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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...
Adam Ant has announced that his UK Antics tour has been postponed and is set to be rescheduled to a future date later in 2022. All tickets bought for the…
90s dance – the essential playlist
90s dance offered up some timeless bangers. In this playlist we count down our favourite top 40 dance tracks from that classic decade. You couldn’t move for the sheer number…
Your instant guide to Talking Heads
Nearly 50 years ago, a bunch of art-school misfits named Talking Heads were adopted by the New York City punk scene. They went on to become the new faces of…
Blondie & Debbie Harry: the complete guide
With Debbie Harry at the helm, Blondie had a grit, glamour and sophisticated pop sensibility that was lacking in most of their contemporaries. For a few years, as the 70s…
UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell & Astro drop new song Sufferer
UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell & Astro have today released new track Sufferer, which Campbell has dedicated to his late bandmate Astro, who passed away last November. The track is the…
The story of MTV – The music revolution WILL be televised
Classic Pop celebrates the glory days of MTV – when music videos ruled the world… By Paul Lester MTV may not have given birth to the pop video – everyone…
xPropaganda announce new album The Heart Is Strange
Ex Propaganda members Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag, alongside original Propaganda producer Stephen Lipson, have reunited to form a new group: xPropaganda and to release a brand new album, The…
Eurythmics nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Eurythmics have been named as nominees to be inducted into the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This marks the award-winning, worldwide multi-platinum duo’s second nomination for induction into…
Top pop songs of 1982
In this list of the top pop songs of 1982, we look back on a year filled with glossy pop hits… From Martin Fry and co’s grand sophisti-pop statement to…
The complete guide to Morrissey
In our complete guide to the solo career of Morrissey we look at one of the true godfathers of Britpop… Written by David Burke. Whatever the reasons for the Smiths’…