“I still think it’s a great lyric. Probably the best I’ve ever written. Those first four lines are the most memorable in my entire catalogue”: The classic ’80s rock anthem and the ’70s hit that inspired it

“I still think it’s a great lyric. Probably the best I’ve ever written. Those first four lines are the most memorable in my entire catalogue”: The classic ’80s rock anthem and the ’70s hit that inspired it

In 1981, after his debut album had flopped, Bryan Adams joked about naming his second album Bryan Adams Hasn’t Heard Of You Either. But four years later he had certainly one of the greatest promoting albums of the ’80s in Reckless – and amongst its many hit singles was the classic rock anthem Summer Of…

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Molly Ringwald, 58, Has Barely Changed 40 Years After ‘Pretty in Pink’: ‘There’s My 80’s Crush’

Molly Ringwald, 58, Has Barely Changed 40 Years After ‘Pretty in Pink’: ‘There’s My 80’s Crush’

Molly Ringwald rose to stardom through the ’80s in the movies of John Hughes, and she or he’s nonetheless a shocking redhead over 40 years later. Ringwald, 58, grew to become immediately related to the Brat Pack due to her roles in Hughes’s beloved teen movies like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink, which celebrates…

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“I should be dead, but someone up there likes me.” Billy Idol looks back on his wild adventures in ’80s New York, including the night he met David Bowie while covered in his own vomit

“I should be dead, but someone up there likes me.” Billy Idol looks back on his wild adventures in ’80s New York, including the night he met David Bowie while covered in his own vomit

The title of the new Billy Idol documentary, Billy Idol Should Be Dead, speaks volumes about the English rocker’s uninhibited and incessantly reckless embrace of hedonism and debauchery at the peak of his fame. Idol had a reasonably profitable profession in England with London punks Generation X -once dismissed as “really dreadful garbage” by Elton…

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EastEnders icon unrecognisable as 80s TV heartthrob stuns This Morning fans

EastEnders icon unrecognisable as 80s TV heartthrob stuns This Morning fans

Former EastEnders and Just Good Friends star Paul Nicholas left This Morning viewers surprised when he appeared on the programme to debate his new function in Fawlty Towers Peter Hart Deputy affiliate editor and Claudia Trotman Assistant Showbiz Editor 20:03, 20 Mar 2026Updated 20:35, 20 Mar 2026 Former EastEnders star Paul Nicholas regarded unrecognisable as…

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