+ 12 - 5 | § ¶Limahl Week Goes Interactive on i80s.com
Can't get enough of Limahl? The latest place to celebrate Limahl Week is the 80s forum at www.i80s.com. Log in and get chatting about Limahl...
+ 11 - 6 | § ¶ALL80sRADIO plays Maximum Limahl
Its Limahl WeeK on ALL80sRADIO - featuring a Limahl/Kajagoogoo track every 20 minutes with lots of sound bites from the man himself.
The station is also demonstrating its new 'FuterBlast' technology which will enable Limahl's new single 'Tell Me Why' to be played at the top of every hour.
Hear Limahl Week at www.all80sradio.com
+ 9 - 7 | § ¶Limahl - in Casino Royale!
Limahl kicks of The 80s Empire's Limahl Week with an exclusive interview in which he tells us about his high-spending Champagne and Gambling Lifestyle! His moment of terror at thirty thousand feet! The day Marilyn woke him up and threatened him at 7:30 in the morning! And his plans (maybe) to write the 'no holds barred' story of his life which could make Pete Burns' autobiography look like child's play. Read it all now!
And remember that this is just the start of a whole week of Limahl features on The 80s Empire. Look for more Limahl later in the week over on Dark Neon, Limahl gossip and trivial here on the 80s Arena and lots of Limahl music throughout the week on All 80s Radio...
+ 4 - 11 | § ¶Simple Minds Headline World Cup
Simple Minds are set to kick-off the World Cup at a massive party in Berlin. The Scots rockers will headline at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on June 7th - two days before the first match. The German capital is throwing a party to start a month-long cultural festival that runs alongside the World Cup. "Simple Minds are football mad, so this will be the best gig in the world for them," says a spokesperson for the band. "It comes at a great time in the band's career - they will also be performing a series of outdoor music festivals all over Europe this summer." The band will perform their classic song Don't You (Forget About Me), as well as Home, from last year's critically acclaimed album Black & White 050505.+ 8 - 8 | § ¶Baywatch star critical
....that's critical as in the Simon Cowell brand of critical. But whether one-time Baywatch hunk, David Hasselhoff, can be as downright grumpy as Cowell remains to be seen. Hasselhoff has just been recruited as a critic on a new Cowell-run show called America's Got Talent. Hasselhoff became an international star on the basis of the 1989 series, Baywatch, which - in various forms, ran throughout the '90s and finally got the chop in 2001. Before that he starred in the cult '80s series Knight Rider ('82 to '86). In 1985 he released an album, Night Rocker, and has pursued a mixed career in singing and acting ever since.
+ 3 - 10 | § ¶Simple Minds summer shows
Following their sold-out UK tour dates earlier this year, and their first Australian tour in 15 years, Simple Minds have announced the following three UK outdoor summer concerts:
* Monday 10th July - Liverpool Summer Pops, Liverpool
* Saturday 22nd July - Audley End House, Saffron Walden
* Monday 24th July - Dock Rock, Excel Centre, London
The band have also launched "Simpleminds.com/exclusives" via their official website www.simpleminds.com. The new digital downloads enables subscribers to the official site to access music every two weeks from the "Download News" section where live tracks can be downloaded from the band's current 2006 world tour.
+ 8 - 6 | § ¶A Town Called Alice (Cooper)
Best known for his gory live shows in the '70s (featuring, among other things, Alice being hanged and beheaded) and his raucous rock disks - School's Out, I Want To Be Elected, No More Mr Nice Guy etc. - Alice Cooper has been vilified Christian groups and elevated to rock sainthood by the likes of Marilyn Manson. Now, Alice has been given the ultimate accolade by being presented with the keys to the town ... of Alice. The town in question is Alice in North Dakota. On Sunday 14th May, 2006, the Mayor of the town, Dan Lund, gave Alice a gold plated key and said: ""There's not a whole lot of buildings to unlock with that key, but Alice is a cool guy and Alice is a cool city."
While Alice didn't have quite so high a profile in the '80s, he was still capable of hitting the headlines every once in a while. In 1988, the German state of Bavaria threatened to ban Alice if he should chop up baby dolls on stage. He made a famous appearance in the 1992 movie, Wayne's World. Alice is now on a tour that takes him through the USA, UK and Europe. Tour dates on his web site: http://www.alicecooper.com/
