Credit: howardjones/Facebook

Credit: howardjones/Facebook

As you already know, ‘80s hitmaker and new wave hero Howard Jones is still going strong.

Tampa Bay also got a close look when Jones played the Cuban Club in 2016. Now, Tampa Bay ‘80s kids get to see Jones live and in person at a venue that’s been flexing on the live music tip as of late. Jones is touring behind upcoming album Transform, and tickets for his gig at Ferg’s Sports Bar & Grill in St. Petersburg are free if you have a ticket stub from the Rays’ July 21 game against the Chicago White Sox.

Howard Jones w/Men Without Hats/All Hail The Silence feat. BT. Sun., July 21. 5 p.m. $24.50 & up (free with tickets from White Sox vs. Rays game). Ferg’s Sports Bar and Entertainment Complex, St. Petersburg. ticketfly.com.

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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...