POLLSTAR MAGAZINE ** COVER ** They’re Only Immortal: Human League’s First US Tour In 15 Years
SOURCE UK synth-pop pioneers The Human League last performed their unforgettable Eighties hits live in the U.S. in 2023, but not every stop went exactly as planned. Just five songs into the group’s set at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena, California, that May, festival officials from Goldenvoice beseeched founder and frontman Philip Oakey and […]
VARIETY: Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music
SOURCE The New Wave era of spiky but danceable pop tunes and sharp colorful looks may feel like it happened a million years ago, but to everyone’s surprise, the 45-year old musical movement has never really gone away. First popularized as MTV was becoming massively popular, 1980s music endured as the default upbeat soundtrack everywhere […]
OUT: ‘The NeverEnding Story’ singer Limahl talks new track and journey as a gay artist
SOURCE By Gil Macias March 24 2025 10:00 AM EST We all have that special soundtrack of our lives, and if you were in your formative years during the 1980s, there’s a good chance that Limahl was part of it. “The NeverEnding Story,” the title track of the 1984 fantasy film of the same name, was […]
The Vapors
Best known for their massive 1980 worldwide hit “Turning Japanese” The Vapors continue to bring their individually styled brand of music to fans old and new in the form of high-quality live performances and the ongoing development of critically acclaimed new material. The band, formed in 1979, had already gained a substantial live following around […]
Soft Cell
The New York club scene of the early 1980s was a rich source of inspiration for the visiting British bands who had broken through in the aftermath of the UK’s punk and post-punk explosion. But no group immersed themselves in the city’s vibrant underground culture – or its hedonistic spirit and seedy underbelly – quite […]
Limahl
PART ONE: One might think of Limahl in the same bracket as Boy George, Phil Oakey or Margaret Thatcher as having one of the defining bouffants of the era! But the original duotone spikey mullet man was, oh, so much more than his legendary hair; the band he fronted so much more than their crazy […]