U.K. ’80s pop act Spandau Ballet has reformed for a world tour, following a reconciliation among the five members a decade after a bitter court battle over royalties.
The reunion after 20 years was announced today (March 25) on board HMS Belfast near London’s Tower Bridge, the scene of one of their famous early shows in [...]

VH1 is planning to countdown the 100 greatest one hit wonders of the 1980s.  The show will premier with the first two hours on Tuesday, March 31st and will continue on through Friday, April 3rd.
From VH1’s press release:
“VH1 is inviting viewers to put on their leg warmers, put down that Rubik’s Cube that has yet [...]

Even as far as video game preview events go, the latest showing of Atari’s Ghostbusters: The Video Game certainly got off to a surreal start. Sitting comfortably in a swanky London hotel’s screening room, the gathered games writers were treated to the full-length music video of Ray Parker Jr’s Ghostbusters theme tune, which some of [...]

Moviefone has a new feature up counting down the top 40 movies of the 80s.   Harrison Ford actually stars in three of the  top four films.   Raiders of the Lost Ark is obviously one of them, and one of the Star Wars sequels is another one, but can you guess the other Ford film [...]

“Missing in Action” rediscovered for update

Joining the legions of remakes of ’80s action movies is a new take on “Missing in Action,” the Chuck Norris vehicle in which he blazes his guns throughout Southeast Asia, liberating prisoners of war.
 
This version, for MGM, will be updated, like most of the new action reboots including “Rambo,” to [...]

Sugarland’s version of the 1985 Dream Academy single “Life In A Northern Town” has them nominated, along with Jake Owen and Little Big Town, for an Academy of Country Music Award, but Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush dusted off another song from ‘85 for inspiration for their new single, “It Happens.”
“Anything ‘80s is alright [...]