When the Go-Go’s arrived in New York City from the West Coast in August, 1980, they were a sweet, goofy package of pure pop in a New Wave wrapper. They provided the kind of light summer fun that can prove irresistible and were well received when they played their first night at Danceteria (see clip).
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong continue sorting through their archives of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at N.Y.U.’s Fales Library. Video via NYTimes.
There was a bomb threat at the hotel where the Go-Go’s were staying and the entire hotel was evacuated. Yikes! Without their personal belongings (make-up or stage clothes) the ladies went to the local CVS and loaded up on supplies and then performed the concert wearing their own Go-Go’s tour merchandise!!
Looking good ladies!! 🙂
The Go-Go’s cover Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” at Hard Rock Live in Orlando FL 9/18/2012
OK, friends; contest time… Just snap a picture of you pointing to the title of yr favorite Go-Go’s song and win two free tix to the Orlando show or the St. Petersburg show in Florida. Get Creative about how you show yourself and the song title.
E-mail your pics to info@gogos.com A winner will be picked at random by tomorrow morning, the 18th for both shows (Orlando show is on the evening of the 18th and St. Pete show is on the 19th)
And if you tweet your photo to @officialgogos … you can enter twice! Winner picked by 10am tomorrow, PDT.