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Lou Gramm, Mike + the Mechanics, Loverboy Part of Lineup for 2018 Edition of The 80s Cruise

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Courtesy of Entertainment Cruise ProductionsThe lineup for the 2018 edition of The 80s Cruise has been announced, and among the many acts taking part in the seagoing festival are ex-Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm, Mike + the Mechanics, Loverboy and The Tubes. Rick Springfield will host and headline the cruise, which takes place in March of next year.

The Australian pop-rocker will be the first music star to serve as emcee of the seagoing festival, which also will feature Tommy Tutone, Thomas Dolby and former Katrina & the Waves singer Katrina Leskanich. Co-hosting the nautical extravaganza will be original MTV VJs Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood and Alan Hunter.

The 2018 80s Cruise will embark from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on March 17 and will visit Nassau in the Bahamas; St. Thomas; Tortola in the British Virgin Islands; and CocoCay in the Bahamas before returning to port on March 24.

In addition to the various concerts, the cruise will offer themed parties, autograph sessions, Q&A events, a celebrity poker tournament, a 1980s trivia game show and more. Coinciding with the event’s theme, ’80s music videos and movies will play non-stop in all the cabins, while the ship also will feature an old-school video-game arcade.

For more details, visit The80sCruise.com.

First up, The 80s Cruise’s 2017 installment takes place from February 11 to February 18, and stops at Cozumel, Mexico; Grand Cayman; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; and CocoCay. The star-studded lineup of performers includes Cheap Trick, The Romantics, Survivor, Go-Go’s singer Belinda Carlisle, Men at Work‘s Colin Hay and other well-known acts.

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