Howard Jones & ABC with Richard Blade

Following a wildly successful run of North American tour dates in 2024, new wave icon HOWARD JONES and synth pop stars ABC are set to return to the United States for more co-headlining tour dates in 2025. SiriusXM First Wave DJ RICHARD BLADE will open the show with his world-renowned DJ set.

HOWARD JONES has sold upwards of 10 million albums worldwide and continues to make new music and tour the world. Jones has performed on NBC's top-rated morning and nighttime shows respectively, Today and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His ubiquitous hits can be heard in such high-profile television series and films such as 'Stranger Things,' 'Breaking Bad,' 'Watchmen,' 'The Carrie Diaries', 'Superstore' and 'Bumblebee'. Howard Jones' most recent studio album is DIALOGUE, which was released in September, 2022. DIALOGUE is the third album in a trilogy of electronic releases from Jones with multi-media project ENGAGE coming out in 2015 and studio album TRANSFORM released in 2019. DIALOGUE garnered serious coverage in outlets such as Spin, Stereogum and more.

ABC's career has been nothing short of spectacular, helping define the 80's with a unique brand of pop that set a new standard for the decade. Their debut album THE LEXICON OF LOVE, released in May 1982, skyrocketed to number one on the UK charts. Showcasing Martin Fry's distinctive, soulful voice with unforgettable hits like 'Poison Arrow' and 'The Look Of Love' and 'All of My Heart'. Produced by the legendary Trevor Horn, and voted by many as the best British album of the decade, cementing ABC's place in music history. More hits would follow with subsequent albums 'BEAUTY STAB', 'HOW TO BE A ZILLIONAIRE' and 'ALPHABET CITY' including 'How To Be A Millionaire,' 'Be Near Me' 'Vanity Kills' and 'When Smokey Sings'. ABC have released nine albums to date. With upwards of 20 million albums sold worldwide. ABC's influence has only grown. They continue to thrill audiences globally with their stunning live show. In 2016, Martin Fry released the highly acclaimed 'LEXICON OF LOVE II' album which entered the top five of the British album charts. ABC have also toured Europe extensively to great acclaim with an orchestral show conducted by Anne Dudley and featuring The Lexicon Sinfonia. Martin Fry has recently published his memoir celebrating four thrilling decades in the music business, 'A Lexicon of Life'.

RICHARD BLADE is one of the most popular and best-known DJs in America, hosting a daily radio show on both SiriusXM 1st Wave Ch. 33 and middays on KCBS, Jack FM. In the 1980s, he was the top-rated morning drive DJ on KROQ, Los Angeles, and hosted and directed numerous TV shows and series including Video One, MV3 and VideoBeat. In 1991 he created 'Richard Blade's Flashback Lunch' which aired daily at noon and was copied by many stations across North America. It also spawned a series of six CDs on Sony Music, Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites. He has won numerous awards, including, most recently, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Richard is the best-selling author of 'World In My Eyes', his autobiography, and five novels: 'SPQR', 'Birthright', 'Imposters', 'Ghosts of the Congo', and 'Slapton Sands', all of which made #1 on Amazon's best-seller lists. He also has two non-fiction music books, 'The Lockdown Interviews' and 'The Unlocked Interviews', which feature both Howard Jones and ABC. He is releasing an expanded version of 'World In My Eyes' on Dec 10th.