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SINITTA
Sinitta made her debut in 1986 with "So Macho". The euphoric "Toy Boy" established the catchphrase of summer 1987 reaching number one in Japan. Further hits include "Cross My Broken Heart", "I don't Believe in Miracles", "Right Back to Where To We Started From" and "Love On A Mountain Top".. |
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RICK ASTLEY
With UK's bestselling single of 1987, "Never Gonna Give You Up", Rick topped the UK chart for five weeks, and went number one in fifteen other countries, including two weeks at number one in America. Other hits that followed include "When I Fall In Love/My Arms Keep Missing You", "Together Forever", and "Take Me To Your Heart". |
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MIDGE URE
The lead vocalist of ULTRAVOX performs a set of the biggest hits
by ULTRAVOX along with a few solo ones. A few of the hits include
"Vienna", "All Stood Still", "All Stood Still",
"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes", "Reap The Wild Wind",
"The Voice", "Hymn", "No Regrets" "If
I Was". Throughout the career of ULTRAVOX they had 9 top 10 hits
and sold in excess of 20 million records. |
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LIVING IN A BOX
The group will be reforming for The Here And Now Tour with the original
members, this is the first time they would have played together in
over 17 years. Their first hit, the haunting “Living In A Box”,
the song title of the same name of the band became a huge club number
1 hit and reached number 5 in the charts in 1987. Other hits followed
including “Blow The House Down”, “Room In You’re
Heart” & Scales Of Justice” |
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THE ORIGINAL BUCKS FIZZ
CHERYL BAKER, MIKE NOLAN, BOBBY GEE & SHELLEY PRESTON
The original members of BUCKS FIZZ will be reuniting for the first
time since 1989 and performing a selection of the biggest hits of
BUCKS FIZZ. It is 23 years this year since BUCKS FIZZ won The Eurovision
Song Contest in 1981 with “Making Your Mind Up”, the song
that went straight to number 1 and launched their hugely success
International career. Hit after hit followed, including the Christmas
number 1 of 1981 “The Land Of Make Believe”, Piece Of
The Action”, “My Camera Never Lies”, “Now Those
Days Are Gone”, “New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)”, “If
You Can’t Stand The Heat” & “Run For Your Life”
to name but a few |
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NIK KERSHAW
One of the artistes from the 80's that not only wrote his own
songs but wrote for many established acts including ELTON JOHN, LULU
& CHESNEY HAWKES, for whom he wrote "I Am The One And Only".
A few of Nik's own hits include "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down
On Me", "Wouldn't It Be Good", "Dancing Girls,
"The Riddle", "Wide Boy", & "Don Quixote" |
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LIMAHL
The former lead singer of KAJAGOOGOO will perform hits of KAJAGOOGOO
such as the number 1 hit "Too Shy", co written and produced
by Nick Rhodes of DURAN DURAN and "Ooh To Be Aah". After
LIMAHL left the band he went on to have solo success including the
title song of the film "Never Ending Story" |
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ABC
Fronted by Martin Fry, ABC led the way for many successful bands coming
out of Sheffield. They went on to have hits around the world such
as “Tears Are Not Enough”, “Poison Arrow”,
“The Look Of Love”, “All Of My Heart” &
“When Smokey Sings” |
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ALTERED IMAGES
Fronted by the dynamic Clare Grogan, Altered Images bust onto the
music scene in 1981 hitting the number 2 slot with “Happy Birthday”.
Various hits followed including “I Could Be Happy”, “See
Those Eyes”, “Don’t Talk To Me About Love”
along with 3 top 30 albums, “Happy Birthday”, “Pinky
Blue” & “Bite”. |
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BELINDA CARLISLE
Since her departure from The Go-Go’s Belinda Carlisle has gone
on to become one of the most successful female performers around.
Hits include “I Get Weak”, “Circle In The Sand”,
“Leave A Light On”, “We, Want The Same Thing”,
“In Too Deep” and the number 1 classic “Heaven Is
A Place On Earth” |
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CHINA CRISIS
From 1982 to 1987 China Crisis spent 92 weeks on the charts with hits
including “Christian”, “Wishful Thinking”
& “Black Man Ray” |
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CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
Considered to be one of the hippest bands of the 80’s, Andy
Warhol even appeared in one of the bands videos. Hits include ‘Name
And Number’, ‘Hang On In There Baby’, ‘Down
To Earth’ and ‘Misfit’. |
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DEAD OR ALIVE
Fronted by the dynamic Pete Burns, Dead Or Alive were the first group
to sell over 1 million 12’s singles and became the biggest selling
worldwide single for PWL for “You Spin Me Round, (Like A Record)”,
reaching number 1 in 32 countries. Hits followed such as “Lover
Come Back To Me”, “In Too Deep”, “Brand New
Lover”, “Something In My House” & “That’s
The Way (I Like It)” |
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ELKIE BROOKS
One of the UK’s most successful female artists, Elkie has been
performing to sell out crowds for over 25 years and has sold over
9 millions records in The UK alone. Her album “Pearls”
spent 79 weeks in the charts and peaked at number 2. Elkie has had
hit after hit including the classics “Lilac Wine”, “Pearls
A Singer”, “Fool If You Think It’s Over”,
“Don’t Cry Out Loud”, “Only Love Can Break
You’re Heart” & “No More The Fool” |
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GO WEST
Scored 9 Top 40 hits including ‘Call Me’, ‘Don’t
Look Down’, ‘Faithful’ and the classic hit ‘We
Close Our Eyes’. |
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HEAVEN 17
Pioneers of the Synth Sound the band produced the classic album ‘Penthouse
And Pavement’ and the hits ‘Temptation’ and ‘Crushed
By The Wheels Of Industry’. |
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HOWARD JONES
A leader in the Synth sound Howard Jones had an impressive run of
hits throughout the 80’s & 90’s including “New
Song”, “What Is Love”, “Like To Get To Know
You Well”, “Look Mama” & “Things Can Only
Get Better” |
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JENNIFER RUSH
Jennifer had the biggest hit of 1985 and one of the biggest hits of
the 80’s with the haunting “The Power Of Love”,
the song stayed at number 1 for weeks and stayed in the charts for
32 weeks!. Follow-ups include “Flames Of Paradise” a duet
with ELTON JOHN and “Ring Of Ice” |
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KIM WILDE
Kim performed on the first Here And Now Tour and absolutely stole
the show after 15 years of not appearing on stage. She will be back
in December to belt out her hits such as “Cambodia”, “Chequered
Love”, “You Came”, “You Keep Me Hanging On”,
“View From A Bridge”, “Never Trust A Stranger”,
“If I Can’t Have You” and the massive “Kids
In America”. |
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KOOL AND THE GANG
Not many bands can claim to have had as many hits as Kool & The
Gang, 22 top ten hits over a period of 10 years, over 207 weeks in
the charts and sales of over 140 million worldwide. Come and hear
hit after hit such as “Ladies Night”, “Too Hot”,
“Celebration”, “Jones Vs Jones”, “Steppin
Out”, “Get Down On It”, “Ooh La La la, Let’s
Go Dancin”, “Joanna”, “Fresh”, “Cherish”,
“Straight Ahead” etc |
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MUSICAL YOUTH
Who can forget Musical Youth, the midlands own pop outfit who burst
onto the scene with their own version of “Pass The Duchie”,
reaching number 1 in the charts in 1982. Other hits followed such
as “Youth Of Today”, “Never Gonna Give You Up”
and the massive hit with DONNA SUMMER “Unconditional Love” |
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NICK HEYWARD
The Haircut 100 frontman went on the secure hits in his own right
including ‘Whistle Down The Wind’ and ‘Blue Hat
For A Blue Day’. Haircut 100 hits include ‘Favourite Shirt’,
‘Love Plus One’ and ‘Fantastic Day’. |
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PAUL YOUNG
Paul’s unmistakable soulful voice has made him one of the most
respected British singers of all time. Hits include ‘Love Of
The Common People’, ‘Every Time You Go Away’, ‘Come
Back And Stay’, ‘Senza Una Donna’ and the number
one ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat’. |
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Hadley, Norman and Keeble
Spandau Ballet were without doubt one of the most successful groups
to come out of the 80’s. Today original members Hadley, Norman
& Keeble continue to perform many of the classic hits such as
“To Cut A Long Story Short”, “Chant No.1”,
“Gold”, “Through The Barricades”, “Muslebound”,
“Only When You Leave” and the worldwide number 1 “True” |
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THE BELLE STARS
The group first recorded “Iko Iko” in 1982 but went on
to have a much bigger hit the next time round when it was featured
in the Tom Cruise movie “The Rain Man”. Other hits for
The Belle Stars include “The Clapping Song”, “Sweet
Memory” & “Sign Of The Times”. |
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THE HUMAN LEAGUE
From their first major hit, “The Sound Of The Crowd”,
The Human League have stayed in a league of their own throughout the
80’s and 90’s. Several of those hits include “Love
Action”, “Open Your Heart”, “Being Boiled”,
“Mirror Man”, “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”,
“Human”, “Tell Me When” and the infectious
worldwide number 1 “Don’t You Want Me”, which was
the Christmas number 1 in 1981. |
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THE POINTER SISTERS
Without a doubt The Pointer Sisters are world leaders when it comes
to female vocal groups, their unique sound has acclaimed them worldwide
success and this will be the first time they have appeared in The
UK since 1985. Who could forget such gems as “I’m So Excited”,
“Automatic”, “Jump(For My Love)”, “Slow
Hand”, “Should I Do It” and from the film Beverley
Hills Cop “Neutron Dance” |
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TOYAH
The colourful character Toyah exploded onto the charts in 1981 with
the track “It’s A Mystery”. She followed this up
with hits such as “I Want To Be Free”, “Thunder
In The Mountains” & “Brave New World” |
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T’PAU
Fronted by Carol Decker performed on the first Here And Now Tour and
make a welcome return in 2003. T’PAU were also one of the first
acts to have both a number 1 single and number 1 album in the charts
at the same time with “China In Your Hand” & Bridge
Of Spies”. Some if their other hits include “Secret Garden”,
“Valentine” & “Heart And Soul” |
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VISAGE
Fronted by the outstanding personality of Steve Strange, Visage became
one of the cult groups of the 80’s when their first release
“Fade To Grey” went number 1 in 21 countries. Visage continued
to have hits such as “Mind Of A Toy”, “The Damned
Don’t Cry” & “Night Train” and Steve also
became known as the host of the club scene with his hugely successful
club in London, The Blitz. |
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BROTHER BEYOND
Fronted by Nathan Moore, Brother Beyond had many hits in the 80s including the Top 20 hits "The Harder I Try", "He Ain't No Competition" and "Be My Twin".
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