08 April 1980

Tuesday 08 April

1980-04-08

Events

 * The Cure release their new single A Forest. It was the lead single from the group's second studio album Seventeen Seconds released later in the month (22). It would also be The Cure's commercial breakthrough, reaching no.31 in the UK charts, although they did not break the Top 20 until 1983. The song had been premiered in a Peel session recorded and broadcast in March 1980. The band appeared on Top of the Pops on 24 April for a mimed performance of the song when the single was still outside the Top 40.

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