Tampabay.com
AUGUST 27, 2008

'I feel it in the air. Summer's out of reach'

Van_halen Labor Day is nearly here along with the sobering reality: The summer concert season is nearly over. Let the depression sweep over us.

There's one big show left for us in Tampa Bay: the Regeneration Tour stop on Saturday at Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall. It's an appropriately poetic ending this year for the Stuck in the 80s gang, which has witnessed reunion shows by Van Halen, Morris Day and The Time and The Police, along with other mega-shows by Tom Petty, George Michael and Bon Jovi.

So once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. Don't be surprised if Martin Fry or Pete Byrne catches me with less than dry eyes by the end of Saturday's show.

What we know before that fateful moment is this: What was your favorite show so far in 2008? And what other great '80s artists are you still waiting to see for the first time in concert?

I knocked out a TON of never-seen-before shows this year: Well, frankly everyone I saw was for the first time. But I still have a dozen or more on my wish list.

Send your stories and wish lists via comment or e-mail (stuckinthe80s@tampabay.com) and we'll use it on this week's podcast.

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About the blogger

Relive the '80s music, movies and culture with Tampa Bay Times entertainment news editor Steve Spears. A teen during the greatest decade ever, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.

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