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Issue 18 Live Aid 30th Anniversary Special with free supplement! Our August/September Issue 18 – out today – toasts the 30th anniversary of Live Aid. We track back to relive…
Culture Club return with London show announcement
Culture Club have announced a show at Hammersmith Apollo on September 5 for the band’s first activity since last year’s reunion tour was cancelled. The arena tour, due to have…
EXCLUSIVE UK VIDEO PREMIERE: Marsheaux – ‘Monument’
Greek electro-pop duo Marsheaux recently took the brave decision to take on Depeche Mode’s second album A Broken Frame in its entirety and surfaced with a luscious interpretation that took…
David Bowie announces exhaustive box-set
David Bowie has announced new box-set Five Years: 1969-73, which rounds up all his music from 1969’s self-titled debut album to 1973’s Pin Ups. Out on September 25, Five…
Thomas Dolby brought to book
Thomas Dolby is writing a new book about his experiences in the technology industry, Classic Pop can reveal. The as-yet-untitled book will be released by Macmillan Publishing in autumn next…
Issue 17 of Classic Pop on sale now!
Issue 17 – our June/July issue – is out today, with A-ha as our cover stars. We chart their highs, their lows, their farewell… and now their quite unexpected reunion…
Paying Tribute to Errol Brown
The death from liver cancer of former Hot Chocolate singer Errol Brown has seen the pop world pay tribute, with Nile Rodgers, Boy George and Kim Wilde among those paying…
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions Releasing Six-disc Box-set
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions are releasing a six-disc box-set of Collected Recordings from 1983 to 1989 on June the 29th. The set includes the band’s three albums Rattlesnakes, Easy…
B52s singer Kate Pierson enlists Sia for debut solo album
The B52s singer Kate Pierson releases her debut solo album Guitars And Microphones on June 1. The album is co-written with Sia, who is also the record’s executive producer. Other…
Madness drummer Woody Woodgate goes solo
Madness drummer Woody Woodgate is the latest member of the band to announce a solo album, following the recent announcement that guitarist Cathal Smyth is releasing his debut solo album…