‘80s News Roundup
What Happened This Week in ‘80s News
Sadly We Heard of the Passing of Eddie Van Halen
Valerie Bertinelli, David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar moured the loss of Eddie Van Halen.
Rick Springfield, Duran Duran and more sent their condolences.
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony posted a video about rehearsing for Sammy’s birthday bash while reeling from the news of Eddie.
Hall and Oates Hit 1 billion Streams For You Make My Dreams (Come True)
We know, we should’ve said You Make My Streams (Come True). Congrats guys! Read about it here.
Our guy Rick Springfield “auditioned” for the Postal Service
Not that Postal Service. Watch the very funny video here.
Fleetwood Mac TikTok.
You’ve seen the guy on TikTok riding on his skateboard, drinking cranberry juice and singing to Fleetwood Mac? (Here if you want to watch)
Well, Mick Fleetwood got in on the act. And then Oceanspray sent the guy lots of juice. And a truck. Glad Fleetwood Mac are getting noticed by different generations!
New lyric video of “Time After Time” from Cyndi Lauper
Singing along to the lyrics takes us back to being a teen, when we sang this to our celebrity crushes (and not real boys).
BBC Viewers say U2’s Joshua Tree is the best album of the ‘80s
U2’s Joshua Tree beats out Dire Straights for the top spot. What do you think, are they right? Tell us in comments!
Do you remember Sam the Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf?