Howard Jones Joins The 80s Cruise Lineup
By Steve Spears If you think playing the show lounge of the Celebrity Summit is the most unusual gig in the career of Howard Jones, then maybe you’d like to get to know him better. “I played in Gorky Park once, in Russia, the weekend of the Gorbachev-Reagan summit,” Howard told me during a 2010 interview. “That was really amazing because the audience actually knew my songs, and the band that had been on before me had been hunted by...
Bon Jovi Releasing All Its Albums on Vinyl
Bon Jovi not only has a new album, the group has plans to release a massive box set with all its records on vinyl. With over 130 million albums sold, an extensive catalog of hit anthems, and nearly 3000 concerts performed in 50 countries for over 35 million fans, Bon Jovi is one of the world’s most successful bands.I ts new album, This House Is Not For Sale, debuted at #1 in the United States, Australia and Japan and in the Top 5 in...
80s Country Music Star Holly Dunn has Died
Holly Dunn, a well-loved country music star who had her heyday in the 80s has passed away from ovarian cancer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to multiple news sources. She was 59. The singer, who has been retired since 2003, learned she had cancer in March, the Nashville Tennessean reported. She has largely been out of the public eye since she stepped away from music in order to pursue painting. Dunn saw her song “Are You...
Event Honors Legendary 80s Film Critic Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert, along with his partner Gene Siskel, began their legendary show At the Movies in 1986. The two used their simple thumbs up and thumbs down ratings system to tell people which movies to see for more than two decades. Now, the late Ebert has been honored at the Chicago Book Expo through an event celebrating some of his most memorable reviews and essays – from Do the Right Thing to Ebert’s thoughts on politics and life...
These are the Best 80s Music Videos
While the debate will go on, the election has been decided and voters have picked the best 80s music videos. In a Billboard poll voters were asked to pick the best videos from the decade that essentially created the format. The vote was taken in honor of MTV’s 30th anniversary and the results included some of the greatest videos ever made. These are the best 80s music videos as voted on by Billboard’s readership. Best 80s...
