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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...
Jean-Paul Goude is a creative tour de force whose prodigious output transcends multiple creative disciplines. From advertising and art to film and fashion, the aesthetic he established with Grace Jones…
Issue 42 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Available from WHSmith, Tesco, independent newsagents, Tesco Ireland and Easons, in Issue 42 of Classic Pop magazine we catch up with Johnny Marr to hear about the former Smiths and…
The Godfathers of Pop – Pat Kane interview
Pat Kane formed the jazz-infused Hue And Cry with his brother Greg in the mid-80s. Hailing from Coatbridge, near Glasgow, the duo scored their biggest hit in 1987 when Labour…
The Godfathers of Pop – Mick Jones interview
British guitar-slinger Mick Jones cut his musical teeth in the band of Johnny Hallyday, the ‘French Elvis’, in the 60s. Returning to England, he joined Spooky Tooth before winding up…
Review: Geniuser – I Am
Wyndham Wallace reviews I Am, the latest release from alternative, electronic duo Geniuser. That Geniuser’s previous releases slipped under the radar fits Michael Allen’s career: as leader of The Wolfgang Press, 4AD’s…
Classic Pop Crossword – June 2018
Test your pop music knowledge with our crossword! Solution to be revealed on Monday June 18. Simply use the questions below: Questions: All Saint’s Pure Shores was used on the…
Aswad, 10cc and the SAS Band among Weyfest headliners
Aswad, The Christians, Cast, Roachford and 10cc are among the headline acts appearing at Weyfest, Surrey’s music festival with a difference. The organisers have announced that supergroup the SAS band,…
Top 15 Pop Compilations 1980-1999
Now That’s What We’re Talking About! Classic Pop compiles a Best Of countdown of the best of compilations… ever. 15. Now Dance ’92 (1992) Released when the format was at its lowest ebb,…
The Godfathers Of Pop – Mike Edwards Interview
There was a time when electronic dance music and indie guitar rock lived in separate worlds. Jesus Jones helped to change all that when they spearheaded the alternative dance scene…
New Prince Album Announced on 60th Birthday
The Prince Estate, in partnership with Warner Bros. Records, has announced a new Prince album entitled Piano & A Microphone 1983 in honour of what would have been the pop legend’s 60th…