Former Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has announced a major tour, celebrating his 40 years in music. The tour, which will see Hadley perform with his band The Fabulous TH…
Introducing Classic Pop Plus!
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Classic Pop Plus – our newly upgraded subscription package. This is so much more than just a magazine subscription. Classic Pop Plus is a community and…
Tony Hadley and Marcella Detroit lead charity cover of Robbie Williams
A host of famous names from pop have come together for a new remotely-recorded charity cover of Robbie Williams’ Angels. The song has been recorded in tribute to the late…
The Prince Estate releases previously unreleased 2010 song Born 2 Die
The Prince Estate has shared a previously unreleased song by the late artist. Born 2 Die was intended for Welcome 2 America, an album that Prince recorded in 2010…
Top 20 reunion albums
Rekindling the creative chemistry of old isn’t easy, but here are 20 examples of when it DID work… Reunion albums can, by their nature, be hit and miss. It really…
Pop Art – Duran Duran
Always ambitious, continually seeking to make a lasting statement, No band of their era understood the vital commercial alchemy between music and visual appeal better than Duran Duran. Not only…
Making Pet Shop Boys – Actually
We look back at how the Pet Shop Boys’ second album Actually was informed by Thatcherism, a 60s singer living in a hotel, Catholicism… and ZZ Top. By Oliver Hurley…
CHVRCHES share new song and album details
CHVRCHES have released details of their highly anticipated fourth studio album, Screen Violence, due out 27 August on EMI Records (UK) & Glassnote Records (US). The band has also shared…
Major new Factory Records exhibition to open in Manchester
Manchester’s legendary Factory Records are to be celebrated in a major new exhibition in the city’s Science & Industry Museum. Running from 19 June to 3 January 2022, Use Hearing…
Q+A: Boy Meets Girl
The Whitney Houston hitmakers enjoyed a worldwide smash in 1988 with Waiting For A Star To Fall. Now they’re back. Though most famous as songwriters, having penned two of Whitney…