LEGACY RECORDINGS ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF HEART’S RED VELVET CAR THE FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN SIX YEARS FROM ANN & NANCY WILSON, AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 Legacy Recordings proudly announces the release of Red Velvet Car, the first new studio album in six years from the groundbreaking Seattle-based band Heart, available everywhere on [...]
Bret Michaels’ new album, Custom Built, was released last Tuesday. It features the tracks ”Nothing to Lose” (w/Miley Cyrus), new songs “Lie to Me,” “Riding Against the Wind,” “Wasted Time,” a remake of Sublime’s “What I Got” and bonus remix of “Go That Far,” the theme song from ROCK OF LOVE, and more! “Custom Built,” is released [...]
Wang Chung’s new double EP, Abducted by the 80s, is now up for purchase on their website. You can listen to all of the songs on the album by clicking on them below:
This Song has a Reason to Celebrate ……. KIMBERLEY REW, the celebrated musician and songwriter behind the renowned song, “WALKING ON SUNSHINE,” is excited to announce the celebration of its 25th Anniversary this year. The song has accomplished so many incredible milestones during the past twenty-five years including but not limited to being placed [...]
The Fox TV phenomenon “Glee” has a music marketing plan that goes way beyond radio, but that doesn’t mean radio isn’t an important component. Last week’s “Glee” episode tackled the formidable task of helping to rehabilitate ’80s radio hits whose reputation has faltered. After the immortal “Run Joey Run” and “Ice Ice Baby,” the show closed [...]
Can You Tell Me What a Wang Chung is? “I was Abducted By The 80’s. I never saw them coming. I was on my way home one night at about three in the morning, Minding my own business when BAM! Without warning I was being catapulted from scene to scene, To the music from The [...]
From the founder of the campaign, Martin Slade: In 1981 – almost thirty years ago – seminal synth-rock band Ultravox released the single ‘Vienna’ to rave reviews for its epic sound, moody strings and those amazing two words of Midge Ure’s “Oh, Vienna!”. Vienna’s release was on a collision course with another single that would result in there [...]
No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani has revealed that the sound of their new album is being influenced by 80′s music, particularly “one-hit wonders”. Currently working on their first album since 2001′s ‘Rock Steady’, Stefani explained how they’ve been inspired by the music from that decade. Read More…
Doug Fieger, leader of the Los Angeles-based power pop band the Knack who co-wrote and sang on the 1979 No. 1 hit “My Sharona,” has died. He was 57. Fieger’s sister, Beth Falkenstein, said he died Sunday at his home in Woodland Hills. He had cancer. “My Sharona” was No. 1 for six weeks. Fieger [...]
AC/DC has just announced AC/DC: Iron Man 2, the official album set to be released April 19th through Columbia Records in support of the upcoming Iron Man 2 film from Marvel Studios. The album will feature 15 classic AC/DC songs, selected from ten of the band’s studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008. Included in [...]
