Howard Jones: Things Can Only Get Better

Howard Jones: Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in a number of different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up.  He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers with “New Song”. His first two albums HUMAN’S LIB  featured the hits “New Song,” and “What Is Love?”  and DREAM INTO ACTION  featured the smashes: “Things Can Only Get Better,” “Life In One Day,” “No One Is To Blame,” and “Like To Get To Know You Well.”  

Wang Chung went on to became part of the contemporary culture of North America with their huge smash 'Everybody Have Fun Tonight', with its now famous line ''Everybody Wang Chung Tonight’’.  ‘Points on the Curve’ produced the dance-floor breakthrough “Don’t Be My Enemy,” and the Top 40 hits “Don’t Let Go” and the international smash  “Dance Hall Days,” the latter nominated for Best New Artist at the very first MTV Video Music Awards.

The English Beat is a band with an energetic mix of musical styles and a sound like no other that has allowed it to endure for nearly four decades and appeal to fans, young and old, all over the world with  “Stand Down Margaret” and “Get A Job” as well as their classic hits “I Confess”, “Save It For Later” and "Mirror In The Bathroom."

Modern English, formed in Colchester, England, remain one of the defining bands of the post-punk era, with their original core lineup of Robbie Grey ( vocals) and Michael Conroy (bass) , intact since 1977. Widely regarded as innovators of the genre, the band is best known for their iconic hit “I Melt With You” which became a defining song of the ’80s and continues to resonate with new generations of listeners. MTV era songs like "Hands Across The Sea"  and "Someone's Calling" still thrill audiences,  as the band enters its 6th decade performing together.  

Richard Blade is one of the most popular and best-known DJs in America, and hosts a daily radio show on both SiriusXM 1st Wave Ch. 33 and middays on KCBS, Jack FM.