iHeart's Rich Bressler and Tom Sykes flank host Martha Quinn at this weekend's iHeart80s Party, a fest of hit music from that day-glo decade at L.A.'s Forum. Featured performers included Culture Club, Billy Idol, Rick Springfield, Tears for Fears, Loverboy and Missing Persons.Featured performers included Culture Club, Billy Idol, Rick Springfield, Tears for Fears, Loverboy and Missing Persons. Martha Quinn served as host, and a parade of decade-appropriate celebs, including Kris Jenner, Corey Feldman and Harry Hamlin, rubbed elbows with fans.
Boy George and Culture Club performed a tribute to David Bowie; Springfield was joined onstage for "Jessie's Girl" by Cody Simpson. Afterward, everyone grabbed their Walkmans and boarded Bob Pittman's jet for a trip to Molly Ringwald's afterparty.
The event, which was streamed and broadcast live on iHeart stations nationwide, will be broadcast as a DirecTV special on 3/18 on the AT&T Audience Network and U-verse.
In other news from that bygone decade, 80s President Ronald Reagan saw the current slate of GOP nominees from the afterlife and asked if this was some kind of fucking joke.
Photos: Kevin Mazur, Rob Hoffman, Andrew Swartz for iHeart
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