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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...
After two decent-selling albums and four charting singles, some artists might have taken their hands off the wheel. Not Kate Bush, whose next projects revealed an artist growing steadily more self-reliant…
Roxy Music announce 2022 tour dates
Roxy Music have shared details of their hotly-anticipated 2022 tour, marking 50 years since their self-titled debut album. The shows will mark the first time that Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera,…
Making Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
For Kate Bush, her debut album The Kick Inside changed everything. It became the ninth biggest-selling LP of 1978, went platinum, and included Wuthering Heights – the first self-composed song…
Step back in time: Kylie on film & TV
From indelible soap fame to high-camp cameos in multi-million dollar box office smashes via arthouse weirdies, indie slasher flicks and plenty of comedy stints as, well, herself, Kylie’s screen career…
Bryan Ferry to release new EP, Love Letters
Former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry will release new interpretations of four classic love songs this spring. The Love Letters digital EP will be the first all new Bryan Ferry recordings…
Simple Minds announce new Edinburgh tour date
cinch Presents Edinburgh Summer Sessions have announced a special second show with Simple Minds to take place on Saturday 13 August at Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, where all profits will…
They shoot… they score! – 80s movie soundtracks
In the 80s, Hollywood turned its back on orchestral film scores in favour of jukebox-style compilations that sold in their millions – but did commerce win out over art? By…
Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell unveil unique collaboration
Two of the biggest duos in synth-pop, Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell, have teamed up for new single, Purple Zone. The song premiered earlier today (Tuesday 22 March) on…
NOW That’s What I Call 80s: Dancefloor coming this April
NOW Music have announced a brand new compilation, NOW That’s What I Call 80s: Dancefloor. This new 4-CD compilation features 81 tracks covering all aspects of 80s dance music. Including…
Dexys cancel 2022 tour
Dexys have announced that they have cancelled the Too Rye Ay As It Should Have Sounded UK tour, which was planned for September and October 2022. In a statement the…