{"id":793010,"date":"2019-02-13T10:33:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T17:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=794239"},"modified":"2019-02-13T10:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T17:33:32","slug":"eighties-one-hit-wonders-unite-for-lost-80s-live-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/eighties-one-hit-wonders-unite-for-lost-80s-live-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighties One-Hit Wonders Unite For Lost 80\u2019s Live Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re a one-hit wonder, two-hit wonder or even three-hit wonder from the Eighties, the road can be a tough place in 2019. You can try to eek out a living playing clubs, fairs and remote casinos, but profits are slim once you pay for things like gas, food and hotel rooms and your day-to-day existence can be quite dispiriting.<\/p>\n

But as the fine people behind the Lost 80\u2019s Live<\/em> tour have learned, there is incredible strength in numbers. Every year, they throw together a bill stacked with Eighties bands and suddenly groups like Wang Chung and When in Rome UK find themselves playing venues like the Greek Theater along with a number of classy casinos, the kind that have buffets where it\u2019s actually safe to eat the shellfish.<\/p>\n

Organizers just rolled out details for the 2019 edition of Lost 80s Live and the bill features Missing Persons, The Motels, John Parr, The Vapors, Real Life, The Escape Club and A Flock of Seagulls. That means it will be possible to hear \u201cWild Wild West,\u201d \u201cTurning Japanese,\u201d \u201cI Ran,\u201d Send Me an Angel,\u201d \u2018St. Elmo\u2019s Fire\u201d and \u201cOnly The Lonely\u201d all in a single show. And don\u2019t worry: None of the bands play for very long, meaning you won\u2019t have to be subjected to their boring non-hits or, God forbid, an actual new song.<\/p>\n

The bill varies a bit from show to show, but they promise that A Flock of Seagulls, When in Rome UK original members Farrington & Mann, Boys Don\u2019t Cry, The Vapors, Real Life, & John Parr will be at every show. A handful of concerts will also have Bow Wow Wow and Wang Chung on the bill. We\u2019d all love to Wang Chung every single night, but apparently they\u2019re only able to do it on select occasions.<\/p>\n

Love 80\u2019s Live Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

August 2 \u2013 Coney Island, NY @ The Ford Amphitheatre
August 3 \u2013 Peachtree, GA @ The Fredrick Brown, Jr Amphitheatre (The Fred)
August 9 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre
August 10 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Fiddler\u2019s Green Amphitheatre
August 17 \u2013 San Diego, CA @ Humphrey\u2019s Concerts By The Bay
August 22 \u2013 Houston, TX @ The Arena Theatre
August 23 \u2013 Lake Charles, LA @ Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel and Casino
August 24 \u2013 Grand Prairie, TX @ The Theatre at Grand Prairie
August 30 \u2013 Santa Ynez, CA @Chumash Casino Resort
August 31 \u2013 Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
September 1 \u2013 Lincoln, CA @ Thunder Valley Casino \u2013 Outside Amphitheatre
September 6 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
September 7 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ The Downtown Las Vegas Event Center<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re a one-hit wonder, two-hit wonder or even three-hit wonder from the Eighties, the road can be a tough place in 2019. You can try to eek out a living playing clubs, fairs and remote casinos, but profits are slim once you pay for things like gas, food and hotel rooms and your day-to-day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-793010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 01:07:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}