
Tina Turner on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 14 March 1985.

Tina Turner on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 14 March 1985.

English singer King, fresh from having a hit with “Love And Pride”, on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 14 March 1985.

A photo spread of Prince with autograph card in Bravo of 14 March 1985. He says thanks.

Footloose and TV’s Fame actress Lori Singer and her 1980s hair on a single-page poster in Bravo of 14 March 1985.

Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes on a single-page poster in Bravo of 14 March 1985.

Horrid old Modern Talking features on the cover of Bravo of 14 March 1985. This week 38 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• How Madonna grew up without a mother
• Bravo reporter visits famine-hit Africa
• Kim Wilde prepares for her new Germany tour
• The new Bond film, A View To A Kill
• Introducing new cult band The Smiths
• Tina Turner knocked out by flu after second Germany gig
• Tears for Fears’ Roland Orzabal: I hate my dad
• English singer King live in his hometown of Coventry
• Billy Idol: I’ve always been an Elvis fan
• Italian singer Gianna Nannini on a “secret mission”
• Phil Collins’ stage show

A mini-magazine on ABBA in Bravo of 13 March 1980. Properly cut out and folded, this would be a pocket magazine. With a kissogram of Agnetha (an open-mouth kiss) and Anni-Frid (MWAH!)


Pink Floyd on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 13 March 1980. Their album The Wall was the huge thing then.

Actor Anthony Quinn on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 13 March 1980. The poster accompanied a story on the actor’s life.

AC/DC feature on a photospread with signed autograph-card in Bravo of 13 March 1980. The intro notes that just as this feature was prepared, news came in of Bon Scott’s untimely death. The Australian band had just broken big a few months earlier with “Highway To Hell”.