80’s Music – Electro pop meets New Romantic

A young male musician playing an electric guitar, whilst his female companion look adoringly on, in the Victorian Bandstand at Castle Park in Colchester, Essex.

Big hair, day glow and Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision song contest… Britain’s music in the 80’s went pop!  

Top music locations

Spandau Ballet led the movement of the New Romantics in London, while Duran Duran did similar for their hometown of Birmingham.  Top music locations

Tears for Fears, who hail from the beautiful historical town of Bath, sang that everybody wanted to rule the world while Bob Geldolf wanted to feed the world at the amazing Live Aid concert in Wembley Stadium.  Read more...

Keston Lodge

In present day there are venues all around the UK for every type of music genre, head to The Astoria in London where there is a band or club night nearly every night of the week in this grungy hang-out.

For top rock acts in Scotland then there is no better place than Barrowland in Glasgow.  Read more...

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