Return to the 80s with Rewind Scotland

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Let's Dance - at Rewind Scotland.

‘Rewind Scotland – The 80s Festival’ is back to give those of us who grew up in the 1980s the perfect opportunity to sing, boogie and reminisce!

Rewind Scotland will take place from Friday, July 22 until Sunday, July 24 at Scone Palace, Perth and, as with the previous five Rewind Festivals, will showcase the crème de la crème of classic 80s pop music (providing me with a great excuse to write self-indulgent captions for the photos in this article!)!

Legendary Scottish artists

This year’s headline performances include Holly Johnson and Adam Ant, as well as Rick Astley, ABC, Tony Hadley, Marc Almond, Go West, Roland Gift, China Crisis, Toyah, The Beat, Annabella’s Bow Wow Wow, plus many more big names, including legendary Scottish artists Midge Ure, The Bluebells, Average White Band and, making their Rewind Scotland debuts, Living In A Box, Leo Sayer, Snap, and Slim Jim Phantom from The Stray Cats.

The Rewind Scotland debut of the British Electric Foundation

One of the highlights of this year’s festival will be the Rewind Scotland debut of the British Electric Foundation (who I loved way back in the 80s, when I worked on Jackie magazine – cue shameless namedropping!).

B.E.F. was thought up by Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware, and will showcase a unique and dazzling performance featuring a raft of legendary pop artists. Ware has assembled a stellar line-up featuring the full Heaven 17 band performing songs made famous by the stars themselves, plus cover versions in the inimitable B.E.F. electronic pop style featuring Thomas Dolby, Black, Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory, The Noisettes’ Shingai Shoniwa, Mari Wilson and The Farm’s Peter Hooton.

Non-stop festival fun

The festival will also feature plenty of non-stop festival fun from the Silent Disco to the Live Karaoke Bar, as well as camping and glamping options, a kidzone, funfair, and spectacular firework display to close the weekend.

For full details of ticket outlets and prices, click here.

: Rewind Scotland – celebrate the 80s at Scone Palace this July

: Adam Ant photographed @ Robert Matheu’s studio in Hollywood in 1981 – and appearing at Scone this summer.

: Midge – Ure Still Our Pin-up! (So good to be able to re-use one of my favourite Jackie article headings!)

: It will possibly come as no suprise to many people that I loved Big Country – still do, even without the fabulous Stuart Adamson but with the equally fabulous Mike Peters (who I interviewed when I was the assistant pop editor on Jackie!)

: Not even rain can stop the Rewind party – but don’t worry. We’ve requested sunshine this year!

: More shameless namedropping… I interviewed Rick Astley when he was a young lad. And he’s still a fab singer with a witty line in chat!

: Say hello and wave goodbye to Marc Almond at Rewind Scotland!

: Go West – I’m no expert but they were amongst my favourites when I went to Rewind a couple of years ago.

: We loved the Bluebells in the Jackie office – even if we did believe Bobby’s surname really was Bluebell (although that might just have been me)!