The sound of the 80’s is back. Stars of the unmistakable decade like A-ha or Rick Astley tour with old as well as new songs. At the same time, young bands like Hurts, Chvrches and Drangsal celebrate the unmistakable synthesizer sound of the eighties. But what is the success of this decade? Fritz Egner, TV […]
Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw, Go West and T’Pau line up for the Warrington Festival.
There’s an 80s music celebration planned at the Warrington Festival this year as Nik Kershaw, Go West and T’Pau are set to appear on the opening night to kick off the weekend’s events! The trio of popular acts, who have millions of album sales between them, will take to the stage in the town’s Bank […]
Nik Kershaw: Live at The Water Rats
Closing a summer season of festival performances, Nik Kershaw and his band will be playing to an intimate crowd for Vintage TV at The Water Rats in King’s Cross, London on Tuesday 27 September 2016. Performing many of his popular tracks, this unique event will be recorded for future transmission on Vintage TV. Stylish Stakes […]
Eighties stars Fly to the stage with Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow has confirmed he’s bringing the stars of the Eddie The Eagle movie soundtrack ‘Fly’ together for one night only at One Mayfair in London on Friday 18 March 2016 as he had so much fun with the project he “didn’t want it to end”. Go West, Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, Paul Young, Nik […]
‘Fly’ – The Ultimate 80’s Homage
‘Fly’ (Songs Inspired By The Film Eddie The Eagle), is set for release on 18 March 2016 through Universal Music. The album, the brainchild of Take That’s Gary Barlow, is the ultimate 80’s homage featuring some of the biggest stars from this incredible period in pop music history. An album of new studio recordings and […]
Dear Mr. Kershaw – A pensioner writes
Take two Bournemouth pensioners, Wilf Turnbull and Derek Philpott, who over a chicken drumstick at a wedding reception, wondered why the band Living In A Box would want to live in a cardboard box when pop-stars are pretty well paid or how The Jacksons could blame a failed romance on the boogie? Wilf and Derek […]
It’s that time of year….
It’s that time again. Christmas? Car insurance renewal? Re-vamped Nik Kershaw website? It’s not quite time for Santa yet, so this means only one thing! We’ve decided to re-vamp nikkershaw.net; making it easier on the eye, more concise and much more suited to the world of smart-phones and failing eye-sight. It’s been a fantastic year […]