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From his breakout MTV hits She Blinded Me With Science and Hyperactive to his immaculate keyboard work with Foreigner, Bowie, Roger Waters, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Joni, Quincy Jones, George Clinton and Prefab Sprout, Thomas Dolby has always found a way to make his synths sound symphonic.

Now he has created Requiem For The 80s , a hybrid symphony in five movements, blending retro electronic sounds with beautiful orchestral arrangements that unpack and re-imagine some of the finest music of that decade. The show will be ready for its symphonic première in Fall 2026, after which Thomas plans to bring his creation to some of the top concert halls and orchestras in the world.

Unlike other ‘tribute’ pops shows, what sets  Requiem for the 80s  apart is that Thomas Dolby was actually there... rubbing shoulders with The Cure, Grace Jones, XTC, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, and the Art of Noise; with Siouxsie, the Smiths, Peter Gabriel, and Kate Bush. He tells his own deeply personal story of that decade in a humorous, confessional style, while the band and orchestra weave together musical motifs from the era that most influenced him, and that he influenced the most.

[Click here to see a SAMPLE SET LIST]

My surreal evening with Michael Jackson
Foreigner x Pink Floyd x Eurythmics
Live Aid by Helicopter with David Bowie
Waiting For An Intro Like You
Depeche Mode x Duran Duran
'Requiem for the 80s' Movement 2 preview
'Requiem for the 80s' Movement 3 preview
Booking Agency:
Jon Pleeter
(USA)
Jon Pleeter Agency
Neil O'Brien
(UK)
Neil O'Brien Agency
Randy Chaplin
Symphonic Agent
Chaplin Entertainment
Thomas Dolby
Composer / Performer

REQUIEM FOR THE 80s includes quotes or motifs from an astonishing number of iconic hits--many of which Thomas Dolby had a hand in:

TITLE

ARTIST

TD CONNECTION?

Moments In Love

Art Of Noise

/

Roam, Love Shack

B52s

/

Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Circle in the Sand

Belinda Carlisle

keyboardist

White Wedding, Rebel Yell

Billy Idol

/

Let's Go Out Tonight

Blue Nile

/

Heroes, Ashes To Ashes

Bowie

keyboardist at Live Aid

Smalltown Boy

Bronski Beat

/

Don't Dream It's Over

Crowded House

/

Photograph

Def Leppard

keyboardist

Enjoy The Silence, Behind The Wheel

Depeche Mode

/

Ordinary World

Duran Duran

/

The Killing Moon

Echo and the Bunnymen

/

Here Comes the Rain Again, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Eurythmics

/

Waiting For A Girl Like You

Foreigner

keyboardist

Cars

Gary Numan

/

The Message

Grandmaster Flash

/

Rockit

Herbie Hancock

performed at Grammy Awards

Things That Dreams Are Made Of, I'm Only Human

Human League

/

I’m lucky

Joan Armatrading

keyboardist

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division

/

Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush

/

The Model, Europe Endless

Kraftwerk

/

New Toy

Lene Lovich

songwriter/keyboardist

Land Down Under

Men At Work

/

Silent Running

Mike and the Mechanics

/

Melt With You

Modern English

/

Blue Monday

New Order

/

It’s A Sin

Pet Shop Boys

/

Sledgehammer, Red Rain

Peter Gabriel

/

Another Brick In The Wall, Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd

performed at The Wall in Berlin

Bonny, Goodbye Lucille #1

Prefab Sprout

producer/keyboards

Don't Get Me Wrong, I Go To Sleep

Pretenders

/

Love My Way

Psychedelic Furs

/

Dance Away

Roxy Music

/

Sign Your Name

Terence Trent D'Arby

/

Ghost Town

The Specials

/

This Must Be The Place

Talking Heads

/

Head Over Heels, Mad World

Tears For Fears

/

Just Like Heaven, Lovesong

The Cure

/

How Soon Is Now?

The Smiths

/

She Blinded Me with Science, One Of Our Submarines

Thomas Dolby

self

In The Name of Love

Thompson Twins

keyboardist

New Year's Day, With Or Without You

U2

/

Vienna, Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

Ultravox

/

Everything She Wants

Wham

/

Magic's Wand

Whodini

writer/prooducer/keyboardist

Only You, Don't Go

Yazoo

/

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