Tonight was the totally tubular festival at Blossom Music Center and featured some of the one-hit wonder '80s acts that typically I would hate but thought it was worth seeing seven of them at once to get them out of the way. The show was very sparsely attended, to the point where it was almost embarrassing to be in the audience. I'd say I enjoyed half of the acts, and was bored out of my mind for the others. Since this was the last day of the tour, a lot of the finales included a lot of the other acts joining on stage together.
Tommy Tutone sounded the oldest of the bunch, kind of like Joe Walsh if he had kept drinking for another couple years. But hey he's still got Jenny's number.
I guess there's some beef between the lead singer of Bow Wow Wow and the rest of the band, so they specified the lead singer's first name in the the possessive form before the band's name. They were fine but I was done with them by the time their big hit "I want candy" was played.
Wang Chung was actually the unanimous favorite between myself and my two brother-in-laws. A fun rock show all around and they sounded great. My last name would often be used as a replacement for Chung when I was growing up so I'm a little scarred by that, but it was pretty darn fun.
Men Without Hats understood the assignment. They played "Safety Dance" twice in their set, once at the beginning and once at the end. Their drummer was wearing a cowboy hat, which just doesn't feel right. My in-laws liked them much more than I did overall, but oh well.
Modern English was next up, and having seen them just this past September for an in studio performance, I must admit they were one of the acts I was most looking forward to seeing again. They sounded great, even with them fitting two new songs in their set of 6 to 7 songs total. Side note, I actually really like their new single "Long in the Tooth".
Tom Bailey from Thompson Twins then proceeded to bore us out of our minds.
Thomas Dolby finished off the night, playing through some of his hits and also covers of New Order and David Bowie, including a tribute to his performance at live aid, it was an interesting and satisfying ending.
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