Year:1982

Bands Formed

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

Singles Released

 * Golden Brown The Stranglers
 * The Message Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
 * Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
 * Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt
 * Ghosts Japan
 * Nowhere Girl B-Movie
 * Planet Rock Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force
 * Imagination Just an Illusion
 * Electric Avenue Eddy Grant
 * You Got Lucky Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 * Truly
 * You Are
 * Cheers Then Bananarama
 * Shy Boy Bananarama

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 [ edit] ===


 * 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 [ edit] ==

==Festivals [ Edit] ==
 * Eurovision
 * Eurovision Young Musicians


 * Pinkpop