When people think of John Oates, it’s generally as in “Hall & Oates,” and he’s not surprised. His new album, 1,000 Miles of Life, is only his second solo album. The co-writer of Maneater, She’s Gone, Sara Smile, Every Time You Go Away and other Hall & Oates hits has been prioritizing his life, whether [...]

John Taylor is to play Christina Applegate’s boyfriend on her hit TV show “Samantha Who.”  Samantha starts dating a former ’80s pop star, but doesn’t know who he is.  The Duran Duran bassist will play the part of Tommy Wylder, an ’80s pop star that Samantha and Dena had crushes on when they were teens.
Taylor’s [...]

 
As W. Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses prepares to release the band’s first album of new songs in 17 years, the British press is full of news that another 80s pop icon, Michael Jackson, will make a public appearance in London’s High Court next week.
After an application to testify by video link from Los [...]

As Miley Cyrus rocks out in the third season of “Hannah Montana,” she channels Madonna circa 1985.
And, somehow, on this cute and playful 15-year-old, tiered miniskirts, leopard prints and fingerless gloves look good – so get ready for masses of mini-Montanas to emulate the look of the tween favourite, even if they are too young [...]

 
Ultravox’s 80s line-up comprising Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and singer Midge Ure are to regroup for a reunion tour starting next April.   For now, the itinerary is limited to the United Kingdom.
This 14 date tour will be the first time the original 80s members will perform together, since performing at the first Live [...]

 
Actress Joan Collins, who played Alexis Carrington, John Forsythe’s vindictive ex wife on “Dynasty,” helped to set the bar when it came to malicious scheming, cat-fighting and starting fashion trends.
Today, Collins continues to challenge herself with writing books and columns, as well as roles on television and the big screen.
The legendary 75-year-old actress sat down [...]

 
In some ways, nothing has changed for Dan Zanes since he was leading roots rock band the Del Fuegos in the 1980s. He’s still hitting the road with his group in a van, still playing shows where the audience fills up an enthusiastically bouncing mosh pit.
Except that these days, the mosh pit is filled with [...]

This is a pretty funny take on the famous 80’s video by A-Ha!   The maker has added his own lyrics that have a slightly more literal take on what is happening in the video:
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Ah, to be a middle-aged Smurf. The little blue creatures may have turned 50 but they face no mid-life crisis. More than two decades removed from the height of Smurfmania in the United States, they still manage to bring in millions in royalties every year and even have a movie in the works.
Not bad for a [...]

 
Singer Patty Smyth says she first noticed the phenomenon when she left the ’80s rock band Scandal and played her first solo tour in 1992.
Crowds loved her hit song with Don Henley, ”Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough.” But when she played Scandal’s MTV hit ”Goodbye to You” she says, ”I saw lightbulbs going on over [...]