Location(s) Touring Concert Inaugurated August 23, 2005 | Years active 12 | |
Genre New wave, electronic, synthpop | ||
Lost 80's Live is a collection of musical artists from the time period of the 1980s that perform a live concert. The concert tour usually consists of 5 to 7 bands that span the music genres of new wave, synthpop, rock, pop and electronic music. Bands and artists that have performed in the Lost 80's Live concert tour include ABC, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey, A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, Dramarama, Devo, General Public, Trans-X, Anything Box, Gary Myrick, Real Life, Animotion, Nu Shooz, Modern English, The Flirts, The Escape Club, The Flirts, Gene Loves Jezebel, Wang Chung,The Cutting Crew, Berlin, The English Beat, Naked Eyes, Missing Persons, When in Rome UK, Bow Wow Wow, The Motels, and Bourgeois Tagg.
History of shows
May 29, 2007: House of Blues presents the Lost 80's Live featuring Animotion, When in Rome, Dramarama, and Gene Loves Jezebel.
April 25, 2008: Lost 80's Live goes international playing The Coliseum in the Philippines.
May 23, 2009: Lost 80's Live plays the 106.9 The Point B-Day Bash at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Texas with A Flock of Seagulls, Dramarama, Gene Loves Jezebel, and When in Rome.
August 24, 2013: Iconic KROQ radio DJ Richard Blade was booked to host the Lost 80's Live in Long Beach, California.
August 26, 2014: Animotion were highlighted in the news and played the Lost 80's Live on September 3, 2014 at the Wild Horse Casino in Chandler, Arizona alongside Men Without Hats, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls, The Flirts, Bow Wow Wow, and Dramarama.
October 16, 2015: Lost 80's Live celebrated its 10th anniversary at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA with a concert featuring Wang Chung, Animotion, Gene Loves Jezebel, Dramarama, Naked Eyes, and Boys Don't Cry with Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow. Special performances were made by Clive Farrington and Rob Juarez of When in Rome, Anything Box, the original Mary Jane Girls Maxi and Cheri with a special appearance and performance by Benny Mardones.