Retro Magazine: Venus!

"They were the only clean things left in our wardrobes" said the Bananarama ladies.

Retro Magazine: Love, Truth & Honesty

"Just take the goddam picture!" said Keren to a bemused (and scared) photographer.

Retro Magazine: Movin On

"Can I be Siobhan or Jacquie?" said the overly familiar male model.

Bananarama: The US Tour!

 

Moments later, a frustrated hotel maid shouted at the Bananarama ladies for wearing shoes in bed. "Were you born in a barn?!", she screamed.

Yes, it's happening! The October 2012 US tour! Not long to get those tickets purchased, folks!

Bananarama will perform in honor of PINKTOBER, while celebrating their 30th anniversary as the most successful female pop group in history. Hurrah! Here are those special dates:

October 2nd - Hard Rock Cafe, New York


October 3rd - Hard Rock Cafe, Boston

October 5th - Hard Rock Cafe, Tampa

October 7th - Hard Rock Cafe, Atlanta

October 9th - Hard Rock Cafe, Chicago

October 11th - Hard Rock Cafe, Hollywood Blvd

October 13th - Hard Rock Cafe, Seattle

October 15th - Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas

For additional information/tour dates visit www.hardrock.com

Hard Rock International adds a pop of PINK this October in honor of the brand's 13th annual PINKTOBER™ breast cancer awareness campaign! For the 2012 campaign Hard Rock teams up with international, female pop-duo Bananarama to raise awareness and funds for a cause that affects people across the globe. As 2012 PINKTOBER brand ambassadors, Bananarama will entertain fans and survivors on a special PINKTOBER tour at select Hard Rock locations in the U.S.

"Everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by breast cancer," said Sara Dallin. "So when Hard Rock offered us the opportunity to take part in PINKTOBER and support a great cause in a fun way, we jumped at the chance."

"We cannot wait to get our Hard Rock tour started and spread the PINKTOBER message of awareness and hope to all our amazing fans," added Keren Woodward.

Hard Rock's commitment to breast cancer awareness and research continues throughout October with PINK menu offerings, "PINK Sheets Rooms," and limited-edition merchandise benefiting a variety of charities including The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (U.S.), The Caron Keating Foundation (U.K.) and local breast cancer charities around the globe.

"Philanthropy has been a cornerstone for Hard Rock since day one, and our annual PINKTOBER program is an incredible example of the unique way Hard Rock Cafes, Hotels and Casinos around the Globe are able to support a worthy cause," said Annie Balliro, Sr. Director of Brand Philanthropy, Hard Rock International. "By combining great music, cool merchandise, unique menu items, social media and creative local activation, Hard Rockers help raise awareness, funds and most importantly support for the fight against breast cancer."

True Confessions, 30 Years Deluxe for iTunes, Olympics.....News, News, News!

Mag-tastic!

Amazing news! If you're following the lovely @Bananarama2012 on twitter, you will know that a special anniversary edition of the True Confessions fan mag has been created.  Only 100 copies printed and they have now sold out!

I know that a huge amount of work has gone into its creation and so on a personal level, I'd like to thank Peter for doing this.  I read nothing but praise for the old fan club and therefore a new edition of the fan mag is an absolute treat in this important anniversary year.  Thank you!

Hey Young London!

I don't know about you, but I'm mostly bored by the idea of watching sport.  Football, for example, is just grown men running after a ball.  Toddlers do the same thing but they don't earn vast amounts of money for doing so.  However, I have been most suprised at my shocking and sudden enjoyment of all things Olympic-related.  I am now officially a fan of sport (or is it sports-men that I'm a fan of...?).  It was recently announced that Bananarama are providing the half-time entertainment at the Men's Beach VolleyBall Final.  Fabulous!  (That's tonight if you are lucky to catch it!)

More news....thankfully some record company person has made the sensible decision to release an iTunes Deluxe version of '30 Years of Bananarama' which includes some of the videos.  Now you can watch all those videos on your iphone!