Blitz Kids (New Romantics)
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The Blitz Kids was a group of people who frequented the Tuesday club-night at Blitz in Covent Garden, London in 1979–1980, and is credited with launching the New Romantic subcultural movement.
The former home of Blitz nightclub (1979), 4 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2
New Romantic
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New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The movement emerged from the nightclub scene in London and Birmingham at venues such as Bi
Boy George performing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 2001
Annabella Lwin performing with Bow Wow Wow in 1982, wearing clothing from Vivienne Westwood's Pirate collection
David Bowie's androgynous Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders look, which was a major influence on the movement
The Live Aid stage at the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia in July 1985, where Duran Duran played, while Ultravox and Spandau Ballet appeared on the Wembley stage in the UK