⚡️ Debut 80s kids album >> out now on vinyl, CD, cassette, and streaming! 🕺
⚡️ USA spring tour happening NOW! >> tix 🕺
Before YouTube, we had MTV.
Instead of a cell phone, we had a Walkman and a mixtape.
We all knew the songs, and we all sang along …
CONFIRMED PAC DATES 2025-26
April 12, 2025 — Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
April 23, 2025 — The Long Center, Austin, TX
May 3, 2025 — The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, PA
May 20, 2025 — The Black Box, Kansas City, MO
June 19, 2025 — Yoshi’s, Oakland, CA
October 4, 2025 — Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation, Torrance, CA
April 17, 2026 — Lewis Family Playhouse, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(for a full list of tour dates, including non-PAC shows, click here)
>>> routed dates & rates available!
ABOUT THE SHOW
Get ready to turn up the nostalgia and sing your heart out! Shannon Curtis and Jamie Hill are back on the road, bringing their mission of MAXIMUM JOY to life with 80s kids — a high-energy, synth-driven concert packed with the biggest hits of the 1980s.
From the irresistible melodies of a-ha and OMD to the electrifying beats of Depeche Mode and New Order, this show is a love letter to the decade of iconic anthems, neon dreams, and unforgettable movie soundtracks.
You’ll hear all-time classics from Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Alphaville, Nik Kershaw, The Human League, and more — all performed in an authentic 80s synthpop style that will make you feel like you’re experiencing them live for the first time.
The show is expertly tied together with entrancing immersive video art and fun, relatable storytelling about growing up in the 80s — you and your friends will leave not just entertained, but inspired and ready to take on the world.
Whether you grew up on these hits or are just discovering their magic, 80s kids is an unstoppable, feel-good singalong experience for all generations. So grab your friends, dust off your leg warmers, and get ready for a night of pure 80s bliss!
STAGING & PRODUCTION
👉 Of note: our show is ridiculously easy to stage. All the mixing happens in Jamie’s onstage rack, and he simply sends a stereo audio feed to the house sound system and a single video cable to the projector. We are both on in-ear monitors, which also live in Jamie’s rack — meaning that we neither use nor need stage monitors.
Yes, you heard that right: two people, three inputs, no monitors. It’s the simplest show you’ll stage all year, yet it packs a terrific impact.
The production quality is extraordinary on the audio side, the video side, and the performance side, and the show scales seamlessly from small to large venues.
It’s just the two of us in our touring party. Lean and mean!
AFFORDABLE EXCELLENCE
Because our touring production is so streamlined, we can offer you a huge-feeling show at a rate that other acts simply can’t touch.
We know that budgets are experiencing some uncertainty and turbulence in the new national political climate; we can help. You won’t get a show this polished or this fun for as competitive a price from anyone else!
RIDER
Click here for our current rider.
PROMOTIONAL & MARKETING MATERIALS, ONSALE ASSETS
For onsale assets, including hi-res CMYK images for brochures + posters, click here.
For promotional and marketing materials, click here.
👉 If you need localized admats or custom imagery, please email Jamie so that we may make it for you!
80s kids: THE ALBUM
The debut 80s kids album is out everywhere on vinyl, cassette, CD, and streaming! We are touring 80s kids from April onward, beginning with a national headlining tour. Click play below to hear what the songs and the show sound like:
get in touch: jamie@80skids.live
Praise from around the country
“Shannon Curtis revisits classics from the 1980s, giving them a lush and neon-bright synthpop makeover.”
— Bandcamp (review on front page of website!)
“80s kids is heartfelt, delivered with love, and a pleasure to listen to — especially for a person such as myself, who reacts with suspicion toward artists doing cover versions of songs that occupy the soft and sentimental portion of my nostalgic heart. No such reservations here. Every song has depth and power, and enters the realm of a marvelous homage.”
— John O’Neil, Record Exchange Boise
“Shannon Curtis weaves together a diverse slice of the 1980s in a way that makes total sense to me as a critical 80s nerd. I love it.”
— Marq Manner, Homer’s Records, Omaha
“… a synthpop performance piece that promises to bring joy.”
— Addie Mahmassani, East Bay Express
“Very cool and inspiring … a truly unique show”
— Greg Burke, Twin Cities Club Crawl
“There’s never a wrong time for classic 80s synthpop. And Shannon Curtis was meant to reunite us with these amazing songs! My Gen X heart is in love!
— Shawn Cephas, Forever Changes, Phoenixville, PA
“Shannon and Jamie are a good fit for us to appeal to Gen X audiences, and with the current trends I am seeing, with our younger generations as well.”
— Jerry Montoya, Executive Producer — Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
“From a diehard 90s kid that sometimes enjoys an 80s dance party, this album is a reminder of the joy that can be found in those simpler (and more neon colored) times. What a fun LP.”
— Jesse Pace, Rogue Planet Music, Des Moines
“Looking for an 80s-inspired musical performance made with real earnestness and depth? Who isn’t? Look no further … I caught their show in St. Louis last week and was really mesmerized by the vulnerability and authenticity of the experience. It lacked cynicism, pretension, and posing. You just don’t see this at rock shows. So when you come across it in the real world, it stands out. Authenticity in spades.”
— Jeff Stevens, Wellraiser, St. Louis
