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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...
An album that was intended to restore Culture Club as a chart force to be reckoned with, the band’s fourth LP ended up quickening their demise instead. now 35 years…
UB40 Featuring Ali & Astro announce new online Signing Off concert
UB40 Featuring Ali & Astro have announced a special online concert available to view from June 16, 2021. The band’s very first online concert will see them performing UB40’s seminal…
Relive the 1990s as House Classics goes on the road
They were the songs that defined an era– Show Me Love, Young Hearts Run Free, No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), Finally – and the artists that defined an era…
Sparks and Todd Rundgren reteam for Your Fandango
Fifty years ago Todd Rundgren produced Sparks’ debut album, Halfnelson, and now the singer and band are reuniting for the song Your Fandango, the third single from Rundgren’s forthcoming Space…
Go West: Once Upon A Time In The West
The friendship at the heart of Go West is still strong after nearly four decades, despite temperamental differences. Classic Pop hears how two lads from Twickenham made it to Hollywood.…
CHVRCHES unveil new single He Said She Said
CHVRCHES today release their new single, He Said She Said, available to stream and download via EMI Records (UK) and Glassnote Records (US). Recorded almost entirely remotely on two different…
New Order share live version of The Perfect Kiss ahead of new album
New Order have shared a performance of The Perfect Kiss ahead of the release of Education Entertainment Recreation on 7 May. Recorded live on 9 November 2018 (their only UK…
Simple Minds Superfan – Larelle Read
When did you first become a Superfan of Simple Minds and why do you like them? I knew of them for many years but only became a superfan in 2014,…
Reissue review: The Selecter – Too Much Pressure
An overdue deluxe edition of the pioneering classic lineup’s sole album is a reminder there was more going on than just those iconic 2Tone singles Everyone knows On My Radio,…
Ex Level 42 man Phil Gould returns with new single Faint Love
Assembling a network of collaborators, ex-Level 42 drummer and songwriter Phil Gould returns with new single Faint Love. The track follows on from Beautiful Wounds and The Dance from his…