80’s Revival Festival
The eighties are back, not for real don’t worry, for another annual weekend over August. Leg warmers and Flock-of
seagulls at the ready! With the current fad for all things retro slowly turning into what seems to be a sub-culture the 80’s rewind festival 2010 opens its doors announcing unto the UK the latest batch of acts.
“Europe’s Best Act Ever”, Sir Rick of Astley will be there, Propped up by all the usual 80’s elite in the form of Culture Club’s Boy George, T’Pau, Tony Hadley, Midge Ure, Modern Romance, 10cc, Odyssey, Chesney Hawkes, Hazel O’Connor and The Beat, Johnny Hates Jazz and more.
The music is over three days between Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd of August. Temple Island Meadows in Henley-on-Thames is the venue and tickets went on sale last Friday (29th January) ranging from £45 for an adult day ticket (£22.50 for kids – 12 yrs and under – free for 3 yrs and under) to £85 for the weekend or £100 for an adult camping ticket.
Ultravox fans launch campaign to get 1981’s hit single Vienna to No 1 on the eve of the UK tour in April 2010.
Now, nearly 30 years later, buoyed by the successful RATM Facebook Campaign that saw Simon Cowell’s dominance over the Xmas number one slot broken, fans attemp to put right what they consider to be one of the biggest injustices in British pop music history.
In the spirit of providing a proper chart race, a rival group to place the infamous Joe Dolce track ‘Shaddap You Face’ back at number one in the same week has also started, with presence from Joe Dolce himself.
With support from the likes of Jonathan Ross who has proclaimed support for the campaign on Twitter, as well as STV local news getting in on the act, momentum is building fast. Latest coverage can be found on http://www.youtube.com/viennacampaign
Target date for downloads of the remastered single edit of Vienna from the band’s latest and re-mastered Greatest Hits compilation commencing on 28th March 2010.
Visit the campaign fan page here and sign up!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lets-get-Vienna-to-number-1-on-4th-APRIL/298248757559