{"id":34782,"date":"2020-10-15T22:18:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=34782"},"modified":"2020-10-26T18:07:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:07:26","slug":"the-gazette-that-was-then-this-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/the-gazette-that-was-then-this-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gazette: That Was Then&#8230; This Is Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-gazette.co.uk\/news\/entertainment\/18795246.online-music-tv-show-launched-help-1980s-stars-ignored-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.the-gazette.co.uk\/news\/entertainment\/18795246.online-music-tv-show-launched-help-1980s-stars-ignored-pandemic\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-34784 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/twttin20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><strong>Online music TV show launched to help 1980s stars \u2018ignored\u2019 during pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pop songwriter Mike Stock has launched an online music TV show to give some of the biggest stars of the 1980s financial help during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old, who penned many of the decade\u2019s enduring hits as one third of Stock Aitken Waterman, said he hoped the series would help artists who had been \u201clargely ignored\u201d in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>That Was Then\u2026 This Is Now! will feature live performances and interviews from touring artists who have lost their livelihoods due to current restrictions on performance and travel.<\/p>\n<p>The five-part series was shot in 5k resolution at a studio in Worthing, West Sussex, and will air online weekly. The first series will feature artists including Paul Young, Kim and Marty Wilde, Toyah, Steve Harley, Chesney Hawkes, The Fizz and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-gazette.co.uk\/news\/entertainment\/18795246.online-music-tv-show-launched-help-1980s-stars-ignored-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Gazette<\/strong><\/a>. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/british-popstars-swap-live-gigs-145910761.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Yahoo News<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online music TV show launched to help 1980s stars \u2018ignored\u2019 during pandemic Pop songwriter Mike Stock has launched an online music TV show to give some of the biggest stars of the 1980s financial help during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 68-year-old, who penned many of the decade\u2019s enduring hits as one third of Stock Aitken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2602,27],"tags":[2585,2584],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34782"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34813,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34782\/revisions\/34813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}