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THIS WEEK IN….
1984 – Iron Maiden kicks off the World Slavery Tour in Warsaw, Poland, with shows in Hungary and Yugoslavia soon to follow. It marked the first time a Western band has ever brought a full concert production behind the Iron Curtain. Overall, the tour lasted 331 days, during which the band performed 189 gigs. The band were left exhausted by its end in 1985 and demanded a break for the rest of the year before starting work on Somewhere In Time in 1986

1986 – Lionel Richie released his 3rd studio album “Dancing on the Ceiling” in the US where it went to #1 on the Billboard chart. It reached #2 here in the UK and sold over 5 million copies worldwide. One of the tracks on the album, “Say You, Say Me” won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

SONGS PLAYED
Roachford – Cuddly Toy
Prince – Alphabet St.
Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
Grace Jones – Pull Up To the Bumper
Iron Maiden – Can I Play with Madness
Alice Cooper – Poison
Melle Mel – White Lines (Don’t Do It)
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
Lionel Richie – Dancing on the Ceiling
Madness – Our House
Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love
Eurythmics – Would I Lie To You
The Style Council – Walls Come Tumbling Down
SOS Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right)
Holly Johnson – Love Train
Duran Duran – Girls On Film
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
Paul Young – Wherever I Lay My Hat (Thats My Home)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes
Madonna – Into The Groove
The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
Terence Trent D’Arby – Wishing Well
Alexander O’Neal – Fake
The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Robert Palmer – Simply Irresistible
The Pointer Sisters – Jump (for my love)
Alannah Myles – Black Velvet