1985

A look back at the music and news stories making the headlines in 1982, the year that saw Mikhail Gorbachev become the new leader of the USSR and meet with his US counterpart President Reagan.

In sport, 17-year-old Boris Becker became the men’s Wimbledon Champion, Dennis Taylor won the World Snooker Championships, and Scotland qualified for the World Cup. It was the year of the Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia, and when Tears for Tears, A-ha and Simple Minds all topped the UK charts.