When Tony Hadley takes the stage this coming spring onboard The 80s Cruise, he'll bring with him a collection of songs that basically helped create a new genre of music in our beloved decade. Tony and his former band Spandau Ballet were among the icons of the New Romantic movement in the late … [Read More]
SiriusXM 1st Wave DJ Larry "The Duck" Dunn and Volume host Lori Majewski are the latest 80s heroes to join the celebrity and artist lineup of the 2020 voyage of The 80s Cruise. Both names and voices should be very familiar to most cruise fans: Dunn was the longtime music director and on-air … [Read More]
It's hard to imagine the radio and MTV landscape of the early 1980s without the supergroup Asia. A collection of British prog rock veterans, the group filled the airwaves with anthems such as "Heat of the Moment," "Only Time Will Tell" and "Sole Survivor" from their debut 1982 album. A second album … [Read More]
THE 80s CRUISE: On the 2020 sailing of The 80s Cruise, we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the decade. What were you up to in 1980? LITA FORD: 1980 was a time of transition ... coming out of The Runaways, an all-girl bunch of teenaged punks, a rebellious group of hormones, and starting my … [Read More]
THE 80s CRUISE: On the 2020 sailing of The 80s Cruise we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the decade. What were you up to in 1980? KATRINA: I was in a band called Mamas Cookin’ with some high school friends. My father was in the USAF and he was stationed in England, so we all went to … [Read More]
Every year on The 80s Cruise, one or two artists manage to exceed even the wildest of expectations and deliver breathtaking performances that leave guests clamoring for more. In 2018, that was Katrina, ex Katrina & The Waves. I remember her performance in a jam-packed lounge atop the … [Read More]