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Alton Towers theme park offers free mullets and perms for employees

Who scanned my high school yearbook and put it on Flickr?British theme park Alton Towers - the site of the 2009 Speedo ban that delighted women worldwide - is bravely trying to bring back the mullet.

The park is headed back to the 1980s to celebrate its 30th anniversary later this month.

So to give Alton Towers a more authentic 1980s feel, officials are offering employee makeovers - complete with mullet haircuts for the guys and perms for the gals.

The "business in the front, party in the back" look had its heyday around the time of the artists at a concert planned for May 23 at Alton Towers.

Rick Astley ("Never Gonna Give You Up"), Bananarama ("Cruel Summer") and Kim Wilde ("Kids in America") are scheduled to perform at the show, which is free with theme park admission.

Discounted early bird tickets are available online for about $38.

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