The 80s Cruise Year 10 Video is Live
May 14, 2026
Replay the moments that made year 10 legendary From incredible concerts to totally outrageous theme nights to karaoke, celeb run-ins, late night dance floors, and nonstop 80s fun, Year 10 brought the (Pure) Energy all week long. Press play to relive the raddest moments, spot you and your friends in the crowd, and catch all
Chaka Khan: We Still Feel for Her
September 24, 2026
By Steve Spears Few artists have influenced four generations of music fans while remaining as vibrant and relevant as Chaka Khan. From her start in the funk grooves of the 1970s, those chart-topping solo hits of the 1980s, or her enduring influence on...
Loverboy: The Heart Behind the Hooks
September 9, 2026
By Steve Spears There’s a Loverboy song for just about every emotion you carried through the 1980s. Feeling trapped? They told you to “Turn Me Loose.” Counting the minutes until Friday? “Working for the Weekend” became your personal national anthem. Falling hopelessly...
Schools Back in Session
September 3, 2026
Forty Years Ago This summer: Why 1986 Rocked! By Lori Majewski I can’t remember what I walked into the kitchen for, but the summer of 1986—40 years ago, when I was 15? That, I remember! I remember the brand-new...
Katrina Leskanich: Still Walking on Sunshine
August 18, 2026
By Steve Spears Some songs don’t just define the ‘80s — they practically become part of the atmosphere. You hear them in grocery stores, movie soundtracks, wedding receptions, cruise ship decks and baseball stadiums. They become so woven into everyday life that you...
Name the Mane Game
August 13, 2026
Get Ready for a High Seas High Hair Battle In the 80s, the stakes, and the hair, couldn’t have been higher when it came to shredding the charts and the ozone layer. While we emulated our New Wave and...
BulletBoys: The Sunset Strip’s High-Octane Rock Survivors
August 11, 2026
By Steve Spears When people think about the hard rock and glam explosion of the late 1980s, names like Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Skid Row usually come to mind first. But tucked just next to those arena-filling giants was...
