rock

1984
Led Zeppelin released one EP

It released one EP, in 1984.

1983
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds first live show

The band performed their first live show at the Crystal Ballroom in St Kilda on 31 December 1983.

The Who leaving the Who

On 16 December 1983, Townshend announced at a press conference that he was leaving the Who, effectively ending the band.

Soda Stereo return of democracy to Argentina

The success of the band began at a very peculiar time, related to the return of democracy to Argentina (10 December 1983), but also to increasing notions of postmodernism , particularly in the way the 1980s youth found their role in a newly democratic society that had just emerged from…
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Pat Benatar By 1983, Benatar had established a reputation for singing about

By 1983, Benatar had established a reputation for singing about “tough” subject matters, best exemplified by one of the biggest hits of her career, ” Love Is a Battlefield ” (penned by noted hit songwriter Holly Knight with Mike Chapman ), released in December 1983. By then, Benatar’s sound had…
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The Police Wembley Arena

They played throughout the UK in December 1983, including four sold-out nights at London’s Wembley Arena

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds returned to Melbourne

In December 1983 Cave returned to Melbourne, Australia , where he formed a temporary line-up of his backing band, due to Bargeld’s absence, that included Pew and guitarist Hugo Race .

Motörhead In June and July the band played five dates in Japan, and from

In June and July the band played five dates in Japan, and from mid-October until mid-November they toured Europe. From late May until early July, the band conducted the “Another Perfect Tour”, followed by an American tour between July and August, and another European tour in October and November. Robertson…
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The Police concert recorded at the Omni

and one recorded on 2 November 1983 at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Synchronicity Tour

Kiss (band) began in Lisbon

The tour to promote the new album and the unmasked band members began in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 11, 1983, at Pavilhão Dramático de Cascais, the band’s first concert without makeup since early 1973.