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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...
In 2017, we caught up with Sananda Maitreya – otherwise known as The Artist Formerly Known As Terence Trent D’Arby – to talk culture wars, name changes, Greek myths and…
Duran Duran announce second headline show for May 2023
Duran Duran have announced a second headline performance at London’s The O2, set to take place on 2nd May 2023 following their opening night at the iconic London venue on…
The wizards of Oz – How Australian music conquered the world
In the wake of punk, bands from a Land Down Under took on the charts… In this article from 2017, Jonathan Wright spoke to Mental As Anything’s late vocalist Greedy…
Haircut One Hundred announce 40th anniversary edition of Pelican West and live show
Haircut One Hundred are to release a new 40th anniversary edition of their debut album, Pelican West, featuring 24 unreleased tracks. Released in February 1982, the record made the band…
Debbie Gibson interview: “People get so into nostalgia!”
In 2017 Debbie Gibson released a lavish retrospective boxset titled We Could Be Together. That year, she spoke to David Burke about her three decades in the music business… In…
Sparks share 2023 live Royal Albert Hall dates
Sparks have announced two live shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 May 2023. Having recently teased both a new album and tour for 2023,…
Top 20 synth-pop deep cuts
Cue up your music transmitter of choice and get ready to leave the charts far behind as we embark upon a journey through the wilder, stranger and – yes! –…
UB40 add Freddie McGregor to 45th anniversary shows
UB40 have announced that pioneering reggae musician Freddie McGregor has been added as a special guest to the band’s forthcoming arena shows this December. The UB45 tour celebrates the band’s 45th…
Duran Duran announce 2023 headline UK & Ireland arena tour
Duran Duran have announced that their Future Past Tour will extend with five huge headline arena shows across the UK and Ireland through spring of 2023, beginning at Manchester’s AO…
Interview: Peter Hook remembers Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures
In 2019, to mark the 40th anniversary of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, Peter Hook talked to Jonathan Wright about the “wonderful out-of-control excitement” of making one of the best debut…