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Tom Bailey

1 concert

English multi-instrumentalist/producer; session guitarist & composer. Runs Tom Bailey Backing Tracks (200k subs). Hits: “Your Love,” “Fade Into You”; platinum “Guerra E Pace” (Netflix Summertime). Worked with Alok, Vintage Culture, Sonny Fodera, Bob Moses; viral “Emotional Piano” (18B TikTok/Meta); releases via Warner/Universal/Sony ATV/Spinnin’.

Bow Wow Wow

8 concerts

London new wave band formed by Malcolm McLaren (ex–Sex Pistols mgr); Annabella Lwin-led, Burundi-style drumming/Mohawk flair. UK Top 10: “Go Wild…” & “I Want Candy” (US #62); controversy, John Peel, Boy George cameo.

Modern English

25 concerts

Formed in Colchester, England, Modern English helped shape goth/industrial-tinged post‑punk/new wave; championed by John Peel; 4AD band behind “I Melt With You” (8M+ plays; BMI London honor).

Wang Chung

20 concerts

London-based new wave band (Hues/Feldman/Costin), later duo; ’80s U.S. hitmakers: “Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” “Dance Hall Days,” “Let’s Go!”; “To Live and Die in L.A.” theme.

Men Without Hats

6 concerts

Montreal new wave electro‑pop pioneers led by Ivan & Colin Doroschuk; hits “The Safety Dance” & “Pop Goes the World”; toured worldwide; both in Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Tommy Tutone

8 concerts

American early-’80s power pop band led by Tommy Heath & Jim Keller; best known for gold hit “867-5309/Jenny” (#4, 1982) and “Angel Say No.”

Thomas Dolby

9 concerts

London-born synth-pop/new wave “mad scientist” behind “She Blinded Me with Science” & “Hyperactive”; wrote Lene Lovich’s “New Toy,” produced Whodini hit “Magic’s Wand.”