Thomas Dolby Cincinnati Tickets - Riverbend Music Center

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Tom Bailey

1 concert

English multi-instrumentalist/producer; session guitarist & composer. YouTube Tom Bailey Backing Tracks (200k subs); 857M Spotify streams; TikTok viral “Emotional Piano…”; collab’d w/ Vintage Culture, Alok, Sonny Fodera; platinum “Guerra e Pace” (Netflix Summertime).

Bow Wow Wow

9 concerts

London new wave band Bow Wow Wow, shaped by Malcolm McLaren: Annabella Lwin’s wild vocals, Burundi drums/Mohawk style; UK Top 10 “I Want Candy,” “Go Wild.”

Modern English

26 concerts

Formed in Colchester, England, Modern English are post‑punk/new wave pioneers; BBC DJ John Peel championed them. Best known for “I Melt With You” (8M+ plays; 2024 BMI honor).

Wang Chung

21 concerts

London new wave band led by Jack Hues & Nick Feldman; hits “Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” “Let’s Go!,” “Dance Hall Days”; also “To Live and Die in L.A.” theme.

Men Without Hats

6 concerts

Montreal new-wave/synth-pop pioneers led by Ivan & Colin Doroschuk; hits “The Safety Dance” & “Pop Goes the World”; toured worldwide; both songs in Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Tommy Tutone

8 concerts

Tommy Tutone: early-’80s US power-pop band led by Tommy Heath & Jim Keller; hit “867-5309/Jenny” (#4, gold) plus “Angel Say No”; split after 1983.

Thomas Dolby

9 concerts

London-born synth-pop/new wave “mad scientist”; hits “She Blinded Me with Science” & “Hyperactive.” Wrote “New Toy” (Lene Lovich) & Whodini’s “Magic’s Wand.” Collaborated w/ Herbie Hancock, Bowie.