| February |
*
EMI London forces EMI Australia to sign The
Saints
* Little
River Band record 'Diamentina Cocktail'
* Start of Split Enz
first US tour. Sick of touring Phil Judd decides to leave half
way through but stays to the end in March
* AC/DC spark riot at Melbourne's Myer Music Bowl |
| April |
*
Neil Finn joins Split
Enz, replacing Phil Judd |
| May
|
*
The Saints relocate to
England |
| June |
*
Radio Birdman
releases 'Radios Appear' |
| August |
*
Richard Clapton releases 'Goodbye Tiger'
* Elvis Presley dies |
| October
|
*
The Dingoes release
'Five Times the Sun', recorded in the USA |
| November
|
*
Dragon release Running
Free, containing the singe 'April Sun in Cuba', which reaches
#2 nationally |
| December |
*The
Go-Betweens form
in Brisbane |
|
|
*
LIttle River
Band release 'Diamantina Cocktail', which sells over 500,000
copies in the US
* Split Enz tour the
UK and release 'Dizrhythmia'
* INXS form in Sydney as
The Farriss Brothers
* Paul Kelly joins
the High Rise Bombers' |
