Archive for May, 2009

Bangles bring their 80s hits to Boston

At the House of Blues Wednesday night Bangles singer-guitarist Susanna Hoffs made a confession that was hard to believe. “I qualify for AARP,” the petite and ageless Hoffs sweetly told the crowd after goofing up some background vocals during a “senior moment.” Based on the lively 90-minute display that she and her equally vital bandmates [...]

Next up on the 80s remake carousel… Flight of the Navigator

Disney is readying another launch of sci-fi adventure movie “Flight of the Navigator.” Brad Copeland is writing the remake, which is being produced by Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. The 1986 original told the story of a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spacecraft in 1978 and reappears eight years later, [...]

Not Too Shy: Kajagoogoo Reforming

  After last touring the U.K. together more than 25 years ago, the original line-up of British ‘80s pop band Kajagoogoo is back in business and getting ready to hit the road for a number of fall dates. Kajagoogoo sound familiar but you can’t exactly place them? Two words – “Too Shy,” the band’s 1983 [...]

The “Visitors” are back.. Classic 80s Sci Fi show “V” is picked up by ABC

The 1980s U.S. TV mini-series “V,” about aliens who attempt to conquer Earth, has gotten a second life. It has been picked up by ABC for their fall schedule.  The series will be a re-imaging of the original and will star Elizabeth Mitchell of ”Lost” fame.

80s rocker Henry Lee Summer charged in meth possession case

Henry Lee Summer was charged  with methamphetamine possession in connection with a traffic stop in which he allegedly tossed the drug out the window and resisted arrest. Summer, 53 — whose real name is Henry Lee Swartz — led police on a brief chase late Tuesday through a subdivision just north of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, [...]

’80s Metal Bands, where are they now?

The ’90s sure stank. Relive the glory days of ’80s hair metal, and see where your favorite spandex and leather rock gods are touring now. Poison lead singer Brett Michaels is still getting the babes – though the groupies have given way to reality-TV contestants on VH1′s ‘Rock of Love Bus with Brett Michaels.’ Now [...]