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    • Sep 5, 1980
    A statue honoring Buddy Holly is unveiled at the Lubbock Civic Center in Texas. A memorial concert features Waylon Jennings, Roy Orbison, Bo Diddley and Holly's former band, The Crickets
    Sep 7, 1980
    Hank Williams Jr. performs at the tiny Lone Star Cafe in New York's Greenwich Village. Unhappy about the cramped experience, he writes a song that slags Manhattan, "Dixie On My Mind"
    Sep 13, 1980
    Elton John performs for an estimated 450,000 people at Central Park in New York, including Carly Simon, Susan Anton, Dudley Moore and Bernie Taupin
    Sep 13, 1980
    Willie Nelson plays a fundraiser for Jimmy Carter at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The president joins Nelson for a duet on "Amazing Grace"
    Sep 14, 1980
    Lynn Anderson plays New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall
    Sep 21, 1980
    Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt make a surprise appearance during a Paul Simon concert at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, joining him for "Amazing Grace"
    Sep 28, 1980
    John Denver and George Burns co-headline at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre. The performance is the last concert during the venue's run as an open-air facility
    Oct 9, 1980
    Eddie Rabbitt makes his Sunset Strip debut, beginning a three-night engagement at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles
    Oct 18, 1980
    Barbara Mandrell performs a sold-out pops concert with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, becoming the first country artist to headline a show at the new Tennessee Performing Arts Center
    Oct 26, 1980
    Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard play for 30,000 people at a rare stadium date at Anaheim Stadium in California with Emmylou Harris and Johnny Paycheck. Haggard's set is recorded for the album "Rainbow Stew/Live At Anaheim Stadium"



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