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REWIND FESTIVAL Announces Stellar Line-Up for 2020 ’80s Pop Weekends

Rewind The 80s Music Festival, the world’s first and biggest 80s music festival, returns with three amazing UK festivals for summer 2020. Check out the line-up’s here.

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Rewind The 80s Music Festival, the world’s first and biggest 80s music festival, returns with three amazing UK festivals for summer 2020.

Each festival will be opened by a unique show celebrating 50 years since the formation of one of the world’s greatest rock bands – Queen. Queen Symphonic features a full symphony orchestra, a fantastic rock band and four soloist’s from the international productions of the musical We Will Rock You performing some of Queen’s greatest hits including “We Will Rock You”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Radio Ga Ga”, “We Are The Champions”, “A Kind Of Magic” and many more.

Taking place at three locations across three weekends, Rewind Festival, the world’s biggest 80s music festival has announced it’s line-up for their Summer 2020 events.

Not many festivals kick off with a full symphony playing Queen classics:


The festival, which features some of the ’80s top pop names returns this Summer and promises three amazing weekends. The line-ups confirmed are as follows:

Rewind Scotland @ Scone Palace, Perth 17th-19th July 2020
– Jimmy Somerville’s Big Band-Tastic Boogie, Wet Wet Wet, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Heather Small, Shalamar featuring Howard Hewett, Jeffrey Daniel & Carolyn Griffey, Limahl, From The Jam, The Blow Monkeys, Altered Images, T’Pau, and Owen Paul

Rewind North @ Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield 31st July-2nd August 2020
– Jimmy Somerville’s Big Band-Tastic Boogie, Wet Wet Wet, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Heather Small, Shalamar featuring Howard Hewett, Jeffrey Daniel & Carolyn Griffey, Nik Kershaw, Heaven 17, Go West, Altered Images, Katrina From Katrina & The Waves, and China Crisis

Rewind South @ Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames 14th-26th August 2020
– Jimmy Somerville’s Big Band-Tastic Boogie, Wet Wet Wet, Soul II Soul, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Cutting Crew, Peter Hook & The Light, Limahl, Captain Sensible, Aswad and Katrina From Katrina & The Waves.

Tickets for all festivals are on sale now via the Official Festival website

I have an unhealthy obsession with bad horror movies, the song Wanted Dead Or Alive and crap British game shows. I do this not because of the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll lifestyle it affords me but more because it gives me an excuse to listen to bands that sound like hippos mating.

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