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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...
Greek electro-pop duo Marsheaux recently took the brave decision to take on Depeche Mode’s second album A Broken Frame in its entirety and surfaced with a luscious interpretation that took…
David Bowie announces exhaustive box-set
David Bowie has announced new box-set Five Years: 1969-73, which rounds up all his music from 1969’s self-titled debut album to 1973’s Pin Ups. Out on September 25, Five…
Thomas Dolby brought to book
Thomas Dolby is writing a new book about his experiences in the technology industry, Classic Pop can reveal. The as-yet-untitled book will be released by Macmillan Publishing in autumn next…
Issue 17 of Classic Pop on sale now!
Issue 17 – our June/July issue – is out today, with A-ha as our cover stars. We chart their highs, their lows, their farewell… and now their quite unexpected reunion…
Godfathers of Pop – Daryl Hall Interview
Last year’s tour by Daryl Hall And John Oates – captured by the cameras at the Olympia Theatre in July, a performance just released on a new DVD, Live In…
Paying Tribute to Errol Brown
The death from liver cancer of former Hot Chocolate singer Errol Brown has seen the pop world pay tribute, with Nile Rodgers, Boy George and Kim Wilde among those paying…
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions Releasing Six-disc Box-set
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions are releasing a six-disc box-set of Collected Recordings from 1983 to 1989 on June the 29th. The set includes the band’s three albums Rattlesnakes, Easy…
Godfathers of Pop – Mark King Interview
Founding member of Level 42 Mark King started out as a drummer until he convinced a music shop to hire him as a bass expert. His band evolved from jazz…
Godfathers of Pop – Andy Bell Interview
The Erasure frontman has been busy of late, releasing a solo album, Torsten The Bareback Saint – which he performed at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2014 – and a…
B52s singer Kate Pierson enlists Sia for debut solo album
The B52s singer Kate Pierson releases her debut solo album Guitars And Microphones on June 1. The album is co-written with Sia, who is also the record’s executive producer. Other…