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
Second British Invasion
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The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and new pop artists in the United States. It began in the summer of 1982, peaked in 1983, and continued througho
Chart of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by British artists, by weeks
Duran Duran (pictured in 1983) were one of the earliest British new pop groups to achieve mainstream success in the summer of 1982. Their second studio album Rio is credited with helping kickstart the second British Invasion, spending eleven weeks within the top ten of the Billboard 200 in 1983.