Many of the bands of the British New Wave developed a passion for American soul music. After Spandau Ballet’s popularity as a dance band started to wane, Martin Kemp decided to lean in a more soulful ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist for the hit ’80s British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at age 66. The band announced on its official Instagram account that the musician “passed away peacefully in ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

Although there have certainly been many people who have experimented with the format, standard pop, and rock songs tend to follow the verse/chorus/verse/chorus/break ...

Before the doors to the house had even opened, pop-rock fans were crowded in the Englert Theatre’s lobby on Friday, ready to see the popular 1970s and ‘80s British rock singer John Waite. In his 2021 ...

The teen pop icon tells PEOPLE she's rerecording her most beloved songs for an upcoming greatest hits album John Russell is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined the PEOPLE team in 2024. His work has ...

John Frusciante is heavily influenced by 80s British music. The Red Hot Chilli Peppers star “has a lot of memories” of listening to the Human League when he and his band - which also currently ...

The "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" crooner was 57. — -- Pete Burns, the gender-bending lead singer of '80s British new wave band Dead or Alive, has died. According to a statement posted to ...

Richard Darbyshire, the frontman for the 1980s pop band Living In A Box, has died. His family told the BBC that he died on ...