TV GOLD ON BONFIRE NIGHT, PRINCE HITS THE ROAD, DURANMANIA IN ACTION AND THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME IS RELEASED…
STEVE O’BRIEN
05 Channel Four’s The Tube makes its TV debut, three days after the channel’s launch, fronted by Paula Yates and first-time presenter, Squeeze keyboardist Jools Holland.
06 Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker begin a three-week run at No.1 in the US with duet single Up Where We Belong, taken from the film An Officer And A Gentleman.
07 Grace Jones releases her sixth studio LP, Living My Life. It peaks at No.15 in the UK.
11 Prince kicks off his 1999 tour at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
25 The Jamaica World Music Festival begins in Montego Bay. Acts over the three days include The B-52’s, The Clash, The Beat, Joe Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Squeeze.
05 Siouxsie And The Banshees release their fifth studio long-player A Kiss In The Dreamhouse.
08 The Royal Variety Performance is held at London’s Theatre Royal and broadcast on BBC1. Bucks Fizz and Sheena Easton are among those on the star-studded bill.
12 China Crisis release their debut LP, the fantastically titled Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun To Entertain.
13 Men At Work kick off a 15-week run at No.1 on the US Albums Chart with their debut LP, Business As Usual.
25 Duran Duran play the first of five non-consecutive nights at The Odeon, Birmingham.
30 Michael Jackson released Thriller on 30 November 1982. His sixth solo LP, it saw the singer collaborate once more with Quincy Jones who’d worked his production magic on previous album, Off The Wall. In total, 30 songs were laid down for Thriller, of which nine
