Year:1982

Bands Formed

 * Faith No More
 * Chumbawamba
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * Violent Femmes

Singles Released

 * The Message Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
 * Temptation New Order
 * Golden Brown The Stranglers
 * Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen
 * Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) Simple Minds
 * Suspended in Gaffa Kate Bush
 * Town Called Malice/Precious [Edit] The Jam
 * In Shreds The Chameleons
 * I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Mix) Donna Summer
 * One Hundred Years The Cure
 * Mad World Tears For Fears
 * Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt
 * Uncertain Smile The The
 * More Than This Roxy Music
 * Ghosts Japan
 * Heroes - Helden [English/German] / Heroes - Héros [English/French] David Bowie
 * Nightporter Japan
 * Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
 * Senses Working Overtime XTC
 * Save a Prayer Duran Duran
 * Alice The Sisters of Mercy
 * Rock the Casbah The Clash
 * Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) Tears For Fears
 * Only You Yazoo
 * Steppin' Out Joe Jackson
 * Should I Stay or Should I Go?/Straight to Hell The Clash
 * 1999 Prince

Albums Released

 * February 12: XTC - English Settlement
 * March: Andy Partridge - The Bull With The Golden Guts
 * March 24: Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
 * March 29: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

Other Events

 * XTC releases the Look Look video compilation.

Classical music

 * March 3 : first performance of the Symphonic Study of Aarre Merikanto 1928
 * March 11 : First performance of mini-overture of Witold Lutosławski
 * March 25 : First performance of Nacht und Trompeten of Hans Abrahamsen
 * August 26 : First performance of Grave of Witold Lutosławski (string version)
 * August 28 : First performance of Symphony No. 4 by Leif Segerstam
 * September 29 : First performance of the Violin Concerto by Kalevi Aho
 * October 10 : First version of Hangman, hangman! Leonardo Balada
 * October 21 : First performance of Sardana Leonardo Balada
 * November 21 : First performance of the violin concerto by Leonardo Balada
 * November 24 : First performance of Quasi un paso doble Leonardo Balada

Matches

 * Eurovision song contest
 * Eurovision Young Musicians

==Festivals [ Edit] ==


 * Pinkpop