80s Legends » Derek http://80slegends.com Fri, 08 May 2020 13:09:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Heaven17 Live! http://80slegends.com/heaven17-live/ http://80slegends.com/heaven17-live/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:56:39 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=2111 more »]]> Heaven 17 continued their tour this weekend gone on Saturday April 18th with their annual outing at the Jazz Cafe in London.

Go to the Heaven17.com website for more information on their tour or to the Jazz Cafe facebook page for photos of their amazing gig.

If you’ve not caught them live, do so as they are must-see band!

]]> http://80slegends.com/heaven17-live/feed/ 0 Are Friends… likely to turn up? http://80slegends.com/are-friends-likely-to-turn-up/ http://80slegends.com/are-friends-likely-to-turn-up/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:12:36 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=1073 more »]]> Let’s hope so! True 80s Legend Gary Numan has announced a new tour for the Autumn coinciding with the release of his new album ‘Dead Sun Rising’. See http://www.numan.co.uk/ for dates.

Following two U.K. Number One hits, ‘Are Friends Electric?’ (with Tubeway Army) and ‘Cars’ in the Summer of 1979, Gary was at the fore-front of the 80s New Wave and 80s New Romantic scene.

However, Gary knew that his time at the top would be fleeting and never took fame as seriously some of the other 80s artists.

And although his music videos would suggest otherwise, the percevied aloof, moody image was more down to his being conscious of his teeth than any desire to be cool.

Famously, he indulged his passion for flying as much as his music, setting up an air taxi and cargo company with his family. Just goes to prove that you should always have a hobby!

]]> http://80slegends.com/are-friends-likely-to-turn-up/feed/ 1 Fleetwood Mac on BBC4 http://80slegends.com/fleetwood-mac-on-bbc4/ http://80slegends.com/fleetwood-mac-on-bbc4/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:30:11 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=484 more »]]> Hot on the heels of OMD on Radio 2, there’s a great rockumentary on Fleetwood Mac this weekend on BBC4. Charting their 2009 tour, the documentary also sees the most popular line-up of the band, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, (Christine McVie sadly absent), Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham all talk about their lives, loves and losses. Their eternal 1988 Greatest Hits was a worldwide hit, stayed in the charts week after week and went 3 times platinum in the UK alone. Consummate musicians one and all, the word supergroup is rarely justified but Fleetwood Mac fit the bill. Tune in this weekend to rock along!

]]> http://80slegends.com/fleetwood-mac-on-bbc4/feed/ 0 80slegends.com is back! http://80slegends.com/80slegends-com-is-back/ http://80slegends.com/80slegends-com-is-back/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:06:42 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=376 Yes, we’re back! We have experienced a recent outage of our site and loss of site content due to ISP problems. We will be adding back as much content as we can and in the meantime wish all of our visitors a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

]]> http://80slegends.com/80slegends-com-is-back/feed/ 3 Born as… !! http://80slegends.com/born-as/ http://80slegends.com/born-as/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:53:26 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=135 John Wayne was born as plain old Marion Manchester and there are just as many famous musicians who started out with a name that wouldn’t look so good on a Dressing Room door at the London Arena today. Have a go at guessing just who these following people went on to become.

Who was born as David Robrt Jones?





Who was born as William Bailey?






]]> http://80slegends.com/born-as/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday, Debbie!! http://80slegends.com/happy-birthday-debbie/ http://80slegends.com/happy-birthday-debbie/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:35:20 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=127

Debbie Harry 2008 - courtesy Wikipedia

We wish Debbie Harry a very Happy 65th Birthday for this Thursday. A true legend still doing entertaining us all today. With hits in 4 consecutive decades, 5 UK number ones and 4 US number ones Blondie are one of the all-time most successful Bands and are still going strong. We wish Debbie Harry many more happy returns and years of bringing us Rapture!

]]> http://80slegends.com/happy-birthday-debbie/feed/ 0 Rock on with our Rock Trivia! http://80slegends.com/rock-on-with-our-rock-trivia/ http://80slegends.com/rock-on-with-our-rock-trivia/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:14:32 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=115 We’ve more 80′s Rock than you can shake a Tommy Lee drumstick at! Here’s a few for starters… a one, two, three, four…

  1. Jon Bon Jovi’s real surname is Bongiovi
  2. Guns’ n’ Roses only formed in 1985
  3. Motley Crue’s definitive Girls, Girls, Girls album peaked at No.2 in the Billboard charts only after Whitney’s second album ‘Whitney’ topped at No.1
  4. Kiss only used make-up to get notice as they were failing as a band
  5. U2 were the top selling UL band of the 80s not Queen
]]> http://80slegends.com/rock-on-with-our-rock-trivia/feed/ 1 It’s an 80′s rock Quiz, dude! http://80slegends.com/its-an-80s-rock-quiz-dude/ http://80slegends.com/its-an-80s-rock-quiz-dude/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:13:53 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=108

Guns'n'Roses live in Hamilton, Canada - courtesy Wikipedia

Yup, go find your bandana, your spandex trousers and get ready to play air guitar when you get the right answers as it’s our splendiferous 80′s Rock Quiz, dude!

Bruce Springsteen is known as what?




How many albums have Queen sold worldwide?





Axl Rose's real name is?




]]> http://80slegends.com/its-an-80s-rock-quiz-dude/feed/ 2 Duran Duran http://80slegends.com/duran-duran/ http://80slegends.com/duran-duran/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:46:21 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=100 A quiz for all Durannies everywhere!

What was their first UK No.1?




Which band member enjoys a birthday in June?





Which member founded Power Station?





]]> http://80slegends.com/duran-duran/feed/ 6 Happy Birthday Nick Rhodes! http://80slegends.com/happy-birthday-nick-rhodes/ http://80slegends.com/happy-birthday-nick-rhodes/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:33:44 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=98 One of the riginal and long standing members of Duran Duran enjoys a birthday today. Unbelievably, Nick Rhodes is 48 years young today and still going strong. One of the founder members, nick has been an everpresent in the band. Koin me in congratulating him and wishing him many more years of entertaining us.

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