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09/10/2025

08/10/2025

October 8, 1980 ❤️

07/10/2025

October 7, 1985 🎶

30/09/2025

September 30, 1985 🎶

25/09/2025

"Last year they removed the last recognisable instrument...."

23/09/2025

September 23, 1985 🎶

22/09/2025

"Let's not bring it back and analyse it in today's world because I don't think it would be so fondly remembered."

‘We broadcast live from nightclubs. So we’d tell the audience, “If you’re here with someone else’s wife, stand apart”’

21/09/2025

"Punk – although on its way out by 1979 – was essential to how the Blitz kids' look developed."

A new exhibition looks at how the legendary London club spawned acts such as Spandau Ballet and Boy George – but also provided a petri dish for fashion and style to grow

20/09/2025

September 20, 1985 🎶

17/09/2025

"Dolly Mixture had arrived on the scene a few years ahead of the jangling indie wave, and right before bands such as Shop Assistants and the Pastels would bring precious pop back into vogue. In 1980, the band didn't quite fit in with the cynicism and aggression of post-punk."

The all-girl trio gave punk a playful spin and drew admirers in Paul Weller and Captain Sensible – but, singer Debsey Wykes recalls, faced confusion for being out of step with era’s noise and anger

16/09/2025

September 16, 1985 🎶

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