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ON Culture | The '80s Rock On

This edition of ON Culture was originally emailed to subscribers on February 2, 2024. To receive Leslie Dinaberg’s arts newsletter in your

ON Culture | The '80s Rock On

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On the Stage

The Plimsouls won’t be "A Million Miles Away" on Jun. 28 because they’re coming to the Bowl for the Totally Tubular Festival | Photo: Courtesy

My '80s music loving heart is going pitter-patter in a BIG way for the recently announced Totally Tubular Festival coming to the Santa Barbara Bowl on Friday, June 28. The lineup looks like my college cassette collection: Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Modern English, Men Without Hats, The Romantics, Bow Wow Wow, Tommy Tutone, and The Plimsouls. Tickets are now on sale here .

Stacey Q joins the Lost 80s Live Tour this summer | Photo: Courtesy