The band wrote on their official site that " The atmosphere was relaxed, jovial and, after 25 years, Kajagoogoo, in their original five-piece line-up are back ".

Kajagoogoo are currently writing new material following the completion of their " Space Cadet " tour, which kicked off in Liverpool, England on 17 September 2009, and ended in Southampton on 1 October.

Steve Askew is a British guitarist best known as the original, and current lead guitarist for Kajagoogoo.

As the guitarist of global conquerors, Kajagoogoo – one of the few British bands ever to have ‘ cracked ’ the United States – his vast insight and knowledge of the music industry endures as an invaluable source of inspiration and motivation for Lu.

The 1960s band The Barron Knights formed in Leighton Buzzard, as did the 1980s pop group Kajagoogoo, who had an international hit with ' Too Shy '.

The band worked with record producer Joe Chiccarelli, and Kim Bullard, later of Kajagoogoo.

By the time Iona released their first self-titled album in 1990, drummer Terl Bryant, bassist Nick Beggs ( formerly the bassist of Kajagoogoo ), Fiona Davidson on Celtic harp, Peter Whitfield on strings, Troy Donockley on Uillean pipes and percussionist Frank Van Essen had joined the band.

After being the support act for the Birmingham band Fashion, Kajagoogoo embarked on their own headlining " White Feathers " tour in Spring 1983 ( with the May 31st show at the London Hammersmith Odeon being filmed and released on home video ).

After Kaja ( ex Kajagoogoo ) split up in 1986, Steve Askew set up a band called the Smalltown Elephants, he created the music concept, image and direction for the band and co-wrote all material.

After Steve played the track to Kajagoogoo bass player Nick Beggs, a band was formed.

In early 1983, he discovered the band Kajagoogoo and co-produced their debut single Too Shy which became a UK no. 1 ( prior to any of Duran's singles reaching no. 1 ).

* Limahl teamed up with band ' Art Nouveau ' and formed Kajagoogoo from an advert he placed in MM.

In 1983, new wave band Kajagoogoo released their debut album called White Feathers, whose opener was the title track, a light-hearted allegory for weak people, whereas the final track, Frayo, had a political flavour, referencing cowardice as the cause for an unchanging war-torn world.

Some prominent bass guitar players known for their use of slapping in their playing include Bootsy Collins ( solo artist ; Bootsy's Rubber Band, Funkadelic, Parliament, Praxis ), Flea ( Red Hot Chili Peppers ), Larry Graham ( Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station ), Marcus Miller ( solo artist, Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Luther Vandross ), Louis Johnson ( The Brothers Johnson, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson ), Nick Beggs ( Kajagoogoo ), Mark King ( Level 42 ), Mike Gordon ( Phish ), Les Claypool ( solo artist, Primus ), Fieldy ( Korn ), Jayen Varma ( solo artist ), Tetsuya ( L ' Arc-en-Ciel ).

1985 saw him collaborating with Kajagoogoo frontman Limahl for their worldwide hit " Neverending Story ".

Fry and Palmer appeared and played together ( with help from Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo ) for the first time in over twenty years.

In December 2009, Kajagoogoo performed their last remaining UK concert with a return to The Stables venue in Wavendon, Milton Keynes.

Continuing their renewed interest in the Kajagoogoo back catalogue, EMI Records released So80s Presents Kajagoogoo as a part of the So Eighties series curated by Blank & Jones.

In June 2011, Kajagoogoo released their first single as a five piece outfit since 1983.

On 16 December 2009, Kajagoogoo performed their last remaining UK concert of 2009 with a return to ' The Stables ' in Wavendon, Milton Keynes.

" The first single by the new four-piece Kajagoogoo was " Big Apple ", which made the UK Top Ten in late 1983.

All was not lost however, and in 2007, Nick Beggs, Steve Askew and Stuart Neale decided to continue the Kajagoogoo reunion, releasing the single " Rocket Boy " on 24 June 2007.

This was followed in September by a new compilation CD / DVD, released by the band's original label EMI Records, called Too Shy-The Best Of Kajagoogoo & Limahl.

On 7 September 2009, the long awaited retrospective ' Best Of ' CD / DVD was released by the band's original label EMI Records called ' Too Shy-The Best Of Kajagoogoo & Limahl '.

# " Too Shy ", performed by Kajagoogoo

* 2009-Too Shy: the Best of Kajagoogoo & Limahl ( CD & DVD )

*" Introduction ", by Kajagoogoo from White Feathers

The name of the group was then changed to Kajagoogoo, coined by phonetically writing out a baby's first sounds, which gave them ' GagaGooGoo ' - and with a minor alteration, it became ' Kajagoogoo '.

Art Nouveau, the forerunner of Kajagoogoo, was originally founded in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, in 1979, as a four-piece avant-garde instrumental group, with Nick Beggs on bass guitar, Steve Askew on lead guitar, Stuart Croxford Neale on keyboards, and Jeremy " Jez " Strode on drums.

However, the album was postponed and in February 2008, the three Kajagoogoo members announced plans to reunite with original members singer Limahl and drummer Jez Strode.

In August 2009 and in addition to the reunion tour commitments, Kajagoogoo again took to the stage to headline the ' Hobble on The Cobbles'all day music event in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

On Saturday 17 July 2010, Kajagoogoo performed at the Midland Music Festival in Tamworth, and later performed at the Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames in August.

The album contains extended mixes of classic Kajagoogoo tracks and was released on CD and digital download format.

Steve formed a music studio and production company with long term friend and ex Kajagoogoo manager Glenn Kelly in 2010.

In March 2010, dPulse Recordings released the Kajagoogoo track " First Girl on Mars " as a part of the Who Made Your Music?

On 24 August 2009 Kajagoogoo headlined The Hobble on The Cobbles all day music event in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

On 16 March 2010, ' dPulse Recordings ' release the Kajagoogoo track ' First Girl on Mars ' as a part of The ' Who Made Your Music?

* Paul Gambaccini ( 1983 ), Kajagoogoo

* Paul Gambaccini ( 1983 ), Kajagoogoo ( biography, White Feathers album songbook, and photobook )

Some years ago Julian Huxley proposed to an audience made up of members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science that `` man's supernormal or extra-sensory faculties are ( now ) in the same case as were his mathematical faculties during the ice age ''.

They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty but formidable machine: shaved nearly naked, hair queued, greatcoated, jackbooted, and best of all -- in the opinion of the British professional, Major Semple-Lisle -- `` their minds are not estranged from the paths of obedience by those smatterings of knowledge which only serve to lead to insubordination and mutiny ''.

I have heard people talk with contempt about the British regulars, but that only proves that a lot of people talk about things of which they are deplorably ignorant.

It truly relives another age for the inhabitants use carriages rather than autos and old British and French forts are left intact for tourists to visit and record.

Likewise, and equally fascinating, is the news that such unlikely synonyms as `` pratakku '', `` sweathruna '', and the tongue-twister `` nnuolapertar-it-vuh-karti-birifw- '' all originated in the same village in Bathar-on-Walli Province and are all used to express sentiments concerning British `` imperialism ''.

The Indians and Pakistanis are chafing under similar restrictions on the British market for similar reasons.

Rather, they are impressed with the British Government's success in forcing -- and helping -- the British textile industry to shrink and to change over to other products.

Many of the coal seams in the nationalized British mines are twisting, narrow and very deep.

The only other regions so blessed are the British Isles, western Europe, eastern China, southern Chile and parts of Japan, New Zealand and Tasmania.

International and domestic services are maintained by TAAG Angola Airlines, Aeroflot, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Air Namibia, Cubana, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Delta Air Lines, Royal Air Maroc, Iberia, Hainan Airlines, Kenya Airways, South African Airways, TAP Air Portugal and several regional carriers.

Much like the relationship between British English and American English, the Austrian and German varieties differ in minor respects ( e. g., spelling, word usage and grammar ) but are recognizably equivalent and largely mutually intelligible.

By the Naturalisation Act 1870, it was made possible for British subjects to renounce their nationality and allegiance, and the ways in which that nationality is lost are defined.

So British subjects voluntarily naturalized in a foreign state are deemed aliens from the time of such naturalization, unless, in the case of persons naturalized before the passing of the act, they have declared their desire to remain British subjects within two years from the passing of the act.

Persons who from having been born within British territory are British subjects, but who at birth became under the law of any foreign state subjects of such state, and also persons who though born abroad are British subjects by reason of parentage, may by declarations of alienage get rid of British nationality.

Almost all of Agatha Christie's books are whodunits, focusing on the British middle and upper classes.

* 1979 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland.