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1982
| February
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*
Glenn Shorrock leaves Little
River Band, to be replaced by John Farnham
* The Church release 'The
Blurred Crusade'
* Richard
Clapton releases 'The Great Esacpe' |
| March
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*
Cold Chisel release
'Circus Animals', then tour Europe and the UK for the first
time
* Birthday Party's
first live performance on UK TV |
| April |
*
'Time and Tide' becomes Split
Enz' third successive #1 album in Australia and New Zealand |
| July |
*
Hunters
and Collectors release their debut, self titled album which
reaches #14 nationally |
| August
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*
The Birthday Party
move to Berlin |
| October
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*
The Church tour the UK
and Europe
* Men At Work reach
#1 in the US with 'Who Can It Be Now?'
* INXS release Shabooh Shoobah,
which reaches #5 nationally, and is released internationally
* Le Hoodoo Gurus
release their debut single 'Leilani' |
| December |
*
Goanna release 'Spirit
of Place', which reaches #3 nationally |
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New Zealand' first hip hop group, Upper Hutt Posse, forms
* Midnight Oil
release '10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1', which stays in the charts for
186 weeks
* The Divinyls release
'Music from Monkey Grip', and support Simple Minds on their
Australian tour
* Australian
Crawl release 'Sons of Beaches', reaching #1 in Australia
* Iva Davies releases
'Primitive Man' featuring the 'Great Southern Land' single.
The album reaches #1 nationally
* The Models release
'Out of Mind Out of Sight'
* Michael Jackson releases 'Thriller' which goes on to sell
over 20 million copies |
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