The highly influential debut album from German synthpop outfit Propaganda — 1985’s ‘A Secret Wish’ — will be reissued yet again later this month, this time appearing in a 25th anniversary 2CD edition featuring six previously unreleased tracks plus the rare 20-minute cassette mix of ‘Duel.’

Molly Ringwald tells Vanity Fair that the late John Hughes started work on a script based on The Cure’s 1983 single “The Lovecats” — and even assembled a hypothetical soundtrack for the film — after finishing “The Breakfast Club.”

[tweetmeme]In what’s likley to be a staple of this year’s awards season, tonight’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles featured a tribute to iconic ’80s filmmaker John Hughes, who died last year. Following a rather awkward homage from John Krasinski of “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation’s” Amy Poehler, moody rockers Death Cab for [...]

Simple Minds will perform “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” nightly in memory of “The Breakfast Club” director John Hughes during the band’s upcoming European tour, frontman Jim Kerr revealed on the band’s Web site this week.
The dedication to Hughes, who died last week of a heart attack, is somewhat ironic, given the band’s well-known [...]

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Details are scarce, but it appears ’80s stalwarts — and John Hughes soundtrack stars — The Psychedelic Furs are plotting a fall club tour of the U.S. with recently reactivated Madchester survivors Happy Mondays.
So far, just five dates have surfaced in September and October, spanning the East and West Coasts, with stops in Texas and [...]