OCTOBER 3
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BEGAN HIS 1980 U.S. TOUR IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, BUT HIS OPENING NIGHT BUTTERFLIES SHOWED WHEN HE FORGOT THE WORDS TO HIS FIRST SONG, “BORN TO RUN.” MOST OF THE THREE-HOUR SET WAS FROM HIS NEW ALBUM AT THE TIME, “THE RIVER.”
TODAY IN 1980, THE POLICE RELEASED THEIR THIRD LP, “ZENYATTA MONDATTA,” FEATURING THE HITS “DON’T STAND DO CLOSE TO ME” AND “DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA.”
AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO FORMER FLEETWOOD MAC GUITARIST LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, WHO’S 76