80s Icon Richard Marx Helps Overcome Drunken Passenger
“Hazard” is nothing new for Grammy Award winner Richard Marx, but neither he nor his wife, former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes, were anticipating the chaos that erupted aboard a Korean Air flight somewhere above Asia on December 20. The confusion began when a 34-year old passenger, after having too much alcohol, attacked the plane’s crew. The man pulled a stewardess’s hair which prompted a response from Marx, 53, as Fuentes documented the...
’80s R&B Singer Colonel Adams Dead At 67
If you were a fan of the song “Trapped” by Colonel Adams, now would be a great to revisit the track and celebrate the life of the singer who died on Thanksgiving at the age of 67. “The musician scored his biggest hits with the club singles “Trapped” and “I’m Not Gonna Let You,” which both hit number 1,” according to Essence. “After it was revealed that Abrams was homeless last...
New Kids on the Block’s Wahlberg Sets World Record
Donnie Wahlberg may not be quite as famous as his movie-star brother Mark, but the New Kids on the Block member has himself a Guinness Book World Record. The singer/Blue Bloods actor has taken more selfies than anyone else ever has in a three-minute period. That’s an impressive feat given the current selfie-obsessed culture and the number of stars who seem to spend all day taking pictures of themselves. Wahlberg accomplished the feat...
Happy Birthday, Bonnie Tyler
One of the most distinctive voices in rock turns 65 today. Bonnie Tyler and her unmistakably raspy delivery had just three top 40 singles in America, but boy did she make them count. Her first hit actually came at the height of disco in 1977, when “It’s a Heartache” hit no. 3 on the singles charts. This is a very 1970s-esque video. Six years later, Tyler produced one of the ‘80s most memorable songs and videos with “Total...
Prince Found Dead At the Age of 57
One of the most influential musicians of the 80s, Prince has been found dead at the age of 57. “Prince’s body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning,” according to TMZ. “Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed.” The report also stated that prior to his most recent concert, Prince had a medical emergency that but upon performing he assured...
Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon and Tesla All in one 2016 Summer Tour
If you happen to be a fan of Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon and Tesla, you’re going to be in for a treat as all three bands will be embarking on a 2016 summer tour together. Headliners Def Leppard made the announcement via social media and the group’s official website. “The news comes just a few days after Def Leppard announced a round of rescheduled dates making up for shows they’d had to postpone due to throat...
‘Teen Wolf’s’ Tyler Posey Brings a-ha’s 80s Hit ‘Take On Me’ Back to Life
Remember that classic 80s track “Take On Me” by the Norwegian band a-ha? Well, it has become a popular song for a Lip Sync Battle. Recently 24-year-old Tyler Posey, star of MTV’s Teen Wolf, used the track for his Spike TV Lip Sync Battle performance. Posey takes his best shot sporting the leather motorcycle jacket similar to the one in the original music video for “Take On Me.” He also tried to pull off...
80s Pop Icon Cyndi Lauper Turns to Country Music
80s pop icon Cyndi Lauper was known for producing hit songs like “Time After Time” and “True Colors,” however, she is now going the country route. Lauper is planning on bringing her fans a country album in Spring 2016. “My main concern was not making things clinical. I wanted the beat to be dirty and sexy. It was supposed to be a mix of R&B and country,” said Lauper in a RollingStone interview....
80s Rock Icon Lita Ford of the Runaways Begins Book Tour to Promote Tell-All Memoir
As former lead guitarist of the world’s first all-female rock group, The Runaways, Lita Ford has a lot to offer by way of insight into the rock-and-roll scene of both the 70s and 80s. Ford is now touring to promote her recently released and long-anticipated memoir, ‘Living Like a Runaway,’ where Ford describes living life as one of the first female faces in hard-rock, including her relationships with her equally famous...
Ryan Seacrest Relives An 80’s Moment Lip Syncing Bon Jovi
For some it doesn’t get much more 80’s than Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet album. If you’re one of those individuals then you and Ryan Seacrest have something in common. During his visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Seacrest relived a moment he had rocking out to the album in his room at the age of 9 or 10. Fallon began to ask Seacrest about a story he had told the last time they were together and...
Spotify’s #ThrowbackThursday Playlist Brings Back 50 Late 80s Hits
Every Thursday, commercial music, streaming, podcast and video service Spotify releases a playlist of throwback hits from different years via #ThrowbackThursday. The late 80s was a great time for music. The later part of the decade is responsible for still-relevant hits like the now-classic Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give you Up,” Patrick Swayze’s beautiful and haunting “She’s Like the Wind,” and the feel-good Beach Boys’ song...
80s Pop Star Denise ‘Vanity’ Matthews Dead from Kidney Failure at 57
Denise Matthews, best known for fronting the three-girl group Vanity 6 and her relationship with 80s pop culture icon Prince, has died at age 57 due to alleged kidney failure. Matthews enjoyed a promising career in the music industry that began in the 80s and ended in the mid-90s. She had success with Vanity 6 as well as with her solo career under Motown Records. As a triple threat, she got her start in the industry with modeling,...
You Mean These 80s Performers Have Died?
Though far from a product of the 1980s, David Bowie certainly made an indelible mark on the decade: he had a bunch of hit singles, including “China Girl,” “Modern Love,” “Blue Jean,” and “Let’s Dance” (which went to Number 1); he performed at Live Aid in 1985, and then released one of the songs he sang at the event, “Dancing in the Streets” (with Mick Jagger); heck, even Peter Schilling’s song “Major Tom (Coming Home)” is an homage to...
David Bowie
This morning after I dropped of my kids at school I pulled into the grocery store parking lot as the opening of this began to play. And I sat in my car and listened to the song all the way through. And I cried a lot harder than I would have thought I would. Facebook is more like “Bowiebook” today, which is lovely and also makes my heart hurt. It’s amazing to see just how many people, from childhood friends to coworkers were struck,...
We Got the Beat – Teen Beat and Tiger Beat Magazines
I’ve always been big on magazines. I love lip gloss magazines like Glamour and Cosmo, magazines with photos of beautiful food I will never make or eat like Gourmet and Food & Wine, and magazines that keep me up to date on all the important news of the day like US Weekly or In Touch (don’t judge: they pass the time nicely while getting my hair done.) As a teenager, I loved my Sassy and Seventeen magazines, of course. But as a...
