Editing 1982 in music (section)

=== April–August ===
*[[April 13]] – David Crosby is arrested on drug charges for the second time in three weeks when [[Dallas]] police catch him preparing cocaine backstage before a show.
*[[April 15]] – [[Billy Joel]] is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in [[Long Island, New York]]. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
*[[April 17]] – [[Johnny Cash]] hosts ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' with Cash and [[Elton John]] and his classic band as the musical guests. Cash sings ''I Walk The Line'', ''Folsom Prison Blues'', ''Ring of Fire'' and ''Sunday Morning Coming Down''. John sings ''[[Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)]]'' and ''Ball and Chain''. The latter would not appear on the NBC show again until 2011.
*[[April 24]] – [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest|Germany]] wins the 27th annual [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in the [[Harrogate International Centre|Harrogate Conference Centre]], North Yorkshire, with the song "[[Ein bißchen Frieden]]", sung by 17-year-old [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]]. She also records the song in English as "A Little Peace", which becomes the 500th chart-topping single in the UK.
*[[April 26]]
**[[Rod Stewart]] is mugged in Los Angeles. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but is not hurt. The car is recovered several days later.
**[[Joe Strummer]] vanishes, forcing [[The Clash]] to postpone their U.K. tour.
*[[April 30]] – Influential rock journalist [[Lester Bangs]] dies in his New York apartment of an apparent accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
*[[May 10]] – [[The Clash]] drummer [[Topper Headon]] is fired from the band when his heroin addiction became too prevalent.
*[[May 14]] – The first [[Prince's Trust]] charity concert is held at the [[National Exhibition Centre]] in [[Birmingham]]. With the Prince of Wales (later [[Charles III]]) in attendance, [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], becomes the first contemporary band to play to British royalty.
*[[May 18]] – Three weeks after disappearing, [[Joe Strummer]] and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the [[Paris Marathon]].
*[[May 21]] – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] release their tenth studio album, ''[[Hot Space]]'', to immense critical outcry. The decision to make a [[dance-pop]] album with prominent [[disco]] influences at the height of American backlash against the latter genre renders the band a pariah in the United States, and their shift from traditional rock alienates their fans in the United Kingdom. Queen would not recover from the resulting backlash in the United Kingdom until after their [[Live Aid]] performance in 1985, while they would remain unpopular in the United States until after [[Freddie Mercury]]'s death in 1991.
*[[May 23]] – ''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]'', a film adaptation of [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1979 album ''[[The Wall]]'', premieres at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]; the film's wide release would later begin on July 15.
*[[May 26]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their European tour in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland.
*[[May 29]] – [[Duran Duran]]'s album ''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]'' peaks at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week on the chart and will remain on the chart for almost two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19319/duran-duran/ |title=Duran Duran |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> 
*[[June 11]] – ''[[Grease 2]]'', starring [[Maxwell Caulfield]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] (in her feature film debut), is released.
*[[June 16]] – [[James Honeyman-Scott]] dies of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance. He is 25 years old.
*[[June 19]] – [[Amy Grant]] marries [[Gary Chapman (musician)|Gary Chapman]].
*July – The first known fully staged performance of [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]]'s ''[[tragédie lyrique]]'' ''[[Les Boréades]]'' (1763) is given by [[John Eliot Gardiner]] at the [[Aix-en-Provence Festival]].<ref>Notes to Gardiner's recording.</ref>
*[[July 3]] – [[ABC (band)|ABC]]'s debut album ''[[The Lexicon of Love]]'' enters the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and remain at the top position for four consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19344/abc/ |title=ABC |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref>
*[[July 4]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] marries his manager [[Sharon Arden]] in [[Maui, Hawaii]].
*[[July 21]] – A second [[Prince's Trust]] charity concert is held at the [[Dominion Theatre]] in London. Performers include [[Pete Townshend]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Madness (band)|Madness]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Joan Armatrading]] and [[Kate Bush]].
*[[August 17]] – In [[Langenhagen]] near [[Hanover]], Germany begins the first mass production of the compact disc.
*[[August 18]] – Four streets in [[Liverpool]] are named after each of [[The Beatles]].
*[[August 31]] – [[Ronnie James Dio]] plays his final show with [[Black Sabbath]] (until 1992).