Rock Out With A Flock of Seagulls and Men Without Hats at the CCPA on Fri., February 23, 8:00 PM

CERRITOS, CA – Fans are flocking to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) when A Flock of Seagulls and Men Without Hats take the stage on Friday, February 23, 8:00 PM. Tickets start at $44. Men Without Hats opens the show.

Stemming from the synth-heavy and stylish new Romantic movement, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS pumped up the Dance-Pop genre with the hit single I Ran (So Far Away). Benefiting from heavy play on MTV, the Grammy-winning band quickly became known for its outrageous costumes and waterfall-like hairdos. Billboard magazine called its self-titled debut album “a pioneering mixture of angular guitar riffs, skewed melodies and vibrant synths; it’s a bona fide classic.”

The English New Wavers climbed the music charts with the Top 40 songs Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You), Telecommunication, Space Age Love Song, and The More You Live, the More You Love. In 1984, the group’s instrumental song D.N.A. won a Grammy for “Best Rock Instrumental Performance.”

More than three decades ago, Men Without Hats told the world: “You can dance if you want to” – and did the world dance. It danced to the New Wave/Synth-Pop group’s smash single The Safety Dance from the group’s debut album Rhythm of Youth. The hit’s groove and anti-establishment bent – it was written in protest to nightclub security – packed dancefloors around the globe and even decades later has maintained its status as a cult hit. In 2020, the song was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Men Without Hats’ most successful single: 1987’s Pop Goes the World, of which Rolling Stone raved, “The keyboard hook was so infectious.”

Nominated for a 1993 “Best Group” Grammy, Men Without Hats’ song catalogue has been featured in The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Glee. The band’s latest album is the 2022 Again. 

For tickets or more information, call (562) 916-8500 or go to cerritoscenter.com.

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