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Duran Duran Get Their Own Set of Postage Stamps!

Poba 10 September 2026 0

Duran Duran, one of the most influential and innovative British bands of all time, will be featured for the first time on a new series of Royal Mail stamps. Paying tribute to a band whose music, style and artistic vision have left a…

Simple Minds Announce Dates for New European Tour!

Poba 8 September 2026 0

Simple Minds, the legendary Scottish new wave and art pop rockers, have announced the dates of a new European tour celebrating the first five decades of their career. Joining them as special guests on the new European dates will be…

Simple Minds Announce New Album “Sacrosanct” – First Single “Beginner Boys”…

Poba 8 September 2026 0

Simple Minds, the Scottish art rock and new wave icons, will release their new studio album "Sacrosanct" on Friday, January 29, 2027. In the four years since their last studio album, "Direction Of The Heart" from 2022, the band has found…

Duran Duran and the Storm of New Romantic Nostalgia at the Idyllic Villa Manin (2026)

Poba 13 July 2026 0

Duran DuranSaturday, 11 July 2026, 9:00 PM – 10:50 PMPassariano di Codroipo (Udine) / Villa Manin / Italy Duran Duran are today one of the rare bands that count among the surviving representatives of '80s pop rock, still recording…

Duran Duran, Codroipo (Udine), Villa Manin, Italy

Poba 22 June 2026 0

DURAN DURAN Saturday, July 11, 2026, at 9:00 PM Codroipo (Udine) // Villa Manin / Italy Facebook event! In the little Italian town of Codroipo near Udine, at the idyllic Villa Manin, the pop rock and New Romantic icons of the eighties, the…

Duran Duran Unveil Video and Single “Free To Love” (ft. Nile Rodgers)

Poba 23 April 2026 0

Duran Duran are back with a fresh original single, Free To Love, which once again features guitarist, arranger and producer Nile Rodgers. Free to Love plays like a love letter to the late seventies, when disco pop took over nightlife…

Duran Duran Are Reissuing “Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)” and “Thank You”

Poba 20 February 2026 0

The "Duran Duran" album from the nineties, better known as "The Wedding Album", and its close little brother "Thank You" are getting their first vinyl reissues since release this April. Both 2LP reissues will also come with bonus tracks. …

Perry Bamonte (The Cure) 3. 9. 1960 – 24. 12. 2025

Poba 27 December 2025 0

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist of The Cure, has died at the age of 65. The band announced the news in a statement on their website: "With great sadness we confirm the death of our dear friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte,…

Alphaville – synth-pop legends descend on Zagreb (2025)

Poba 13 September 2025 0

AlphavilleFriday, 5 September 2025, 9:30 PMZagreb / Zagreb Fair (Paviljon 9) / Croatia Some tours and some gigs just catch you completely off guard. Alphaville. Given how thoroughly this German synth-pop and new wave band sank into…

Duran Duran in Pula, Part 2

Igorac 30 July 2025 0

Duran DuranSaturday, 12. 7. 2025Forte Arena, Pula, Sardinia, Italy "Nick Rhodes, king of shoulder pads" Fate sometimes takes strange paths. Last year, for my birthday present, I arranged to see Duran Duran in Pula after thirteen…

The Alarm Frontman Mike Peters Has Died!

Poba 30 April 2025 0

Mike Peters, songwriter, vocalist and activist, has died at the age of 66. Mike Peters, the singer of The Alarm, has died at 66. He battled cancer for three decades. In 2019, Peters received an MBE for his services to cancer-related…

Midge Ure and the Birth of Ultravox Magic in Zagreb (2024)

Poba 25 October 2024 0

Midge UreThursday, 24 Oct 2024, 9:20 PM – 10:40 PMZagreb / Tvornica kulture / Croatia Slovene version (for an English version please scroll down the bar): Some concerts you genuinely don't expect in our corner of the world. The…

New Romance from the Old Guard (2024)

Igorac 2 August 2024 0

Duran DuranTuesday, 30 July 2024Pula / Arena Pula / Croatia LeBon has developed a pretty solid dad bod in recent years. The new version of New Moon on Monday isn't really my thing. The White Lines cover cooled things down a…

Simple Minds Storm the Pula Arena with a Greatest Hits Masterclass (2024)

Poba 5 July 2024 0

Simple Minds (support act: Grad)Date: Wednesday, 3 July 2024Venue: Pula / Arena / Croatia Simple Minds need no lengthy introduction. They are new wave and art rock legends with a formidable commercial track record. True to their…

Depeche Mode Show Stunning Stage Form in Zagreb on the Memento Mori Tour (2023)

Poba 25 July 2023 0

Depeche Mode (support: Hælos)Zagreb / Arena Zagreb / CroatiaSunday, 23 July 2023 This year, Depeche Mode came back with a new studio album — their fifteenth. It's called Memento Mori. A strong achievement! Packed with musical…

Massimo Savić (June 6, 1962 – December 23, 2022)

Poba 24 December 2022 0

Massimo Savić, one of the most respected and recognizable vocalists of the Croatian rock and pop scene, and one of those voices that left a permanent mark on the face of the wider regional music scene, has died at the age of 61 after a…

Garry Roberts (The Boomtown Rats) 16. 6. 1950 – 9. 11. 2022

Poba 13 November 2022 0

Garry Roberts, founding member and lead guitarist of Irish punk and new wave legends The Boomtown Rats, has died at the age of 72. The news was first announced by The Boomtown Rats themselves on social media: "It is with great sadness…

Simple Minds: Direction Of The Heart

Poba 3 November 2022 0

Label: BMGRelease date: 21. 10. 2022Production: Simple Minds, Andy Wright & Gavin GoldbergAlbum length: 38.10 minGenre: Art Rock / Pop / New WaveRating: 9.0/10 How do you make a great electro rock and pop album in strange times,…

Simple Minds and a Marathon Run of Greatest Hits at an Unforgettable Zagreb Spectacle (2022)!

Poba 12 July 2022 0

Venue: Zagreb / ŠRC Šalata / CroatiaConcert date: Thursday, 30 June 2022 Simple Minds! The greatest Scottish band of all time. Out on a hits tour. Celebrating 40 years in the game. A band born in the second half of the seventies,…

Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) July 8, 1961 – May 26, 2022

Poba 26 May 2022 0

Andy Fletcher, keyboardist and co-founder of synth pop and new wave giants Depeche Mode, known to all the band's fans as "Fletch", has died at the age of 60. Depeche Mode confirmed the news today through their social media channels,…

Duran Duran: Future Past

Poba 29 October 2021 0

Label: BMG / Tape ModernRelease date: October 22, 2021Production: Erol Alkan, Mark Ronson, Giorgio Moroder & Duran DuranAlbum length: 51.05 minGenre: Pop Rock / New WaveRating: 8.0/10 Duran Duran, icons of new wave, synth-pop…

Riječki novi val – Antologija (3CD)

Poba 17 September 2021 0

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: June 2021Compilation length: approx. 240 min (3CD)Genre: Alternative Rock (Punk Rock / New-Wave / Post Punk / Art Rock / Synth-Pop)Rating: 9.5/10 It was 1976. Nobody questioned anything, nobody…

Tears for Fears: The Seeds of Love

Peter 13 May 2019 0

“The Seeds of Love” was one of the artistic peaks and the next sonic evolution in the career of the unforgettable masters of new wave romanticism and art pop rock perfectionism.

Spandau Ballet Triumph Over a Biblical Plague (2015)

Peter 12 August 2015 0

Location: Lignano Sabbiadoro / Arena Alpe Adria / Italy Date: Saturday, 08.08.2015 Spandau Ballet, the beloved British heroes of the eighties New Romantic movement, rolled into the lovely Italian seaside resort of Lignano for a…

Simple Minds and a Sing-Along in the Rain in Lignano (2014)

Peter 2 August 2014 0

"Even though almost all of us ended up soaked to the bone under the stage, Simple Minds' show in Lignano was a real treat for every nostalgic fan of big new wave hits with the occasional dose of art rock molasses."

Simple Minds and a Carousel of Greatest Hits in Zagreb (2014)

Poba 6 March 2014 0

Venue: Zagreb / Mala dvorana Doma sportova / CroatiaDate: March 4, 2014 Simple Minds, the elder statesmen of that eighties new wave sound, are out on a new European tour with a "Greatest hits + 2014" set, a sensible "extension" of the…

Talk Talk : The Colour Of Spring

Peter 17 January 2014 0

Label: EMI Records Release year: 1986 Production: Tim Friese-Greene Album length: 45.40 min Genre: Art Pop / Post Rock By the time the cult British new wave/art rock outfit Talk Talk were recording their third album, »The Colour of…

Talk Talk : It’s My Life

Peter 13 January 2014 0

Label: EMI Records Year of release: 1984 Production: Tim Friese-Greene Album length: 43.16 min Genre: Synth Pop / New Wave British new wave greats Talk Talk released their second album, "It's My Life", right after original keyboardist…

Talk Talk : The Party’s Over

Peter 28 December 2013 0

Label: EMI Records Year of release: 1982 Production: Colin Thurston Album length: 36.47 min Genre: New Wave / Synth Pop "The Party's Over" was the debut from the cult British outfit Talk Talk, a band whose character and body of work…

“Delta Machine = Depeche Mode” (2013)

Poba 24 May 2013 0

Location: Zagreb / Arena Zagreb / CroatiaDate: Thursday, 23.05.2013 Depeche Mode are today considered one of those bands whose pioneering artistry had a groundbreaking influence on the modern understanding of the entertainment side…

Simple Minds Hit Grado with Their 5×5 Tour (2012)

Poba 30 July 2012 0

Location: Grado / Diga Nazaro Saurio / ItalyDate: July 28, 2012 Simple Minds are one of those sonic heavyweights who carried their musical craft over from the "golden eighties", the decade that crowned them with huge commercial…

Arcadia: So Red The Rose

Peter 27 February 2011 0

Label: Parlophone RecordsRelease date: November 18, 1985Production: Alex Sadkin & ArcadiaAlbum length: 43.36 minGenre: New Wave / Art RockRating: 10/10 Arcadia was a side project formed in 1985 by three members of the New…

Spandau Ballet and the Reformation of New Romantic’s Golden Days (2010)

Poba 2 March 2010 0

"Perfect ballet pirouettes wrapped in the silken yarn of an era long gone. An era that only comes alive in the moments when the stage magic of Spandau Ballet comes alive with it."

Simple Minds – Conjuring a Grand Atmosphere Out of Simple, Easy Musical Strokes (2006)

Poba 9 April 2006 0

"I haven't seen Slovenes join in with such unity and just the right amount of immersion at a "rock" concert in a long time, an event that was all about the simple flow of positive energy from the stage to the crowd and back."