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John Earls
Writing for Classic Pop since our first issue, John has been to Adam Ant’s house, sworn at by Bob Geldof, touched Johnny Marr’s favourite guitar, interviewed Richard Coles on his vicarage bed and serenaded with Last Christmas by Shirlie Kemp. John first specialised in writing about music as editor of Teletext’s Planet Sound music column from 2000-09 and now writes about pop for a range of magazines and national newspapers. A Luton Town fan, John also writes about football. His bucket list interviews for the magazine are Grace Jones, Kylie, Siouxsie Sioux and Andrew Ridgeley.
Pete Wylie reflects on his career as a pop maverick One of the great mavericks of alternative pop, it’s taken 40 years for Pete Wylie to create a definitive guide……
Review Round-Up Issue 85: Top 6 New Releases
Pick Of The Pops – Our Issue 85 New Release Review Round-Up THE KILLERS: REBEL DIAMONDS (EMI) Announced at relatively short notice in November, by their standards The Killers’ new……
Bananarama Glorious Interview
As Bananarama prepare for the release of Glorious – The Ultimate Collection, Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin reflects with Classic Pop on how they have overcome everything the industry could……
OMD interview: “Andy pulls one way, I pull the other. Where we meet in the middle – that’s the OMD sound.”
Cementing an imperious run that stretches back over the past decade, OMD’s album Bauhaus Staircase completes a hat-trick of magnificence started with English Electric in 2013. It even proves Andy……
Duran Duran interview: “So many horrible things are happening in the world, you need a little levity”
What began as a knockabout way to take the pressure off being inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has become Duran Duran’s quickest album since their debut.……
Prince: Remembering Diamonds And Pearls
After ruling the 80s, Diamonds And Pearls proved that Prince could boss the 90s, too. Classic Pop asks New Power Generation, Prince’s engineer, plus his estate’s archivist and new owner,……
Soft Cell interview: “Being a pop star was a weird secret I had to keep to myself”
Re-examining work from both ends of their career, Soft Cell have just released two companions to 2022’s comeback album *Happiness Not Included as well as a mammoth boxset of their……
Andrew Ridgeley interview: “Wham! was our friendship set to music”
For the first time since George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley professionally parted company in 1986, a major Wham! reissue is happening, with a singles compilation and 7” boxset. As their……
Andy Taylor interview: “I’ve got more music to make – and I’m going nowhere until I get it done”
Refusing to be dragged under by his terminal cancer diagnosis, Andy Taylor has not only been playing guitar on a new Duran Duran album but also making his first solo……
Classic Album: New Order – Republic
We remember New Order’s first album release after the demise of Factory Records – the No.1-charting Republic… There are very few people who would nominate Republic as their favourite New Order album.……