This is a summary of 1982 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Events 20 January – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat thrown at him during a performance, mistaking it for a toy. 26 April – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt. 15 May – "A Little Peace" becomes the 500th UK No. 1 single. 26 May – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland. 28 August – Eric Burdon is arrested for cocaine possession after a show at the Rockpalast in Cologne. 22 September – The Who begin their only formally announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C. 5 November – First broadcast of The Tube on Channel 4. Charts Number-one singles "The Model"/"Computer Love" was the first single by a German artist to top the chart since its establishment 29 years earlier. By the end of 1982, there had been two further number ones by German artists, "Seven Tears" and "A Little Peace". Number-one albums Year-end charts The tables below include sales between 1 January and 31 December 1982: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of Music Week dated 26 December 1982 and played on Radio 1 on 2 January 1983 only include sales figures up until 11 December 1982. Best-selling singles Best-selling albums Notes: Classical music New works Peter Maxwell Davies – Image, Reflection, Shadow Alun Hoddinott – Quodlibet on Welsh Nursery Tunes for orchestra Michael Tippett – The Mask of Time (oratorio) Opera Gavin Bryars – Medea Film and Incidental music Michael Nyman – The Draughtsman's Contract directed by Peter Greenaway. Musical theatre Anthony Burgess – Blooms of Dublin Geoffrey Burgon – Orpheus Music awards BRIT Awards The 1982 BRIT Awards winners were: Best British producer: Martin Rushent Best classical recording: Gustav Mahler's – "Symphony No. 10" Best selling album: Adam and the Ants – "Kings of the Wild Frontier" British breakthrough act: The Human League British female solo artist: Randy Crawford British group: The Police British male solo artist: Cliff Richard Outstanding contribution: John Lennon Births 11 January – Ashley Taylor Dawson, singer (allSTARS*) 16 January – Preston, singer 10 March – Jonathan Ansell, tenor (G4) 6 March - Sinead Shepard, Irish singer (Six) 11 March - Kyle Anderson, Northern Irish singer (Six) 23 March - Emma O'Driscoll, Irish