Year:1980

Bands Formed

 * New Order
 * R.E.M.

Singles Released

 * Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
 * Atmosphere Joy Division
 * Train in Vain (Stand by Me) The Clash
 * Ashes to Ashes David Bowie
 * A Forest The Cure
 * Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys
 * Odyssey Johnny Harris
 * Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
 * Could You Be Loved Bob Marley
 * Funkytown
 * Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills
 * Lost in Love
 * Look What You've Done To Me
 * Every Woman In The World

Albums Released
Other Events
 * February 29: Mr. Partridge - Take Away/The Lure Of Salvage
 * September 12: XTC - Black Sea
 * October 8: Talking Heads - Remain in Light


 * ===Classical music [ edit] ===


 * January 3 : First performance of Epitaph for oboe and piano by Witold Lutosławski
 * January 29 : First performance of Novelette for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski
 * June 18 : First performance of Concerto for chamber orchestra by Johan Kvandal
 * June 25 : first performance of A madrigal opera by Philip Glass
 * August 24 : First performance of Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra by Witold Lutosławski
 * November 16 : First performance of Nocturne for piano og altfløyte of Johan Kvandal
 * ==Matches [ edit] ==

==Festivals [ Edit] ==
 * Eurovision


 * Pinkpop