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Dan Biggane
Dan Biggane is a writer for Classic Pop and Vintage Rock magazines. A former entertainment editor at the Bath Chronicle newspaper, he’s interviewed countless big names from the world of rock and pop including Robert Plant and John Lydon, as well as members of The Specials, The Selecter, The Cure, The Go-Go's and Echo & The Bunnymen.
Mark Knopfler stays Ahead Of The Game with new single Mark Knopfler will release his tenth solo studio album, One Deep River, on 12 April. Put out through his own…
Milli Vanilli creator Frank Farian dies aged 82
Frank Farian, the pop Svengali behind Milli Vanilli and Boney M, dies aged 82 The controversial German music producer, singer and songwriter, Frank Farian, has died at the age of…
Billy Joel announces new single Turn The Lights Back On
Billy Joel set to return with first new single in decades Columbia Records has announced that Billy Joel will release his first new single in decades, Turn The Lights Back…
Bananarama share brand new single Supernova
Bananarama release new single Supernova from Glorious: The Ultimate Collection Bananarama have released a new track, Supernova, from their upcoming anthology, Glorious – The Ultimate Collection. The track is the…
Gabrielle releases A Place In Your Heart from forthcoming new album
Gabrielle returns with A Place In Your Heart, the debut single from her brand new album Gabrielle has released her new single, A Place In Your Heart. Lifted from the…
Will Sergeant interview: “I wanted us to have a classic rock sound”
Echo & The Bunnymen mainstay Will Sergeant has scribed his second memoir, which charts the band’s rapid rise to pop stardom and reveals chance encounters with rock royalty along the…
Terry Hall and the Fun Boy Three
In December 2022, we lost one of British pop’s most significant figures with the sad passing of Terry Hall. Shooting to fame with The Specials, he also broke the mould…
2 Tone Records Interview: 40 Years of 2 Tone Records
With its message of unity, 2 Tone burned bright as the embers of punk faded and offered hope to a generation lost. Forty years on from its inception, Classic Pop…