With big hits like "Jesse’s Girl" and "Don’t Talk to Strangers," RICK SPRINGFIELD rocked the ’80s with his pop hits and high-profile role on the daytime soap, "General Hospital." But Rick’s career may not have ever taken off if he hadn’t been able to overcome his problems during the teen years. The self-proclaimed "black sheep" of a military family, Rick tells ET, "I was a pretty dark teenager and was failing school, and hated school, and was having emotional problems, and basically in the end I got kicked out of high school. For me, music was my way out."That was then, this is now. Rick is back and better than ever on the 25th anniversary of "Jesse’s Girl" — and the ’80s are "totally" back in full swing as the singer is joining such ’80s staples as the BANGLES, BOW WOW WOW, EDDIE MONEY, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, LOVERBOY and SCANDAL on tour, in conjunction with a new set of CDs, in stores now. Each CD puts the spotlight on these influential artists with their biggest hits alongside some deeper album cuts. "It was probably the last safe decade, the last time anybody ever felt safe in the world," says Rick about the ’80s. "I think as the world gets more and more confusing, people go back to their roots. I think that’s why the nostalgia thing has been happening faster and faster." The "We Are the ’80s" U.S. Summer Tour kicked off July 8 in Ohio and travels across the nation with stopovers including Dallas, Boston and Denver, ending up in Hollywood, FL, on September 24. "I have a great fan base and I’ve been very attentive to my fan base, too," says Rick. "I’ve done a 180 on how I used to feel about them; I use to treat them very at arm’s length, and now I embrace it. I’m out there because of them."
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I so want to go to that show! OMG I have seen him in concert twice and I loved it both times! Plus I love him having back on GH!
