A photograph by Geoffrey Clowes showing musician Thomas Dolby performing live on stage in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 25, 2026. Captured in a medium close-up shot under vibrant stage lighting, Dolby sings into a hand-held black microphone while wearing blue-tinted oval sunglasses and a colorful, pop-art style jacket covered in bold printed text graphics. In the background, a bass guitar with a sunburst finish and a smiling musician are visible on stage near performance equipment.
Thomas Dolby in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 25, 2026. Credit: Geoffrey Clowes / Shutterstock

Many a Gen-X-er spent their best years blinded by science, thanks in part to MTV and, of course, Thomas Dolby, whose 1982 hit was a staple on the channel.

After playing the Totally Tubular nostalgia tour as a solo act two years ago, Dolby, 67, revisited his band, The Lost Toy People which was active in the California club scene (listen to Aliens Ate My Buick in some headphones or on a giant speaker system). Now a six-piece, that band is on the road and headed to St. Pete, complete with horns and an allergy to click tracks and stems. The ensemble is part of a loaded, time-traveling lineup.

Tickets to see Thomas Dolby & The Lost Toy People, A Flock of Seagulls, The Motels, The Producers, Animotion, The Escape Club, and Tommy Tutone at Ferg’s Concert Pavilion in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Aug. 12 are still available and start at $25.79.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...