Out Now. Rockonteurs Returns as Gary Kemp & Guy Pratt 🇺🇦🇪🇺 chat to dave wakeling from The Beat. Dave is currently out on the road in US & joined us to share some brilliant tales & talk about their special releases for #rsd2024 - listen now lnk.to/rockonteurs The English Beat

Great footage of Steven Spielberg and John Williams working on the iconic theme for E.T.

Steven Spielberg and Drew Barrymore on the set of E.T. (1982).

#OnThisDay 1984: Tomorrow's World trumpeted the work of scientists seeking to expel the age old cliché of Baked Beans and flatuence.

THIS IS 40: it was April 1984 when Pet Shop Boys first released one of the greatest debut singles of all-time, WEST END GIRLS rhino.com/article/deep-d…

#OnThisDay in 1988 ‘Heart’ by Pet Shop Boys was the UK’s new No 1 single

#OnThisDay in 1983 David Bowie’s single ‘Let's Dance’ was the UK’s new No 1

#OnThisDay in 1985 Simple Minds released ‘Don't You Forget About Me’

#OnThisDay in 1983 Heaven 17 released their single ‘Temptation’

Joe Strummer watching the Notting Hill Carnival on the Golborne Road.

Photo: Josh Cheuse

In the 80s we never took Polaroid photos of what we were eating or drinking to then show everyone ... life was simple then

Back in the #80s a selfie was a trip to a photobooth. Adjust seat, choose background orange, blue curtain or white wall. Insert coins, listen to instructions, pose and 📸. Then wait outside for strip of photos to drop. Oh and let them dry with that blast of air before removing!

Albums from the #80s decade weren’t just about the music. The artwork cover and inserts contributed to their appeal and as a result lead to so many iconic albums.

Lord Street 1980s #Liverpool

#OnThisDay in 1979 #DuranDuran made their live debut at the Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Polytechnic with band members Nick Bates (Rhodes), Nigel Taylor (John) and Stephen Duffy (Tin Tin)

Valley girl slang, 1982

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Bauhaus in this week’s 1982 fortnightly edition of Smash Hits magazine

Top of the Pops (2nd April 1981). Shakin' Stevens is sitting at number one with 'This Ole House'.