24 April 1987

Friday

1987-04-24

Events

 * The final edition of Channel 4 music magazine show The Tube is broadcast. The show had run for five series, starting in November 1982. This was the show's line-up according to tvpopdiaries.com:
 * Farewell messages from - Tina Turner, Boy George, Paul Young.
 * 14 Karat Soul - The Wanderer, This Boy, medley
 * Sly & Robbie - Boops (Tube's Video Search winners assignment)
 * The Swans - New Mind (Tube film)
 * The Cure - Catch, Why Can't It Be You, Hot Hot Hot
 * Mel & Kim - Respectable
 * Fashion article with Jools (on film)
 * Stomp & That Petrol Emotion - interviewed by Muriel
 * Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness (Oslo, 1967)
 * Billy Bragg, Roland Gift, Kirk Brandon - with Muriel
 * U2 - say farewell backstage in San Diego, Red Rocks clip
 * Mark Mywurdz
 * Duran Duran - New Religion, Meet El Presidente, Hungry Like The Wolf (see video)