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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...
The 1980s really were the golden years for the pop video. They may not have started in that decade, but the 80s were when the form truly flowered. Here then…
Classic Pop Issue 72 is on sale now!
In the latest Classic Pop Issue 72, we have an exclusive interview with all four members of Duran Duran as they return with superb new studio album Future Past. Also,…
Making The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses rescued indie rock from shambling student bands and fired Manchester into a bright new musical future. Michael Leonard charts the making of a one-off album that, according…
Duran Duran share new song Anniversary
Duran Duran have unveiled the video for their latest single, Anniversary, directed by BAFTA-winning artist, photographer and filmmaker, Alison Jackson. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming 15th studio…
BBC Two to screen new documentary series, The 80s – Music’s Greatest Decade?
BBC Two is to screen a major new documentary series about the pop music of the 1980s. Starting Saturday 23 October, The 80s – Music’s Greatest Decade? is presented by…
Adele unveils new single Easy On Me
Adele’s first new music in six years is finally here. The Skyfall singer has returned with a new single, Easy On Me, ahead of the release of her fourth album…
Tony Hadley interview: “With Spandau it ceased to be fun anymore”
In this Tony Hadley interview from 2021, the former Spandau Ballet man belatedly toasts four decades of music with a mammoth 36-date UK tour featuring The Fabulous TH Band in…
Top 20: Ones That Got Away
We lift the lid on an alternate pop universe to tell the story of how these Top 20 hits could have turned out very differently if fate hadn’t intervened… Creating…
The Communards’ debut album to be re-released on 35th anniversary
The Communards’ self-titled debut album is to be reissued on its 35th anniversary this autumn by London Records. Not only that but the duo’s classic Hi-NRG cover of Don’t Leave…
Soft Cell share brand new single Bruises On My Illusions
Soft Cell have unveiled their first single from their forthcoming album *Happiness Not Included, the epic Bruises On My Illusions. “Bruises On My Illusions is a mini film noir Soft…