virginia hey was the woman in video killed the radio star.
virginia hey was the woman in video killed the radio star.
who was the woman in video killed the radio star?
virginia hey
the music video for "video killed the radio star", written, directed and edited by australian russell mulcahy, was produced on a budget of $50,000. it was filmed in only a day in south london, and was edited in a couple of days. mulcahy asked virginia hey, a friend who was a model and aspiring actress, to dress "in a silver costume and be lowered via wires in a test tube." there were about 30 takes required for shots of the actress in the tube. the tube falls over in the video, although mulcahy claims it was not intended to be shown in the final edit. hans zimmer can be briefly seen wearing black playing a keyboard, and debi doss and linda jardim, who provided the female vocals for the song, are also seen.
video killed the radio star
in march 2012, the band set out on a small tour of english universities and music colleges, playing at southampton solent university, south birmingham college, leeds college of music, buckinghamshire new university and the academy of contemporary music in guildford. the concerts (which followed q&a sessions with the music students attending the institutions) consisted of an hour-long set, which followed the format of previous gigs with hits such as "video killed the radio star", "slave to the rhythm", "i'm not in love", and david bowie's "space oddity", as well as performances of the band's original songs, "barking up the right tree", "freeway", and the live débuts of "watching you out there" and "garden of flowers" (with horn taking the place of braide on lead vocals where appropriate). other hits were also played, such as 10cc's "the dean and i", "two tribes" by frankie goes to hollywood, and t.a.t.u.'s "all the things she said". the concerts also borrowed from the 2011 buggles reunion gig, including its tongue-in-cheek cover of "check it out" by will.i.am and nicki minaj (a song which samples "video killed the radio star"), and a contest winner being given the opportunity to sing backing vocals on the finale of "video killed the radio star". the three female backing singers from the buggles concert – kirsten joy, holly petrie and kate westall – also toured with the band, providing female vocals for appropriate songs such as the aforementioned "slave to the rhythm" and "all the things she said". the tour was intended as a showcase of "made in basing street". horn's brother, ken, a television producer and director, was present at the concerts as a camera operator.
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