On July 8, The Depot audience will get the all-too-rare experience to Wang Chung that night.

The verb "Wang Chung" was made infamous in the British new-wave group's 1986 hit, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," with the secondary chorus: "Everybody Wang Chung tonight."

"We're realistic [enough] to know the fans want to hear the old songs," said Nick Feldman, Wang Chung's bassist. "We have no illusions."

Wang Chung is one of several bands that will play the "old songs" from the 1980s in the Regeneration Tour, stopping at The Depot on July 8. Wang Chung -- a band name that is just fun to say -- will be joined by ABC, Heaven 17 and Cutting Crew.

While many of the bands are strictly a nostalgia act for audiences, others -- like Wang Chung -- still record new music. "We've been offered this tour for years," Feldman said. "The real driving force was the new album."

The band recorded the album, tentatively called "Abducted by the '80s," over the past several years. The band was on hiatus between 1990 and 1997, and this release marks its first album of new material since 1989's "The Warmer Side of Cool."

Feldman said he and the band's only other original member, singer Jack Hues, are excited about collaborating again. "We see each other regularly," Feldman said before the tour embarked. "The chemistry is still there, and in some ways, it's better, because we're older and wiser."

Besides "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," the duo also found success in the 1980s with its 1984 hit "Dance Hall Days" and 1987's "Let's Go," both of which charted in the top 10 on the Billboard singles charts.

Despite its success, Wang Chung never had a No. 1 hit, but another band included on the Regeneration Tour did: the English pop-rock group Cutting Crew, which hit the coveted spot with 1986's ballad "(I Just) Died in Your Arms."

Nick Van Eede, the songwriter and lead singer of Cutting Crew, said the band last toured the United States in 1989. After the group disbanded in 1983, he continued to produce albums for other acts, but he decided to restart the band in 2006. He's the only original member to return.

"The band has been playing live for the last four years," Van Eede said of his new incarnation of Cutting Crew. As opposed to the softer, heavily synthesized sound the group employed in the 1980s, Cutting Crew "is much more of a rock act now," he said. "This is much more ballsy."

As a result, he said the band performs its signature song the way it is meant to be played. "When ... you get to this age, you're hearing the ultimate version," he said.

Other bands performing at the Salt Lake City show will be ABC (most famous for its singles "The Look of Love" and "When Smokey Sings"), Heaven 17 (most famous for its single "Let Me Go") and Missing Persons (known for "Destination Unknown").