New Wave Icons

Travel back to a decade of musical experimentation and innovation, as a host of pioneering 1980s new-wave and synth pop artists join together for the Totally Tubular Festival tour! Featuring the leading acts of a movement which set the stage for so many of today's artists, witness live performances from Thomas Dolby, Modern English, Men Without Hats, Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins and many more!

Emerging as an offshoot of the punk movement as electronic instruments and synthesizers became more readily available, the lighter-hearted new wave movement was groundbreaking in contemporary music history, paving the way for modern electronic music both in sound and aesthetic. Don't miss a stellar line up of some of the icons of the genre!