Video Killed the Radio Star

Media night 21 November – RSVP – jeni@corporateimage.co.za –  I have a few media tickets left if you have not already RSVPed.

Date                     22 November to 11^t January 2014 –  Wednesday to Saturday

No show              * Wed 25 December (Christmas Day) * Wed 1 January (New Year’s Day)

Extra show          Tue 31 December (New Year’s Eve)

Time                     Doors open 20h00  –  New Year’s Eve show starts at 22h30

Venue                  Roxy Revue

Cost                     R90 * R150 per person for New Year’s Eve, which includes bubbly on entry

Tickets                  Computicket

The launch of music channel MTV on 1 August 1981 led to a creative explosion of sight and sound that turned the music industry on its head.  No longer were people content to simply hear their favourite musicians, they had to see them too.

Now, in a tribute to the incredible culture of music videos that revolutionised the pop music industry and created a new platform for video art, producer Cedric Vandenschrik will perform his new show, “Video Killed the Radio Star” at the GrandWest Roxy Revue Bar every Wednesday to Saturday from 22 November to 11 January 2014.

The talented cast will showcase the years of cutting-edge videos, from the 80s through to the 90s, when creative teams experimented to produce the most unique and memorable video’s, and MTV served as the music video headquarters for the pop music world. To an extent, Video did kill the radio, at least as a way of promoting new music, and the slogan “I want my MTV” was the order of the day throughout the world, even here, on our own SABC!

Artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, A-ha, Peter Gabriel, Tina Turner, Cindy Lauper, Dire Straits and so many more all became associated with their videos.  Bringing back these performances will be vocalists Riyaan Cornelius and Lee Rath, keyboardists Tracy Johannes and Chad Zerf, who also performs vocals, drummer Adam Coolsaet, bassist Alex Mayers and guitarist Andre Ferreira. Shaun Johannes will supply musical direction.

The audience will be treated to a visual and musical feast of catchy hits such as Madonna’s Material Girl, Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer, Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love, Duran Duran’s Wild Boys and Cindy Lauper’s anthem Girls Just Wanna have Fun, to name a few.

The doors open at 8pm and the curtain rises at 8.30pm.  Tickets are available from Computicket at R90 and in the words of introduction of that first broadcast in 1981:

“Ladies and Gentelman; Rock ‘n Roll”!