NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Break out your stone washed jeans,
scrunchies, and tube socks! VH1 Classic is devoting the entire Labor Day
weekend to the 1980s with “80 Hours of the 80’s.”
On Monday, September 1 at 8PM* pull out your leg warmers and get
ready to count down the “80 Greatest Songs of the 80’s.”  You’ve [...]

 
Balloons and baggies filled with heroin and cocaine were found on the actress at airport screening Wednesday morning. Actress Mackenzie Phillips, from One Day at a Time, was arrested Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport for drug possession, according to People.com. “She was being screened by airport security when a small amount of what appeared [...]

 
A judge thoroughly dismissed a lawsuit brought against the makers of Guitar Hero by the rock band The Romantics, saying the band didn’t even own publishing rights to the song “That’s What I Like About You” anymore and that their lead singer wasn’t even party to the suit. Talk about a nuisance case.The Romantics sued [...]

He made a name for himself in the ’80s as one of the decade’s biggest chart-toppers, but these days you’re more likely to find Huey Lewis tending to his 200-hectare property in Missoula, Mont., or fly-fishing.
That’s according to a new MuchMoreMusic reality show called “Where You At, Baby?” which catches up with old hitmakers to [...]

 
After more than 30 years in the music business, English rockers Def Leppard are seeing their audiences getting younger and younger. But it’s not because parents who loved Def Leppard as teens are turning their kids on to the “Hysteria” rockers, according to guitarist Vivian Campbell.
“That’s a byproduct of music piracy more than anything else,” [...]

 
The 1980s just won’t go away.
Rubik’s Cube is a hot seller in England, according to Woolworth’s.
Such popular Reagan era fashion as miniskirts, tank tops and colorful headbands are more ubiquitous these days.
And, of course, there is the music. It continues to grow, much like the waistline of aging Americans.
The Regeneration Tour, which features the Human [...]

 
HOUSTON, TX (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Rock The Bayou music festival recently ramped up its line-up with the addition of acclaimed hard rock band KIX, for the band’s first and only Texas show in the past 15 years.
Also added to the bourgeoning Rock The Bayou roster are dynamic rockers Vain, Dirty Penny, Beautiful [...]

Various celebs on VH1 discuss whether the 80s are back in vogue:

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With a crescendo of a chorus, a song about a younger sister growing up too fast ushered in the era of the big rock ballad, thanks to Night Ranger and “Sister Christian.”
Much like how the power ballad endured so has the San Francisco-based band. Night Ranger makes a stop at AC’s Lounge at Soboba Casino [...]

Paramount is getting “Clueless,” hanging with the “Mean Girls” and looking “Pretty in Pink” for its first slate of videogames.
The studio is co-publishing casual games based on those three pics from its library for release later this year. It’s splitting production costs with partner Legacy Interactive.
Paramount first disclosed plans to start financing its own videogames [...]