Idolator

Perhaps realizing that "'80s music" has become a genre of its own, and that there's no better way to grab dollars from the thirtysomething demographic than to remind them of the hits of their youth, Red Entertainment Agency has announced that this summer would mark the first Regeneration Tour, in which six artists from the synthpop age will tour the countryside. Those artists—The Human League, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Dead Or Alive, A Flock of Seagulls, and Naked Eyes—will likely get to play short sets that are made up of mostly hits a la the UK's Here and Now Tour. But what have they been up to in the years following their glory days? The answers are mostly pretty depressing, with the most sigh-inducing ones involving either reality television or showing skin. More »