+ 10 - 6 | § ¶Retrofest - ABC, Human League, Bananarama and more...
Music lovers of classic eighties music are set to have a festival of their own this summer at Retrofest, with Bananarama, Human League, Howard Jones, ABC, Go West, Jimmy Somerville, Tony Hadley and many other acts. Taking place at Culzean Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland on September 1 and 2 2007, up to 20,000 music lovers will get the chance to see 16 classic bands play the hits - known worldwide thanks to many a movie soundtrack - just as they remember them.ABC's Martin Fry said: "I'm looking forward to this one. It's a good line-up and it'll be as much fun for me and the others all to be playing on the one line-up as it will be for the fans to watch us performing."
More info on: http://www.culzeanexperience.net/events.asp
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+ 4 - 10 | § ¶New Romatics: The Next Generation?
Could the New Romatics be coming back into fashion for a whole generation who weren't even born the first time around? According to The Observer newspaper, maybe..."Two decades on from the New Romantics, a whole generation of club kids has started dressing up again," (says the newspaper) "In previous incarnations, the capital's club kids sought to shut others out. Blitz, the post-punk club hosted by Steve Strange in Soho, had a capacity of 300 and the New Romantics who populated it wanted to be left alone. This was a scene whose superstars - Boy George, Marilyn, the boys from Spandau Ballet - went on to find a wider fame, but nothing was left in their wake for other show-offs.
Now, Boombox is the key club - staged every Sunday night at the Hoxton Bar and Grill in Shoreditch. It serves as an unofficial showcase for London designers like Giles Deacon, Gareth Pugh and David David - although if the price tags are too much, punters will run up something similar on their sewing machines beforehand. Resident DJ Matthew Stone (aka 'Matthew !WOWOW!') imports all-manner of exotic bootleg remixes, from Miami booty bass to Brazilian baile funk. The Boombox promoters want as many kids as possible to dress up and have as much fun as they can."
Read the article: The Kids Are All Bright
