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The latest news from Classic Pop Magazine
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…
A-ha reunite for album and world tour
(photos by Gerrit Sievert) At a press conference at the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin this lunchtime, A-ha reunite and confirmed that their forthcoming reunion show at the Rock In Rio…
Marc Almond Photo Book
Marc Almond releases Photo Book For four decades Marc Almond has been one of the most distinctive stylists and distinguished vocalists in modern music. The whole world knows his voice,…
Kiss Me Once More – Kylie Minogue’s live DVD
The live DVD of ‘Kiss Me Once More” will be released on March the 23rd. The live was filmed at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro last November during Kylie’s tour of the…
Video exclusive – Blancmange lay Paddington bare in new video
Classic Pop is exclusively hosting the video for the new Blancmange single ‘Paddington’ directed by Tone Davies for www.playworks.tv . Released digitally on iTunes on March 9, ‘Paddington’ is the…
Boy George leaks BBC4 Culture Club documentary
BBC4 are to broadcast an hour-long documentary on Culture Club’s reunion on March 6. However, Boy George has said the programme is “super-tabloid and reveals nothing new”. On Friday, George…