Lost 80's Live

Lost 80's Live
Lost 80's Live
Genre New wave, electronic, synthpop
Location(s) Touring Concert
Years active 10
Inaugurated August 23, 2005
Website
lost80slive.com

Lost 80's Live is a collection of musical artists from the time period of the 1980s that perform a live concert.[1] The concert tour usually consists of 5 to 7 bands that span the music genres of new wave, synthpop, rock, pop and electronic music. Bands and artists that have performed in the Lost 80's Live concert tour include ABC, A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, Dramarama, Devo, General Public, Trans-X, Anything Box, Gary Myrick, Real Life, Animotion, The Escape Club, The Flirts, Gene Loves Jezebel, Wang Chung, The English Beat, Naked Eyes, Missing Persons, When in Rome UK, Bow Wow Wow, The Motels, Bourgeois Tagg, and many others.[2]

History of shows

May 29, 2007: House of Blues presents the Lost 80's Live featuring Animotion, When in Rome, Dramarama and Gene Loves Jezebel.[3]

April 25, 2008: Lost 80's Live goes international playing The Coliseum in the Philippines.[4]

May 23, 2009: Lost 80's Live plays the 106.9 The Point B-Day Bash at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Texas with A Flock of Seagulls, Dramarama, Gene Loves Jezebel and When in Rome.[5]

August 24, 2013: Legendary KROQ radio DJ Richard Blade was booked to host the Lost 80's Live in Long Beach, California.[6]

August 26, 2014: Animotion were highlighted in the news and played the Lost 80's Live on September 3, 2014 at the Wild Horse Casino in Chandler, Arizona alongside Men Without Hats, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls, The Flirts, Bow Wow Wow and Dramarama.[7]

October 16, 2015: Lost 80's Live celebrated its 10th anniversary at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA with a concert featuring Wang Chung, Animotion, Gene Loves Jezebel, Dramarama, Naked Eyes and Boys Don't Cry with Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow. Special performances were made by Clive Farrington and Rob Juarez of When in Rome, Anything Box, the original Mary Jane Girls Maxi and Cheri with a special appearance and performance by Benny Mardones.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Wierzbicki, Kevin. "A Flock of Seagulls fly into town with Lost '80s Live show". AXS.com. AXS.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Ward, Jamie. ""Lost 80’s Live Comes To Downtown Long Beach on Sat, August 24" Sat, August 24"". Musicnewschicago.com. Music News Chicago. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Wire, PegNews (29 May 2007). "Two for One Tuesday: Lost 80’s Live at HOB". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Zafra, Jessica (25 April 2008). "Sad, sadder, saddest". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Hlavaty, Craig (21 May 2009). "Summer Sounds Enough shows to keep concertgoers busy all season long". Houston Press. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Smith, Ken. "Legendary DJ Richard Blade to host Lost 80′s Live Long Beach". http://highwiredaze.com. High Wire Daze Music Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ Cordova, Randy (26 August 2014). "8/30: Animotion highlights 'Lost '80s Live'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Hixon, Michael. "6/1/2015: Redondo Beach's Rob Juarez brings back classic 80s music". The Beach Reporter.

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