| January
|
*
Australian
Crawl break up, playing a final concert on January 27 and
subsequently releasing 'The Final Wave' |
| February |
*
John Brewster leaves Angels,
being replaced by Bob Spencer
* Buce Springsteen reportedly rejects multi-million dollar offer
to licence 'Born in the USA' for use as Chrysler commercials
|
| March
|
*
The Go-Betweens
release 'Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express'
* The Triffids release
'Born Sandy Devotional', recorded in London
* INXS Michael Hutchence made his movie debut in a film directed
by Richard Lowenstein called "Dogs In Space", a late 70's punk-era
depiction of Melbourne's disaffected drugged-out youth |
| May |
*
Icehouse release 'Measure
for Measure', which reaches #8, and tour America |
| July |
*
INXS' performance at Australia's
Live Aid concert is broadcast worldwide |
| August
|
*
Crowded House
release their debut, self titled album, reaching #12 in the
US
* Dragon release 'Dreams
of Ordinary Men', and tour Europe
* Died Pretty
release their debut album 'Free Dirt' |
| September |
*
Paul Kelly and the
Coloured Girls release the double album 'Gossip' and subsequently
rename as The Messengers |
| October
|
*
John Farnham
releases 'Whispering Jack', selling over one million copies
in Australia alone
* Died Pretty
tour the USA and Europe
* The Easybeats
reunite for an Australian tour
* Mandawuy Yunupingu forms Yothu
Yindi |
