{"id":95269,"date":"2026-07-12T22:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=95269"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:43:20","slug":"hoffs-carlisle-and-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/07\/12\/hoffs-carlisle-and-tyler\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoffs, Carlisle and Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cher<\/strong> is poised to become an animated character.  And who didn\u2019t see this coming?  She is in talks to team up with Bob Geldof <\/strong>(of Live Aid <\/em><\/strong>fame) to participate in an animated feature called Fly Squad \u2013 First Strike!<\/em><\/strong>.  It\u2019s about three insects who enter a chemical plant to find an antidote to a toxin that could kill them all.  Perhaps they should have called it The Last Roundup<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 but perhaps that\u2019s too on the nose.  Cher\u2019s character would be the mother of the main insect, while Geldof plays an insect rocker organizing Insect Aid<\/em><\/strong>.  Why not ask Joan Collins <\/strong>to reprise her memorable role in Empire of the Ants<\/em><\/strong>?  I smell a hit \u2013 or maybe it\u2019s just citronella!<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite performers is the luminous Susanna Hoffs <\/strong>(both as a solo artist and with The Bangles<\/em><\/strong>).  She\u2019s announced two gigs that couldn\u2019t be more different.  From September 10-16, she will be opening for Billy Idol<\/strong>\u2019s It\u2019s a Nice Day To…Tour Again<\/em><\/strong> tour.  Then, from September 21-26, she\u2019ll be at the famed Caf\u00e9 Carlyle <\/em><\/strong>in NYC.  For a singer-songwriter who enjoys connecting with an audience, this is a perfect gig (her colleague Belinda Carlisle <\/strong>was announced for a two-week run at the legendary venue \u2013 Carlisle at the Carlyle<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 during the summer of 2020, which was cancelled due to Covid).  Here\u2019s another coincidence \u2013 back in 2022, The Go-Go\u2019s <\/em><\/strong>were announced to open for Idol on a UK tour.  That tour was cancelled due to Idol\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Belinda, she just wrapped up as a special guest for Take That<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s The Circus Live<\/em><\/strong> stadium tour in the UK.  But, fear not \u2013 she\u2019s got some special stateside gigs coming up.  She returns to host and perform at her annual Belinda Carlisle\u2019s Animal People Alliance Christmas Party <\/em><\/strong>at The Abbey <\/em>in West Hollywood.  The show is a bit early this year \u2013 December 3rd<\/sup>.  But, you know, she\u2019s a busy gal!  Also appearing at the gig will be Debbie Gibson <\/strong>and Carson Kressley <\/strong>\u2013 forever thwarting rumors that they are the same person.  Back to Belinda \u2013 she\u2019ll then do a few shows on the east coast as part of her Heavenly Hits<\/em><\/strong> tour.  On December 30th<\/sup>, she\u2019s at Palladium Times Square <\/em>in NYC.  On New Year\u2019s Eve, she\u2019ll be at the Ridgefield Playhouse <\/em>in CT.  Then she\u2019s in Bethlehem, PA on January 2nd<\/sup>.  Get your tickets early.<\/p>\n

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For the past couple of months, we\u2019ve been monitoring the precarious health of Bonnie Tyler<\/strong>.  Back in May, she was hospitalized in Portugal, which led to intestinal surgery and a medically induced coma.  At the time, doctors were optimistic for a full recovery.  She even reportedly awoke from her coma.  Alas, last week her condition deteriorated.  She passed away at 75.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cher is poised to become an animated character.  And who didn\u2019t see this coming?  She is in talks to team up with Bob Geldof (of Live Aid fame) to participate in an animated feature called Fly Squad \u2013 First Strike!.  It\u2019s about three insects who enter a chemical plant to find an antidote to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95270,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95269\/revisions\/95270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}