M83's Saturday = Youth, especially the John Hughes-y "Graveyard Girl" video, has the '80s very much at the front of our minds. But, like, the '80s when it was the '80s. Milking nostalgia in a far wrinklier way, this summer's Regeneration Tour pairs together beyond-their-prime '80s icons the Human League, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Dead Or Alive, A Flock of Seagulls, and Naked Eyes for a month-long tour (which opens 8/1 in Phoenix). Billboard uses the word "inaugural," which makes it sound like it's the first in a series of shows. If that's the case, this should get more awkward with each passing year... - Source

Summer Tours Preview, Part One: The summer and fall of 1998 will feature several bands and artists from the early MTV-era slogging about the U.S. for one more hurrah. Perhaps the biggest of the package tours features Culture Club , The Human League , and Howard Jones . Check out our tours page which should have the complete schedule for this tour within the next few days. Snyth pioneer Gary Numan , former teen-heart-throb John Taylor , and those happy-go-lucky lads from Kraftwork will also be touring the U.S. this summer, to say nothing of the seemingly endless Gene Loves Jezebel comeback tour. Can Xymox be far behind? The fall could feature some high-profile 80's standouts returning to U.S. shores, with both Depeche Mode and a New Order reunion tour possible.