Huey Lewis & The News - The Oregon Report (2021)

For many, Huey Lewis & The News were the band that defined pop-rock in the 80s. Their eponymous debut album arrived during the first few months of the decade, and by the time of their third album, Sports , the group were at the forefront of American music topping the Billboard chart with an album that eventually went seven times platinum. Their 1985 single The Power of Love , written for the film Back To The Future , not only gave The News their second number one, it transcended the music world altogether, forever associating the band with 80s popular culture as a whole. This concert, from the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Orgeon, is the quintessential Huey Lewis & The News live album. It captures the band at their absolute best, touring Fore! with the Tower of Power at the height of their success. Broadcast live at the time on WAAF, The Oregon Report is a fascinating document of one of the 80s biggest bands performing at the peak of the decade.