BBC Radio 2 Sounds Of The 80’s: The Live Tour
Legendary DJ Gary Davies takes the UK's most popular 80s radio show on tour which includes a night at the O2 Academy Edinburgh on Friday 3rd May!
About BBC Radio 2 Sounds Of The 80’s: The Live Tour
Legendary DJ Gary Davies takes the UK’s most popular 80s radio show on tour. Together with his producer Johnny Kalifornia, they will take you back to the best decade in music, the 80s!
Party along to specially curated master-mixes as brilliant Sounds of the 80s dancers recreate classic scenes from 80s films and videos. Expect your favourite 80s anthems from artists such as s Wham!, Queen, Prince, Madonna, Whitney and more.
There might even be a surprise 80s icon or two, so, dress to impress and dig out those Frankie and Wham statement T-shirts, put on your headbands and leg warmers, and relive the greatest era of music at one massive party.
Sounds of the 80s is a commercial production licensed by the BBC.
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