Thursday, May 14, 2009

Good Grief, Kajagoogoo reform for UK tour


Frm NME, Kajagoogoo are reforming and are set for a UK tour, they have revealed.

The '80s pop sensations, best known for their 1983 UK Number One hit 'Too Shy', are back in their original line-up for a jaunt set to kick off in September.

Mullet-haired frontman Limahl, real name Christopher Hamill, said it had "taken 25 years [for the band] to grow up," reports BBC News.

Before the tour the band play a warm-up show at Birkenhead Pacific Road Arts Theatre on May 23, following by free shows in Leipzig on June 5 and the Aylesbury Hobbles On The Cobbles festival on August 23.

Kajagoogoo will play:

Liverpool 02 Academy (September 17)
Glasgow The Ferry (18)
Belfast Ulster Hall (20)
Norwich Waterfront (23)
Sheffield 02 Academy (24)
Wolverhampton Robin 2 (25)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (26)
Swansea Sin City (27)
London Islington 02 Academy (30)
Southampton The Brook (October 1)

6 comments:

AC said...

the end is indeed nigh.

DKC said...

HA-HA, AC!! That was perfect.

Annie said...

Oh, one of my favourite bands! They look so stylish.

(seriously, I still have their albums)

Johnny Sweatpants said...

This is what passes for news these days?

They have more than one album?

Catfreeek said...

I'm surprised they have more than one song.

Octopunk said...

I have to say, the "good grief" part of that headline made me chuckle every time I opened the blog today. Good grief, indeed. Those blockheads.

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