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Daily Mail
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
From gigs to haircuts: The best ways to get your 80s cultural fix this year
In 1984, when The Terminator came out, Arnold Schwarzenegger told audiences he'd be back. Well, it turns out, it wasn't just him: the 80s are, absolutely, back – in art, in music, in film. Here's what to look forward to this year if you fancy a trip down memory lane. The gigs Every 80s musician worth their shoulder pads is on tour this summer. Duran Duran in July; The Human League from June to August; and, also in June, Billy Idol is playing at Wembley Arena and Bananarama are headlining at the Hampton Court Palace Festival. The 80s mania continues into autumn, too: Marti Pellow and his Wet Wet Wet bandmates have 19 UK shows in October while Adam Ant also goes on tour that month. And for those who want to kill several bands with one stone – head to Darlington. On 24 August the town will host '80s Calling!', a day-long concert at Darlington Arena. Tickets start at £56 and the line-up includes The Human League, Bananarama and Tony Hadley. Bodacious! The musical This week Just For One Day, a musical about how Live Aid came together begins its eight-month run in the West End. It's a 'jukebox musical', which means the songs aren't originals but covers of 80s hits. (At one point, the Margaret Thatcher character, who is refusing to waive VAT on Bob Geldof's charity single, performs a version of 'I'm Still Standing'.) The costumes are nostalgic, too; Craige Els, who plays Geldof, wears triple denim – jacket, shirt and jeans. Tickets start at £25. The film The Naked Gun has returned, sort of. The 80s film series about hapless New York policeman Frank Drebin hasn't been remade but, rather, given a sequel. Now Liam Neeson is playing Drebin's son, another hapless New York policeman called Frank Drebin Jr. The trailer – which got 11 million YouTube views in three weeks – looks suitably bonkers. It features 72-year-old Neeson wearing a schoolgirl's kilt and slaughtering bank robbers with a lollipop-shaped shank. If that wasn't enough to persuade you to watch it, Pamela Anderson also stars. Out in cinemas in August. The exhibition If you haven't seen it already, check out the Leigh Bowery retrospective at Tate Modern – on until 31 August. The gallery describes the Australian-born artist as being a 'fashion designer, club monster, human sculpture, nude model, vaudeville drunkard, anarchic auteur, pop surrealist, clown without a circus, piece of moving furniture, modern art on legs'. Which is a varied and impressive CV. Appropriately, the exhibition rooms have been decorated with disco balls (tickets are £18). And, for more clubbing nostalgia, The Design Museum in London has Blitz: The Club That Shaped The 80s. Tickets aren't on sale yet, but the show starts in September. The opera The historian and podcaster Dominic Sandbrook has paired up with the composer Joseph Phibbs to create an opera about Margaret Thatcher. Seriously. The two-act show is called Mrs T and will be performed in an unconfirmed location this autumn. According to Phibbs, the opera will feature 'key scenes' from Thatcher's tenure – including an evening where she danced with Ronald Reagan. Weirdly, this isn't the first opera concerning the former PM. In 2013, Allies, an opera about Thatcher's relationship with the ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, toured Europe. For some reason, the production never made it to British theatres. The haircut It's not a culture trend, exactly, but it feels worth mentioning: the mullet remains. Frankly, it's been back for a while. Actors like Paul Mescal (left), Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler have all – at some point in the past three years – had mullets. But now the 80s cut is not just for Hollywood types. On the latest season of Race Across The World, contestant Tom, 21, from Bury St Edmunds, has a mullet. The trend has spread to Gen Alpha, too. Last month, a hairdresser from Surrey told The Times she'd seen 'boys as young as five or six, coming in with their parents and asking for a mullet'. Thankfully, the schoolboys are too young to try another 80s hair trend – moustaches. Manuel Harlan, Steve Schofield, getty images, Leigh Bowery: Fergus Greer, Leigh Bowery Session I Look 2 1988 © Fergus Greer. Courtesy of The Michael Hoppen Gallery
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Hairy Biker Dave Myers' make-up artist past explored by Barrow museum
The late Dave Myers' career as a make-up artist who once had the job of painting popstar Adam Ant's trademark white stripe is being explored in a new exhibition about the Hairy Biker's Dock Museum in Barrow-in-Furness has announced it will rebrand to the Dave Museum for the show in June in honour of the chef and presenter who died of cancer last long career a make-up artist before he found fame in front of the camera will be explored through a series of photographs, signed programmes and widow Lili said there were areas of her husband's life that were "unknown beyond his family and friends" and it would be "interesting to make this public". Much of the exhibition will showcase items that have not been seen publicly before, including a motorcycle helmet."I can't think of a better place to have donated some of Dave's most loved possessions to be on show to the public," Mrs Myers said."I've also donated some of his personal clothing, much of it stained by food - you could read a manual of his life from his shirts." The exhibition will also feature photos of Myers as a youngster in manager John Irving said he had known the Hairy Biker for years and "his story is fascinating"."I'm both honoured and excited to have collected all these much loved items from Lili and cannot wait to share his story with the wider public," he said."Everyone knew Dave as a Hairy Biker but there is so much to tell from his life, especially around Barrow."The museum's name will change from 18 to 23 June. Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woman Goes Overboard on Royal Caribbean Ship During ‘The 80s Cruise'
A woman went overboard from the Royal Caribbean ship the Explorer of the Seas during the first day of The 80s Cruise, a nostalgia cruise featuring musical acts such as Squeeze, Adam Ant, Tiffany and Men at Work. Multiple sources aboard Explorer of the Seas confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a search operation involving several ships was conducted after a woman went overboard around 11 p.m. on March 3. It is unclear what caused the incident. Sources say the Explorer of the Seas continued on with its planned journey with the U.S. Coast Guard taking over the search operation. More from The Hollywood Reporter Inside Vanity Fair's Oscar Party With Winners, Billionaires, Rock Royalty and a Teary Jenna Ortega TV Ratings: Oscars Draw 18M Viewers, Down From 2024 Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's Husband of Nearly 60 Years Who Inspired 'Jolene,' Dies at 82 THR communicated with one passenger, who wished to remain anonymous, about what happened. '[The incident] happened around 11 p.m. Squeeze was the band playing last night. There was an announcement over the PA saying someone went overboard so the ship was going to stop and turn around to try and locate the person.' The passenger added, '[The] ship was stopped for a few hours. Safety boats were deployed with floodlights to illuminate the surrounding area. Another cruise ship nearby had its floodlights on searching as well. My wife spoke with some people on one of the decks saying they heard that it was a woman and it was caught on camera. Can't confirm though. Eventually the ship powered up and off we went. This morning a PA announcement said that the US Coast Guard had taken over the search. We arrived at Nassau, Bahamas a few hours behind schedule. No excursions were canceled. Haven't heard anything since.' In a thread, X user Casey Markee tweeted, 'Currently on the #RCL Explorer of the Seas for the #80scruise. Unfortunately, we have a 'woman overboard' situation and boats have been deployed. We are currently 80+ miles from Miami at 11pm PST. Not good.' In a followup tweet, Markee tweeted, 'It looks like the woman 'jumped' from the balcony of her 8th floor room after an argument with her partner. This is our 15th cruise, and the first time we've actually experienced this.' Additionally, an X user named Alan Smith tweeted, 'Person overboard on Royal Carribean Explorer of the Seas. On the 80s Cruise. Just saw a great show by Squeeze, then it was announced a person is overboard. Ship is stopped and searching. Other nearby ships helping.' THR has reached out to Royal Caribbean and the promoters of The 80s Cruise for comment. The 80s cruise is a nostalgia-laced cruise experience that celebrates the music and culture of the 1980s. The 2025 lineup for the cruise includes the famed musical acts Squeeze, Adam Ant, Tiffany, Christopher Cross, Sheila E., Men At Work, Andy Bell (one half of Erasure), Warrant, Dokken, FireHouse, Information Society, Kurtis Blow, Honeymoon Suite, Faster Pussycat, T'Pau, Naked Eyes, Musical Youth, Sunset Blvd. and The Reflexx. The cruise is set to feature over 50 concerts and fans and guests can also interact with their idols. The 2024 edition of the cruise featured Wang Chung, Air Supply, Soft Cell, The English Beat, Debbie Gibson, The Escape Club and 38 Special. The 7-day roundtrip cruise sets off from Miami and calls at Nassau, San Juan and Puerto Plata. Katherine Turman contributed to this report. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and More
