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Artist Features & Interviews
PSB were in full Latin flow for their sixth studio album… while it might not have spawned the poppiest music, Pet Shop Boys’ Bilingual certainly gave us some fantastic pop…
Interview – Fairground Attraction
After a 35-year hiatus, Fairground Attraction are back – and finally ready to make that long overdue second album. In a Classic Pop exclusive, Eddi Reader and Mark Nevin share…
Classic Album: Pet Shop Boys – Introspective
Neil and Chris were dancefloor-bound for album number three, Pet Shop Boys’ Introspective, an expansive set that housed some of their best-loved tracks and remains one of their best-selling collections……
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Live review – Pet Shop Boys at London’s Royal Opera House
Pet Shop Boys live at London’s Royal Opera House 23 July 2024 Rating: 5/5 Since they became the first electronic artists to play London’s Royal Opera House in 2016, Pet…
Shaznay Lewis – Pages interview
Twenty years on from her solo debut, Shaznay Lewis is back with belated sophomore album Pages. We spoke to her about going it alone and whether All Saints really are…
Inside Blitz – the club that birthed an 80s revolution
Long seen as the club that invented Britain’s cultural life in the 80s, Blitz was the epicentre of both music and fashion. So why was it created at a dodgy…
Words & Pictures: Duran Duran dip into the archives
Words & Pictures: Duran Duran Duran Duran’s celebrated first five albums defined the sound and style of an era and continue to soundtrack the lives of millions of fans around…
Sananda Maitreya interview – The Pegasus Project
In this Classic Pop Sananda Maitreya interview, the singer discusses his 13th album The Pegasus Project: Pegasus & The Swan and reveals why Britain is an emotionally troubled place to…
The Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Imperial Phase’
From mixing Wham! fans in West End Girls through Neil realising he could sing to being terrified of Dusty, and recording three No.1s in a year, here’s the oft-untold studio…
Gabrielle – A Place In Your Heart interview
It’s been 31 years since the record-breaking Dreams hit big, now with her many-flavoured new album A Place In Your Heart, Gabrielle is back… If there’s any barometer of Gabrielle’s…