The town of Parkland, FL had big plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the town with a concert performance by a popular 80s artist.

The only problem with this (admittedly great) idea was the 80s artist they picked: Rick Springfield.

Now, before you fans of Rick start working on hate letters to me, let me explain: we here at BlackLight Radio LOVE Mr. Springfield. In any given hour you might hear “Affair Of The Heart,” “Don’t Talk To Strangers,” “Jessie’s Girl,” or “Love Somebody.” We play Rick because we know you love him, and because we love him.

So what was wrong with picking Rick Springfield to play Parkland on April 27th in Pine Trails Park?

Nothing… unless you’re the city of Parkland and ignore the fine print that says until Springfield’s concert January 11th at the Seminole Casino was over, they weren’t to breathe a word of his April appearance.

They did, and his talent agency pulled him out of the show.

What’s a fifty-year old town to do?

Go get another Australian 80s hitmaker, of course!

The Little River Band (“Cool Change,” “Man On Your Mind,” “Take It Easy On Me,” “The Other Guy”) will perform at the free concert celebration on April 27th.

Loudcity has had a hard drive failure (multiple hard drive failures?) Tuesday night, and as a result if you click the play button on our front page, you will get… absolutely nothing until Loudcity returns.

The good news is, there are several ways still to listen to BlackLight Radio:

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SHOUTCAST
You can launch the Shoutcast Popup Player for our 128 kbps stream. You’ll need to click the play button on the page after you click the link.

You can also click here to select either our 128 kbps mp3 stream or our 64 kbps AAC+ stream from Shoutcast.

TUNEIN
This page will give you access to our 128 kbps mp3 stream, launching almost immediately upon clicking the link.

ITUNES
You can also still listen to us using iTunes, by going to “Radio” at the top of your player, then opening the “80s Flashback” section below, scrolling to “BlackLight Radio” and clicking the title.

In honor of the arrival of the New Year around the planet, BlackLight Radio will be playing PartyMixes from midnight 2013 in Christmas Island, Kiribati & Samoa, until it turns midnight 2013 in American Samoa, the Midway Islands, & Niue!

LONDON: PartyMixes air from 10 am New Year’s Eve to 11 am New Year’s Day.

NEW YORK CITY: PartyMixes air 5am NYE to 6am NYD.

CHICAGO: PartyMixes 4am NYE to 5am NYD.

DENVER: 3am NYE to 4am NYD.

LOS ANGELES: 2am – 3am.

ANCHORAGE: 1am – 2am.

HONOLULU: midnight – 1am.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Click on the (>) button, above and to the right, to listen.