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The cream of ‘80s chart toppers come together for the ever popular Here & Now show at The NEC Arena on Saturday 17 May 2008, featuring Rick Astley, Bananarama, ABC, Paul Young, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Johnny Hates Jazz and Cutting Crew.
With hits including the best selling single of 1987, Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley was from the famous Stock, Aitken & Waterman stable. His other top ten hits included When I Fall In Love, Together Forever, Whenever You Need Somebody, Take Me To Your Heart, She Wants To Dance With Me and Cry For Help. No other British solo male could match his 7 consecutive top ten hits in that decade.
Bananarama were the girl band of the ‘80s and one of the most successful girl bands of all time. This sassy duo which comprises of original members Sara Dalin and Keren Woodward, take to the stage for their first Here & Now tour. Their top 10 hits include Cruel Summer, Robert De Niro’s Waiting, Venus, Love In The First Degree, I Want You Back, It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It, Really Saying Something, Shy Boy and Na Na Hey Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye. The band also featured on the No 1 Band Aid single Do They Know It’s Christmas as well as covering Help with French & Saunders for Comic Relief.
ABC, featuring the iconic Martin Fry, were one of the bands that defined the decade with Fry’s gold lame suit and suave looks. Their hits include The Look Of Love, All Of My Heart and Shoot That Poison Arrow, all taken from one of the ‘80s most classic and timeless albums Lexicon Of Love. Other hits include When Smokey Sings and How To Be A Zillionaire.
Most recently seen on ITV1s Hells Kitchen, Paul Young has a soul voice that has spanned the decades. Paul appeared on the very first Here & Now tour in 2001 to great critical acclaim and returns to sing hits including Wherever I Lay My Hat, Love Of The Common People, Come Back & Stay and Everything Must Change.
With their unique brand of cool pop Curiosity Killed The Cat, fronted by Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, enjoyed a string of top ten hits that included Down To Earth, Misfit and Hang On In Their Baby as well as other hits that included Name & Number and Ordinary Day.
Formed back in 1987, Johnny Hates Jazz had pop success with hits Shattered Dreams, Me and My Foolish Heart, I Don’t Want To Be A Hero, Heart Of Gold and Turn Back The Clock, which featured Kim Wilde on backing vocals. Their album of the same name went to No. 1 and went double platinum in the UK, selling 4 million copies worldwide.
Fronted by the enigmatic Nick Van Ede, Cutting Crew, are best known for their classic songs (I Just) Died In Your Arms, which was No 1 in 17 countries selling over 3 million copies and I’ve Been In Love Before, which sold over 2 million copies.
