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Kajagoogoo reform for UK tour

'Too Shy' stars are the latest in 2009's comeback craze

Kajagoogoo are reforming and are set for a UK tour, they have revealed.

The '80s pop sensations, best known for their 1983 UK Number One hit 'Too Shy', are back in their original line-up for a jaunt set to kick off in September.

Mullet-haired frontman Limahl, real name Christopher Hamill, said it had "taken 25 years [for the band] to grow up," reports BBC News.

Before the tour the band play a warm-up show at Birkenhead Pacific Road Arts Theatre on May 23, following by free shows in Leipzig on June 5 and the Aylesbury Hobbles On The Cobbles festival on August 23.

Kajagoogoo will play:

Liverpool 02 Academy (September 17)
Glasgow The Ferry (18)
Belfast Ulster Hall (20)
Norwich Waterfront (23)
Sheffield 02 Academy (24)
Wolverhampton Robin 2 (25)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (26)
Swansea Sin City (27)
London Islington 02 Academy (30)
Southampton The Brook (October 1)


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Gusman 

May 14, 2009

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! How long will this 80's horror go on for? It was a terrible decade to live through, fashion and music.

ramonesrip 

May 14, 2009

agreed Gusman - most of 80's were the musical equivelant of 'Nam. it was bad enough when uber-ponces Spandau Ballet cashed in - now the fetid carcass topped with bad highlights that is Kajagoogoo are back - I'm havin a flashback, man - aaarrghhhhhh

papayasaladlover 

May 14, 2009

I blame the Sex Pistols!Who's next? Joy Division?

Splendid Fool 

May 17, 2009

Young people, Kajagoogoo are that great band that wrote and released hit singles - among many others - "Tutti Frutti", "Johnny B. Goode", "Satisfaction", "Strawberryfields Forever" and "Purple Haze". They also released ground-breaking LPs "Beggars Banquet", "Fun House", "Kick Out The Jams" (a live album), "White Album", "IV", "London Calling" and suchlike. Truly legendary and unmissable... in their dreams. Avoid Avoid Avoid.

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