kirsty mccoll
Once again, Revenge of the 80s Radio celebrates the time of amore with a collection of classic alternative love songs.
In honor of St. Valentine’s Day, Revenge of the 80s Radio will celebrate the amorous holiday tonight with two hours of classic alternative love songs.
This week, we played some of Michael Hutchence’s classic tracks with INXS in tribute to what would have been his 50th birthday.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holdays to all of you from us at Revenge of the 80s Radio. The podcast edit of our Revenge of the 80s Christmas special is up and available at the end of this post.
Today, October 10th would have been Kirsty MacColl’s 50th birthday. The sad news of her tragic accident in 2001 while vacationing in Cozumel struck music fans around the world and continues to be a story of corruption and injustice that led to a fight which her family continues today.
The podcast for our 12/19 Christmas Special is now up and available at the bottom of this post, featuring holiday cheer from several artists of the era including Wall of Voodoo, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Dickies, The Pogues (w/ Kirsty McColl), The Pretenders and Captain Sensible.
Tonight, Revenge of the 80s features its first annual Christmas Special, featuring holiday music from artists of the era including The Alarm, Captain Sensible, Kate Bush, Wall of Voodoo and Squeeze.
Fans of Kirsty MacColl might remember the events surrounding her tragic death while scuba diving in Cozumel, Mexico. Kirsty’s mother, Jean MacColl, recently wrote a book on her daughter’s life: Sun On the Water. In it, she tells of Kirsty not only as an accomplished singer and songwriter — but also as a daughter, person […]
Sun on the Water, the book about Irish singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl’s life (writtern by her mother, Jean MacColl), is officially being released at a launch party in the Soho section of London today. Proceeds will help the Justice For Kirsty campaign, which is helping the MacColl family seek justice and a possible retrial in the […]
Revenge of the 80s Radio airs live again tonight 7-9pm Eastern US time on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley, NY and www.revengeofthe80sradio.com. We will feature music from The Filrts, Voice of the Beehive, Madness, Q-Feel and more. We will also talk about some tour action and the coming release of Sun On the Water, a […]
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