The LG Arena will be hosting a night of sensational 80s music this November when 80s Rewind – The Christmas Tour arrives in Birmingham. With performances from Kool & The Gang, Sister Sledge, ABC, Howard Jones, Go West, T’Pau and The Christians, Tuesday 30 November is ‘gonna be a night to a remember’!
The eight date UK tour kicks off at the LG Arena. Tickets priced £37.50 plus booking and transaction fee are available online at theticketfactory.com or by calling The Ticket Factory on 0844 338 8000.
Kool & The Gang has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and influenced the music of three generations. Thanks to songs like Celebration, Joanna, Cherish, Jungle Boogie, Summer Madness and Open Sesame, they’ve earned two Grammy Awards seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B hits, 9 Top Ten Pop hits and 31 gold and platinum albums. Kool & The Gang has performed continuously for the past 35 years, longer than any R&B group in history. Their bulletproof funk and tough, jazzy arrangements have also made them the most sampled band of all time.
With serene harmony, high energy, and the ability to captivate any audience Sister Sledge became established as one of the world’s most successful female groups. Since the release of their breakthrough album We Are Family, Sister Sledge has continued to develop and expand their diverse talents; in turn they’ve been rewarded with over one hundred awards and commendations for outstanding work in the entertainment field. Lost in Music, We Are Family, He’s The Greatest Dancer, and the world-famous Frankie are just a few of the tracks Sister Sledge became known for.
80s super group ABC hit the charts over 20 years ago with tracks like All Of My Heart, Poison Arrow, When Smokey Sings and The Look of Love. Fronted by Martin Fry, ABC are one of those groups who come along once a decade to affect a paradigm in the way music is heard and made, one of those groups which moves music forward.
What Is Love?, Hide and Seek and Like To Get To Know You Well are just a few of the favourites from Howard Jones’ back catalogue. Howard Jones continues to tour extensively all over the world, he has even headlined a concert at Madison Square Gardens in New York. With a large and loyal fan base and album sales now exceeding eight million this consummate musician and writer has maintained an admirable independence, writing, recording, performing and touring in the way only he knows how. He has proved that he is one of the most talented writers and performers out there. His independent attitude and his ability and willingness to take risks ensure that he continues to operate on the cutting edge of today’s music.
1982 saw the birth of Go West, when Peter Cox and Richard Drummie first pulled their artistic talents together to form the band. The guys went on to have a number of hits with tracks like We Close Our Eyes and King of Wishful Thinking. In April 2001 Go West released an album, The Best of Go West - Live At The NEC, a concert recorded during their last live tour together in 1993. This contained all their greatest hits performed live in front of a sell-out crowd at The NEC Arena. The album also included two brand new tracks 'All Day, All Night' and 'Hangin' On For Dear Life', which were their first studio recordings together in seven years.
Formed in Shropshire in the late 1980s, T'Pau had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK along with several hits in the USA and Europe. Led by singer Carol Decker, the band had chart success with Heart and Soul and BIG ballad China In Your Hand which spent 5 weeks at the top of the UK charts.
Garry Christian is both 'the face' and 'the voice' of THE CHRISTIANS renowned for their endless string of soul-inspired hits like Forgotten Town, Born Again, When The Fingers Point and Harvest For The World amongst others. During their rise to fame the Liverpool based band developed a reputation for being ‘socially aware’ and unsurprisingly comparisons were made to The Temptations owing to the depth and range of the brother’s magical harmonies.
