Just when you thought Madonna couldn’t get any more successful, her third album True Blue turned her into a global phenomenon, and gave us some of the most most iconic…
Midge Ure on The Gift
With his debut solo album The Gift recently reissued as a lavish boxset, Midge Ure recalls his annus mirabilis – when not even Joe Dolce could stop him hitting the…
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…
Madonna: The Blond Ambition Tour – the greatest show on Earth
Hitting the road to promote her confessional opus Like A Prayer, Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour was a non-stop erotic cabaret blending sex, religion and spectacle. Taking elements of Broadway, high…
Popscene – Smooth Soul
Into the eye of the quiet storm with the finest artists the genre had to offer… What is it? Soul is a genre with many tentacles, from the salty R&B…
My Pop Life – Gary Davies
The Radio 2 DJ and former Top Of The Pops presenter on his musical passions… Who were your musical heroes while growing up? Early days, I guess it would have…
Top 40 New Order songs – ranked!
For over four decades, New Order have given us some of the most thrilling and genre-busting tracks ever recorded. Here’s our rundown of their very best… Over 40-plus years now,…
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…
Classic Album – Madonna: Confessions On A Dance Floor
We take a look back at Madonna’s 10th album, the 2005 classic, Confessions On A Dance Floor “ABBA on drugs”. That, supposedly, was Madonna’s brief for what would become album…
Ultravox – the OTHER Fab Four
As Ultravox’s Quartet album gets the deluxe reissue treatment, Midge Ure and Billy Currie recall the highs and lows of its creation with legendary producer George Martin How’s this for…