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Classic Pop
Classic Pop magazine is the ultimate celebration of great pop and chart music across the decades with in-depth interviews with top artists, features, news and reviews. From pop to indie and new wave to electronic music – it's all here...
Classic Pop explores 40-plus years of Duran Duran fever, noting the must-have albums, essential singles and must-watch music videos… Duran Duran are virtually synonymous with the Eighties. Name a buzz-phrase…
When Pop Went Political: Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert
Staged to show solidarity with the world’s most famous political prisoner, while concurrently expressing opposition to an overtly racist system, the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert – held three…
Classic Pop Presents Duran Duran is now on sale
In this special edition of Classic Pop Presents, we celebrate 40 years of Duran Duran! Buy online here Buy your collectors bundle here Find your digital edition here Also find…
The Lowdown – Kate Bush
Our guide to the must-have singles and albums of one of pop’s most distinctive artists – Kate Bush Written by David Burke. Mentored by Pinks Floyd’s David Gilmour as a…
The Psychedelic Furs – Back catalogue reissues
Hugely indebted to Bowie, right down to the timbre of singer Richard Butler’s gravelly drawl, and capable of conjuring up seductive and infectious melodies, The Psychedelic Furs were among the…
Issue 43 of Classic Pop magazine is on sale NOW!
Available from WH Smith, Tesco, independent newsagents, McColls and Eason, this month our cover star is the mighty Rick Astley. We have an exclusive in-depth chat with the singer as…
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Daphne & Celeste interview
They may have had short-lived chart success, but American duo Daphne & Celeste certainly left a mark on the world of pop. Exactly what kind of mark. With hits like Ooh…
Keep The Faith: Chvrches interview
Scottish indie chart-botherers Chvrches relocated to the U.S. to make album number three, Love Is Dead, and came up trumps with one of the year’s most righteous records. The trio talk to Classic…
Sing and dance your heart out at Paddington’s tribute band festival!
Paddington Covers is back this July with a fabulous line-up of classic pop tribute acts. This year, playing for the first time in Paddington’s Norfolk Square Gardens, we have tributes…
Lost & Found: Midge Ure – The Gift
A brilliant chorus and a newly- acquired global reputation as a humanitarian meant that Midge Ure couldn’t possibly fail with his signature single, If I Was, in the summer of…