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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 1980 the British rockabilly revival was primed, ready and waiting for somebody to light the touchpaper – and Stray Cats fitted the bill. Classic Pop pays tribute to the…
Rick Astley interview: “I’m not going to listen to that little voice saying ‘you’ve got freckles and you’re not that tall'”
He famously retired at 27 but Rick Astley was never seriously gonna give pop up. In 2016, Lancashire’s favourite son returned to toast a milestone birthday with an album simply…
Pop Art – David Storey
From obscure underground artists to worldwide pop legends, David Storey is the man behind more than 40 years worth of record sleeve design. We caught up with him at his…
Blancmange share new single and live dates
Blancmange have shared a new single, Reduced Voltage, alongside a John Grant remix of the track, ahead of the release of the forthcoming album, Private View. The new album, out 30 September…
Listen to QUINQUIS’ cover of Berlin’s Take My Breath Away
Multidisciplinary Breton artist Émilie Tiersen – aka QUINQUIS – has shared her cover of Berlin’s classic Take My Breath Away. The track comes from her new six-track EP, AER, out…
Rusty Egan unveils new Boy George collaboration
New Romantic legend Rusty Egan has shared a new song, Sister (featuring Boy George and Mary Pearce), from his forthcoming (and as-yet-untitled) new studio album. The LP promises collaborations with a…
ABBA in the studio
In 2018, ABBA announced they had finished two new songs, their first in over three decades. In issue 43 of Classic Pop, released in the August of that year, we…
Pop Art – Greg Jakobek
Greg Jakobek’s name may not be familiar, but his design work certainly will be. His graphics graced the record sleeves of some of some of the 80s biggest names, and…
Top 20 compilation albums
In this veritable best of the best Best Ofs, we select 20 of the finest pop artist compilation albums… By Barry Page As the high sales of compilation albums would…
Coming Round Again – when the 60s met the 80s
Proving that form is temporary yet class is permanent, a whole host of major 60s acts had an unexpected career resurgence as bona fide chart stars in the 80s… By…