7/1 1980
7/1 1980 Befanns Hugh Cornwell från The Stranglers skyldig till innehav av heroin, kokain och cannabis. Han fick 300 pund i böter och dömdes till tre månaders tillvaro i Pentonville fängelset.
19/4 1980 32-year-old Brian Johnson gave up his place as singer in Geordie, to instead become singer in AC/DC. In doing so, he replaced Bon Scott who had died of acute alcohol poisoning a couple of months earlier.