The new documentary about the influential Long Island radio station Wlir is coming to Showtime on March 30th. New Wave: Dare to Be Different focuses on how the station helped break some of the biggest British bands of the Eighties like U2, the Cure, the Smiths, New Order, Duran Duran and Depeche Mode in the United States.
Directed by Ellen Goldfarb, Dare to Be Different teases the importance and influence of Wlir, specifically the role it played in laying the groundwork for MTV. Billy Idol notes in the clip, when...
Directed by Ellen Goldfarb, Dare to Be Different teases the importance and influence of Wlir, specifically the role it played in laying the groundwork for MTV. Billy Idol notes in the clip, when...
- 3/8/2018
- Rollingstone.com
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