Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks on Tour Through The End Of 2016
That voice. That hair. Stevie Nicks was the quintessential 80s girl if there ever was one and she remains as vital today as she was during her heyday (though there’s a little less drama now). Rolling Stone Magazine dubbed Nicks the reigning queen of rock and roll and the people agree. Fans of hers are loving Nicks’ current tour, 24 Karat Gold. Touring together with the Pretenders, their schedule included 27 venues and...
Will Boy George Be the Next Celebrity Apprentice?
Boy George may be the next Celebrity Apprentice. That sounds preposterous, but I’m afraid that it’s true. NBC recently announced the cast of 2017’s Celebrity Apprentice, and the 80s pop icon will be among the 16 “celebrities” who will scratch and claw their way to the top—competing for their favorite charities. If that’s not surreal enough, “The Governator,” Arnold Schwarzenegger himself, will be filling in for the former Apprentice...
80s Goodies: The Dunkin Donuts Cereal
In the mid-80s something spectacular happened, Dunkin Donuts decided to release a cereal. The Dunkin Donuts cereal was brought to us from the Ralston company who managed to capture the awesome flavor of doughnuts in cereal. You could pick your sugary poison between glazed and chocolate Dunkin Donuts cereal and for a special period of time you could get both flavors in one box. Some of you may remember mixing the flavors and creating...
Is a Back to the Future Remake On the Way?
The Back to the Future Trilogy belongs to the 80s. And it looks like that’s where it’s going to stay. That is if producer Frank Marshall has anything to do with it. In this age of bad movie remakes and reboots, Marshall gets the fact that some iconic movies just should not be touched. Back to the Future is one of those movies. This is what Marshall recently told Yahoo Movies. “Yeah [we won’t reboot Back to the...
Iconic 80s songs Inducted Into The Grammy Hall of Fame
Some of your favorite Prince and NWA’s late 1980’s songs will be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017. Which songs made the Grammy Hall of Fame cut? Sign “O” The Times by Prince (1987) and Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (1988) were both added to the list. Songs need to meet requirements like being 25+ years old, covering the various genres and having a historic or qualitative significance of some kind to be considered for...
IFC Vows To ‘Make The Holidays ’80s Again’
If you’re an ’80s purist and find today’s Christmas specials to be a lot less tasteful that the ones you’re used to, you’re in luck. IFC is looking to “Make The Holidays ’80s Again” with a new special. “Whatever happened to the kind of crazy-yet-cozy holiday specials that blanketed the early winter airwaves of the 1980s? Unceremoniously killed by infectious ’90s jadedness?”...
Depeche Mode Plans New Album, Tour
Depeche Mode plans to release a new album, Spirit, in 2017 which will be followed by a world tour. For the new album the the group will be working with producer James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco (Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine) for the first time. Once the new record has been released the group will kick off its world tour with a 32-date European swing. The band will also tour North and South America in the near future,...
Platoon’s Forest Whitaker and Johnny Depp Working Together Again
The 80s flick Platoon starred Forest Whitaker and Johnny Depp working alongisde each other in the Vietnam War movie classic. Both busy actors in the decade, Depp played a teen in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and later played a cop in 21 Jump Street (1987). Whitaker was involved in several TV series and TV movies as well and had a role in Stakeout in which Whitaker played a detective. As both were cast into previous roles “in”...
What Is late-80s Star Mark Paul Gosselaar Up To Now?
Who doesn’t remember Zack, the fast-talking, good-looking Bayside High rabble-rouser played by Mark Paul Gosselaar? Originally Gosselaar starred in Good Morning, Miss Bliss a sort of precursor to his most-famous show. The Indiana based show centered on a recently widowed middle school teacher and her students. Popularity rose and people wanted more. And so came Saved By The Bell, now based in California. The show prompted two movies...
Nada Surf Has a New Live Album: Peaceful Ghosts
Nada Surf is the rare band that had a major hit that did not define it. The band might be known to some for its MTV Hit “Popular,” but the group has a dedicated fanbase which has kept it thriving, albeit on the edge of the mainstream. Now, following the release of its album You Know Who You Are earlier this year, New Nada Surf has a new live album ‘Peaceful Ghosts (Live with Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg). Peaceful...
36 80s Films That Are Getting A Remake
Let’s be honest, the 80s were filled with amazing films that are just so awesome, modern-day directors want to take a crack at them. So we compiled a slideshow of 36 80s Films That Are Getting A Remake. A lot of these films are just in talks, however, plenty of them have the ability to see a big screen release. It should be interesting to see how fast we actually get one of these to theaters but just going through the slide...
R.E.M. Re-Releases ‘Out of Time” for 25th Anniversary
Before Out of Time R.E.M. had a large following, but it was not the biggest rock band in the world. With its release, and specifically the single “Losing My Religion” the group soared to a level of mainstream success it had never previously approached. Now, 25 years later, the group has reissues the album which helped break alternative music into the American mainstream and turned R.E.M. into a worldwide phenomenon....
Replacements’ Tommy Stinson Brings Back Bash & Pop
After The Replacements broke up everyone who loved the group expected Paul Westerberg to continue putting out great music and he did not disappoint. What people did not expect was that Tommy Stinson would go onto record a gem of an album, but that’s exactly what he did with Bash & Pop’s Friday Night is Killing Me. At the time it came out label politics, timing, and many of the things that hurt The Replacements...
80s Bad Boy Kiefer Sutherland Is Still Going Strong
Kiefer Sutherland was the “cheap dime store hood” who Wil Wheaton told off at the end of the iconic, 80s movie, Stand By Me. He followed that up by playing yet another bad-boy, this time with fangs, in the 80s, cult vampire flick, The Lost Boys. The 80s were very good to Sutherland. The young actor, son of film star Donald Sutherland, starred in seven more films before the decade was over, including Bright Lights, Big City and Young...
80s Movies: Platoon Turns 30 This December
Platoon came out in December 1986 making it 30 this year. When the film was released it was quickly embraced and soon rated the best depiction of the Vietnam War ever shown in a movie. When a young Charlie Sheen goes to war instead of college, he soon learns the evils of war and man. With somewhat of a devil sergeant and an angel sergeant, there are two battles to be won, one with the enemy and the other within his platoon. 5 reasons...
