HELLO...
MARC ALMOND releases his fantastic new album 'Stardom Road' this week and to celebrate I have put a VERY SPECIAL COMPETITION online where THREE WINNERS will each receive a copy of the album AUTOGRAPHED by MARC... see the website for all the details!
RememberTheEighties.com is an official media partner to the forthcoming RETROFEST festival which takes place in Scotland in September and I am aiming to interview ALL the acts on the RetroFest bill between now and then, kicking off with KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS whose interview is online for you to read now! Next up is a cosy and exclusive chat with KAJAGOOGOO so if you have any burning questions for them you can email them to me and I will try and get them answered for you...
For those about to rock, I salute you! MOTLEY CRUE, EUROPE, DAVID LEE ROTH, TWISTED SISTER, RAINBOW, ZZ TOP, and MOTORHEAD are all featured on a new compilation album - 'Classic School Of Rock' - which is released this week and features forty classic rock tracks across two CDs (see the full tracklisting in the NEWS section of the website) and I have FIVE COPIES to GIVEAWAY... if you fancy trying for one of them all you need to do is email me before 5pm on Friday (UK time!), all the entries will go into my virtual top-hat and I will email the winners to let them know. Good luck!
Finally, here's the news that was added to the website this week...
KOOL AND THE GANG will headline the Sunday line-up at RetroFest it has been confirmed this week, and CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT have been added to the bill alongside HUE AND CRY, HAZEL O'CONNOR, THE SILENCERS, THE BEAT, CUTTING CREW, KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS and FOUR GOOD MEN. See the website for lots more about RetroFest!
PRINCE is thought to be in talks with the producers of the current series of 'Big Brother' about playing a gig in the house, or beaming a link to the housemates live from a London studio...
KYLIE MINOGUE tracks from the singer's forthcoming, and currently untitled album have been leaked onto the internet according to reports. Up to five songs, said to be new Kylie songs are available at 'certain download sites' and are believed to include songs with the titles 'Stars', 'Fall For You' and 'Sensitized'.
HAPPY MONDAYS have finally revealed that their comeback album will be called 'Unkle Dysfunktional' and will be released towards the end of the summer. The band have also announced a UK tour in September and October in support of the album's release. See GIGS for all the dates.
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN will play their annual Christmas show at Liverpool's Academy on December 8th this year.
PAUL WELLER is to be presented with Nordoff-Robbins' prestigious Silver Clef Award at the charity's annual ceremony in London on June 29th.
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN have said that they expect to go into the studio shortly to record a new album, the first new material from the recently reunited band since 1998.
BONNIE TYLER and JERMAINE JACKSON are among artists who have recorded tracks for a charity album, 'Over The Rainbow', released this week to support children's hospices throughout the UK.
BONNIE TYLER has scheduled a series of 'Greatest Hits' dates in Ireland in August on the back of the success of her 'Greatest Hits' album. Dates start in Carrickmacross on August 23rd and run through to Limerick on September 1st. See GIGS for all the details.
BOY GEORGE, MORRISSEY, BILLY IDOL, ANNIE LENNOX, PRINCE and JOAN JETT are on the shortlist for this year's 'Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity' award which is organised annually by PETA.
BILLY OCEAN will tour the UK for the first time for twenty years in October, performing his hits with a ten piece band as well as showcasing new material from his forthcoming new album. See GIGS for all the dates.
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD singer HOLLY JOHNSON has lost a legal battle to prevent his former bandmates from using the FGTH name since their recent reunion with a new singer after Johnson refused to return to the line-up.
DURAN DURAN's NICK RHODES has customised a Fender Stratocaster guitar which was auctioned in support of the Keep A Child Alive charity. Other celebrities to customise guitars include BONO and BRYAN ADAMS. Nick Rhodes' guitar fetched over £3200.
THE CURE will play nineteen US shows this Autumn in addition to a festival appearances at San Francisco's Download Festival on October 6th. Dates will be announced shortly.
THE POLICE and BON JOVI have been lined up for a new series of MTV's 'Unplugged'...
MICHAEL JACKSON is rumoured to have turned down an offer from MICHAEL JACKSON for the two artists to tour together later this year.
THE CULT will release a new album in the Autumn, their first since 2001's 'Beyond Good and Evil', in September and have signed a new recording deal with The Roadrunner label for the release.
JOE JACKSON has said that he will start work on a new album this year and plans to go into a Berlin studio in a few weeks to start recording the latest studio set.
PETER GABRIEL will be on tour through June and July playing a mix of festival and headline shows around Europe. See GIGS for all the dates.
KATRINA AND THE WAVES' singer KATRINA LESKANICH has recorded a version of THE CLASH's 'Hitsville UK' for a new tribute album 'The Sandinista! Project' which features thirty-six versions of tracks from The Clash's classic 'Sandinista!' album reinterpreted by a line-up of artists that also includes CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN and THE SMITHEREENS.
Thank you to all of you have become my friends on MySpace... I'm feeling very popular! It's here if you fancy joining me!
That's all for this week, but please do visit the website this week for all the latest TOUR DATES, INTERVIEWS, LINKS, RELEASES and REVIEWS... please also support the site and think about buying a copy of our 19-track compilation CD 'This is Not Retro' (nineteen NEW tracks from nineteen of the eighties' most enduring artists!) or LOTUS EATERS frontman PETER COYLE's fantastic 'Meltdown For The Mindless' CD, the first EP from SIMPLE MINDS / BIG COUNTRY / H2O spin-off FOUR GOOD MEN or any of the Hi-Bias RETRO:REMIXED and RETRO:ACTIVE titles in the SHOP section...
Cheers!
Richard
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