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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 Presents: David Bowie – A Celebration Magazine Special In this special 132 page David Bowie magazine we chart the phenomenal career of one of pop music’s most influential…
Remembering Colin Vearncombe 1962-2016
In sad news today, we learned that Colin Verncombe (AKA Black) has unfortunately died, two weeks after he was involved in a car crash. The 53 year old singer of…
Issue 21 of Classic Pop on sale now!
Issue 21 of Classic Pop is on sale now! As we went to press we heard the extremely sad news that David Bowie had tragically died after an 18-month battle…
RIP David Bowie: 08 January 1947 – 10 January 2016.
From Space Oddity to Hallo Spaceboy, Bowie’s in the stars… RIP David Bowie. 08 January 1947 – 10 January 2016. “This is the saddest of days.” — Martin Fry “Talented…
Issue 20 Classic Pop on sale now!
The results are in! Issue 20 features the Classic Pop ‘Top 100 Albums of the Eighties’ – as decided by our readers. Who made the grade? Plenty of the stone…
One Hit Wonders: Election Day – Arcadia
It’s amazing to think that Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes, stalwarts – architects, even – of classic pop could ever have been responsible for a one-hit wonder. But here…
One Hit Wonders: …And Stones – The Blue Aeroplanes
In June 1990, Bristol’s finest art-rock collective released …And Stones. Since their inception in 1981, the band had celebrated the eclecticism of pop music and had included pretty much every…
David Bowie announces new album ‘Blackstar’
David Bowie has just announced the name and release date of his new album Blackstar Blackstar is set to be released on the 8th January 2016 and the first single…
Music legends produce album in the name of Prostate Cancer UK
Eighties pop legend, Nik Kershaw has joined a host of pop and rock icons to produce a album for men’s health in aid of Men United – Prostate Cancer UK’s…
Issue 19 of Classic Pop on sale now!
Issue 19 of Classic Pop is out now! Fresh from headlining Bestival last weekend, Duran Duran grace the cover of Issue 19 and talk exclusively and candidly about the making…