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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...
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Few have lived the (literally) high life of rock stardom with more fervour than Shaun Ryder – tales of debauchery are as synonymous with the Happy…
New Tom Petty documentary to arrive in cinemas next month
A new Tom Petty documentary is to be released in cinemas next month, focusing on the making of his seminal 1994 album Wildflowers. Directed by Mary Wharton (who helmed the…
Duran Duran share new track Tonight United
Duran Duran have unveiled the latest song from their forthcoming album Future Past. Tonight United is produced by dance music legend Giorgio Moroder and is, says Simon Le Bon, “music…
ABC to celebrate 40 years of The Lexicon Of Love
To celebrate 40 years since the release of their debut album, ABC have announced they will perform The Lexicon Of Love in its entirety across 10 dates in June 2022,…
The Pretenders’ first two albums reissued
The Pretenders are to release brand new 3CD deluxe editions of their first two albums, curated by lead singer Chrissie Hynde. Pretenders from 1979 and Pretenders II from 1981 will…
The best Pet Shop Boys cover art
For this feature on the best Pet Shop Boys cover art, we’ve selected key examples of design excellence from the duo’s remarkable oeuvre… By Andrew Dineley With backgrounds respectively in…
Andy Bell Talks Erasure: ABBA-esque
Erasure: ABBA-esque was a 1992 EP of ABBA cover versions that helped revitalise the Swedes’ fortunes ahead of Mamma Mia! et al. Erasure’s Andy Bell talks frankly about the ABBA…
David Bowie In The 90s
After a decade that saw him miscast as a mainstream pop performer, during which he paradoxically enjoyed major success, Bowie found his creative feet again in the 90s. Releasing a…
Top 40 Vince Clarke Songs
Timeless synth-pop nuggets, stunning ambient textures, soaring, life-affirming singles and album cuts – all these, and more, have earned their place in our round-up of the best Vince Clarke songs……
The Story Of Now That’s What I Call Music
Now That’s What I Call Music! was many people’s introduction to chart music when they were young. Classic Pop traces the story of the big daddy of all compilation series……