Ten Songs We Heard in One Hour on Simon-FM (Greensboro, NC): Do You Want New Drugs?

We learned while putting this entry together that Huey Lewis and the News is continuing its perennial North American summer tour with a stop in Camden, New Jersey, on August, 20th. The popular '80s band whose song "Hip to Be Square" was featured during a memorable scene with Christian Bale and Jared Leto in "American Psycho" will also be performing in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Oct. 10th.

Here are those ten songs which were played during the 11:00 p.m.-midnight hour on Saturday night:

1) I Want a New Drug, Huey Lewis and the News. 1984. (Lithium is pict. top)

2)  Heartache Tonight, The Eagles. 1979.

3) Right Here, Right Now, Jesus Jones. 1991 (pict. center)

4) Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd. 1979.

5) I Want Her, Keith Sweat. 1987.

6) Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin. 1971.

7) Under the Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers. 1991

8) Always Something There to Remind Me, Naked Eyes. 1983.

9) It's the End of the World As We Know It (And, I Feel Fine), REM. 1987 (bottom image)

10) Brickhouse, Commodores, 1977.

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Last Ten Songs We Heard on Simon-FM in Greensboro, NC (on Jan. 9th from 3:00-4:00 p.m.)

Here are the last ten songs we heard on 98.7 Simon-FM in Greensboro, NC, on Jan. 9th from 3:00-4:00 p.m.

The images are of 1) Axl Rose, the lead singer of Guns N' Roses, 2) the late, great Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (for the U2 song "Pride"....) and 3) A poster of "Caddyshack" with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray (for "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins, the theme song from that film):

1. Fantastic Voyage. Lakeside. 1980.

2. Hertache Tonight. The Eagles. 1979.

3. Tubthumping. Chumbawamba. 1997.

4. Welcome to the Jungle. Guns N' Roses. 1987.

5. Let It Ride. BTO. 1974.

6. Heart and Soul. Huey Lewis and the News. 1983.

7. I Can't Dance. Genesis. 1991.

8. It Takes Two. Rob Base and DTEZ Rock. 1988.

9. Pride (in the Name of Love). U2. 1984.

10. I'm Alright. Kenny Loggins. 1980.

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Google/Bing Question of the Day: How Many Top 40 Hits Did Pat Benatar Have?

The answer as it turns out is 14. Though Pat Benatar never topped the Billboard charts, she had four top ten singles, including "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Love is a Battlefield," "We Belong" and "Invincible."

Benatar is now on tour and she will be playing a number of east coast venues, including Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., near Washington, DC, on Aug. 20th. She then plays at the House of Blues in Boston on Aug. 21 and the State Theatre in Portland, Maine, on Aug. 25.

She returns to her hometown of Richmond when she plays at the Innsbrook Pavilion (in the Richmond 'burb of Glen Allen, Va.) on Aug. 28.

For info on the tour of another '80s music entity, go to our sister blog "The Daily Vampire" at: http://www.nocturnalguy38.blogspot.com


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Huey Lewis and the News Will Be on Jimmy Kimmel Live

A few weeks back we saw an ad for Wolftrap, a concert venue in Vienna, Va., just outside of Washington, DC, which listed Huey Lewis and the News' Aug. 13, 2013, concert as one of its summer highlights. Perhaps, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who hails from San Francisco where the band is from and Eric Cantor (R-Va) can set aside partisan differences and attend the show together....well, may be in a parallel comic book universe.

As it also turns out, the band which became famous thanks to the multi-hit album "Sports," featuring "Heart of Rock and Roll," "I Wanna New Drug" and "Heart and Soul" that turns 30 this year, is starting their tour much sooner than in August.

Huey Lewis and the News will also appear on the ABC late night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

Here are the dates:

May 10 New Brusnwick, NJ

May 13 New York, NY

May 15 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

May 16 St. Ynez, Calif.

May 17 Cabazon, Calif.

May 18 Chandler, Ariz.

Later Dates:

Aug. 13 Vienna, Va. Wolftrap

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Summer Concerts 2009

Here is a list of summer dates from various music groups that are on tour this summer. Check their official web sites to see if they are coming near you:


June 4 REO Speedwagon, Kansas City, MO. (Starlight Theatre)

June 9 Coldplay, New Orleans, La.

June 10 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, El Paso, Tex. (Club 101)

June 23 Depeche Mode, Budapest, Hungary*

June 25 Huey Lewis and the News, Newport, RI

July 21 Journey, Morrison, Col. (Red Rocks)

July 31 Gogol Bordello, Norfolk, Va. (The Norva)

Aug. 8 Def Leppard (w/Cheap Trick and Poison), Charlotte, NC

*-Depeche Mode will play North America in July