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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...
Our 1980s series continues with Classic Pop Presents 1982, a year of a bounty of classic albums and new stars being born in a year of rampant, untethered creativity that led…
Former Specials member Neville Staple announces new album
Former member of The Specials Neville Staple has announced his latest solo album, From The Specials & Beyond. The record will find the 66-year-old ska veteran revisiting the songs of…
NOW That’s What I Call Electronic coming this January
Synth-pop fans rejoice, as NOW have announced a major 78-track 4CD compilation of the very best in electronic music. NOW That’s What I Call Electronic will feature songs from artists…
Matt Goss new album: release date, tour, and everything you need to know
When is Matt Goss’ new album The Beautiful Unknown out? Originally scheduled to drop this month, Matt Goss’ fifth solo album, The Beautiful Unknown, will now be released on 4…
Dexys news: new album, tour, and everything you need to know
Are Dexys releasing a new album in 2022? Dexys aren’t releasing an album of new material in 2022, but we will be getting a 40th anniversary reworked version of one…
Tears For Fears announce The Tipping Point Tour
Sponsored Post Tears For Fears have announced UK tour in support of the forthcoming release of their first new studio album in nearly two decades, The Tipping Point. The band will…
13 essential Eurythmics songs
From their debut album In The Garden in 1981, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart have been responsible for some of the most electrifying and innovative synth-pop of the 80s and…
ABBA announce new Christmas single
ABBA have announced details of their new Christmas single, Little Things, which will be out on CD through Universal Music on Friday 3 December. Taken from ABBA’s No.1 album Voyage…
Whitney Houston vinyl to be released this Christmas
Whitney Houston fans will have two new items to add to their ‘Dear Santa’ list this Christmas with the announcement of two new vinyl packages. I Will Always Love You:…
UB40 founding member Astro dies after short illness
Founding member of UB40 Astro has died aged 64. The vocalist, whose real name was Terence Wilson, passed away after a short illness, it’s been confirmed. “We are absolutely devastated…