The mid-to-late 1980s was a time of accelerated social, economic, technical and political change.

A new generation of ‘yuppies’ emerged from the privatisation talks and union struggles to ride the economic wave. New developments in technology meant that all media was more easily accessible through video, CD and satellite broadcasting. The Live Aid concert of 1985 brought performances by the world’s biggest-selling musicians to an estimated 1.4 billion people to raise money for famine-stricken Ethiopia.

The late 1980s were also a time of regional and musical diversity. Heavy metal was reborn, imported house music reached ecstatic heights with the ‘Second Summer of Love’ and the ‘Madchester’ scene was blossoming in the North.

 

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