Sony announces some of the tracks set to feature in the forthcoming SingStar title...

Sony has today formally announced that the next instalment in the SingStar franchise will be SingStar ‘80s, marking the first time that the series has gone ‘era-specific.’ Developed by Sony’s Studio London, SingStar ‘80s will feature 30 tracks from the time of yuppies, new romantics and the start of music television with the following confirmed songs:

• Culture Club: Karma Chameleon
• Dexy's Midnight Runners: Come On Eileen
• Vanilla Ice: Ice Ice Baby
• Belinda Carlisle: Heaven is a Place on Earth
• Simple Minds: Don’t You (Forget About Me)
• The Cure: Just Like Heaven
• Nena: 99 Red Balloons
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Power of Love
• Blondie: Atomic
• Kate Bush: Running up that Hill
• Foreigner: I want to know what love is
• Europe: The Final Countdown
• Soft Cell: Tainted Love
• Wham!: Wake me up before you go, go!
• Pretenders: Brass in pocket
• Billy Joel: Uptown Girl
• Erasure: A little respect
• Starship: We built this city
• Katrina and the Waves: Walking on Sunshine

Sony has yet to confirm a release date for the title – we’ll bring you that and more on SingStar ‘80s soon…