DC, Sammy Hagar and Humble Pie were among the other performers. For AC/DC, it was their final appearance as an opening act until 2003, when they opened for The Rolling Stones.
- Black Sabbath performed at the International Amphitheater in Chicago.
- After a long delay following the opening act, concert organizers at CNE Grandstand in Toronto announced that Alice Cooper could not perform due to illness. Angry fans began tearing out folding chairs and throwing them onto the stage, sparking a riot involving around 1,400 people. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to $25,000, 31 people were arrested, and 12 people were hospitalized. A year later, Cooper said he had cancelled the concert because of an asthma attack, which he claimed he had not experienced since he was six years old.
- Queen performed at the Civic Centre in Hartford, Connecticut, during their North American tour.
- Blue Öyster Cult performed at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado.