80’s Artists With 2013 Tours

The 80’s are back in a very big way!  All of the above 80’s artists will be on tour in the very near future – some are limited places and dates but they will be out there nonetheless.

I’m excited about seeing a number of these bands.  I’ll admit it, I’ve only seen 5 of the artists above but I’m hoping that will that will change very soon.

Artists in the collage and their tour information can be found linked to the artist’s name below:

Row 1: The English Beat, The B52’s, Weird Al Yankovic and ABC (just 2 CA dates)

Row 2: Big Country with Mike Peters (from The Alarm), Hall & Oates, Howard Jones (1 CA date as of 3/12/13) and Peter Murphy (this may be canceled given his recent arrest)

Row 3: The Go-Go’s, Depeche Mode, Ultravox (with Simple Minds) (US dates not yet announced bit hinted) and They Might Be Giants 

Row 4: Billy Idol, Wang Chung (2 CA dates), New Order and Simple Minds (with Ultravox)

I also just found out that one of my favorite 80’s bands that I’ve never seen live, The Sparks are also on a short tour (and at Coachella!) but are sold out in Los Angeles.  Damn, I would love to see “Angst in My Pants” or “Eaten By The Monster of Love” live!

And if those bands aren’t enough for you, don’t forget about Durandemonium 2013 – the Duran Duran Fan Convention in Chicago this October!  Early Registration ends tomorrow, 3/21 at 11:55PM CST so click here for tickets and let me know that I’ll be seeing you in October.

Do you know of any other 80’s bands going on tour or having local dates?  If you want to go with me to see some of these shows either in NY or LA, let me know in the comments section?  Which 80’s band do you wish you could see live?

Images in collage are from the following Flickr streams: epiclectic, I’mHeavyDuty, the_photographer, qnibert00, TeamStickerGiant, Oddstock, RustySherriff, MilesGehm, Poshsurfside.com, MyBlueGenes, RonvanRutten.com