GIGS
1978
Joy Division played at Band on the Wall, Manchester, England
1981
Bauhaus played at Nite Club, Edinburgh, Scotland
1988
Fields of the Nephilim played at Polytechic, Leicester, England
1989
Love and Rockets played at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Denver, USA
1990
Birdland played at Junction, Cambridge, England
1993
The Sisters of Mercy played at Rock Am See Festival, Losheim, Germany

RECORD RELEASES
1989
The Einsturzende Neubauten album Haus der Luge was released
2015
The Public Image Ltd album What the World Needs Now was released

BIRTHS
There were no births on this day in alternative music history

DEATHS
There were no deaths on this day in alternative music history

FEATURED BANDS INCLUDE
Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, Bauhaus, Grinderman, The Sisters of Mercy, Flesh for Lulu, Birdland, The Sex Pistols, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Hole, Slowdive, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Spectrum, The Teardrop Explodes, Julian Cope, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Einsturzende Neubauten, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Wonder Stuff, Joy Division, Alien Sex Fiend, New Order, Fields of the Nephilim, The Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nefilim, The Slits, Ramones, The Blockheads, The Gun Club, New York Dolls, The Jim Carroll Band, The Clash, John Peel, A Place to Bury Strangers, All About Eve, Black Flag, Rollins Band, Dirty Three, Factory Records, Gene Loves Jezebel, Generation X, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Pixies, The Breeders, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Damned, The Fall, The Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Pogues, The Mission, The Smiths, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Verve, Throwing Muses, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Patti Smith