Ferris Bueller’s Day Off came out June 11, 1986, forty years ago. The best day off in movie history, and why it still works on every generation.
Some reunion news comes with a number attached, and the number does the talking. This one is 38. On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, Thomas Dolby announced that he is putting The Lost Toy People back together and headlining this summer’s Totally Tubular Festival, the traveling 80s package tour that opens July 17 in Phoenix. It […]
We hate writing these ones. Bonnie Tyler died on the night of Tuesday, July 8, 2026, in a hospital in Portugal. She was 75. Her family and her team announced it the next morning, and the wording tells you how fast it turned: “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed […]
This one hurts, so we are just going to say it straight. Huey Lewis went on Michael Rosenbaum’s “Inside of You” podcast this week (July 7, 2026) and said the words nobody who grew up in the 80s ever wanted to hear: “At a certain point, you gotta face the music. I can’t hear music.” […]
Dance Party USA premiered on the USA Network on April 12, 1986. Forty years later, two guys who were actually in that studio remember how it really was.
June 28, 1986: Wham! played their farewell concert for 72,000 at Wembley. Forty years later, two guys who lip-synced them on Dance Party USA look back.
Billy Idol brought a punk snarl to 80s MTV with Rebel Yell, White Wedding, and Dancing with Myself. The spiky-haired rebel who became a music-video icon.
Madonna ruled the 80s, Like a Virgin, Material Girl, the wannabe look, and constant reinvention. How she went from club singer to the decade’s ultimate pop icon.
The Karate Kid (1984) characters, Daniel LaRusso, Mr. Miyagi, and Johnny Lawrence. Wax on, wax off, and the surrogate father-son story that defined a decade.
Whitesnake and David Coverdale conquered 1987 with Here I Go Again, a song first released in 1982 and reborn as a glam-metal No. 1. The band and the Jaguar video.