Grief and anger left Ben Watt stuck in a dark place – but now he’s emerged into the light with a reflective, deeply personal new album. Here, he talks life,…
Q+A: Terri Nunn
The Berlin singer tells Paul Kirkley about reuniting with her former bandmates and teases the group’s first new music in 35 years… It’s 40 years since singer Terri Nunn joined…
Depeche Mode to release 12″ collector’s boxset of ‘Violator’ singles
This release follows on from last week’s announcement that a special edition of SPiRiTS in the Forest is coming to DVD and Blu-ray… Sony Music Entertainment are continuing their Depeche…
Making Run-DMC’s Raising Hell
Raising Hell by Run-DMC was meant to take hip-hop “back to the streets”, yet became a massive crossover that united b-boys and rock and pop fans alike. It remains one…
New Releases and Reissues: 6 March
With International Women’s Day coming up this Sunday, this week’s Classic Pop release round-up is focused on some of the leading ladies in pop… Alice Boman – Dream On 8/10 Almost seven…
The Police Interview: ‘Being in The Police was like wearing a Prada suit made out of barbed wire’
Making Liam and Noel Gallagher look like The Chuckle Brothers, The Police were pop’s most famous brawlers, somehow making five iconic albums despite the hatred. They still loathed each other…
Belinda Carlisle and Jimmy Somerville to perform with 60-piece orchestra in Leeds
Opera North and Leeds City Council have announced the full lineup for this year’s long weekend in Millennium Square, Leeds… Opera North in the City is set to return in…
OMD announce 40th anniversary show at Royal Albert Hall
Set to be a unique night for OMD fans, the evening will see them perform two atmospheric sets… OMD have announced their return to London’s Royal Albert Hall as part…
Review: The Durutti Column – Fidelity
Having dived into more familiar analogue territory for 1994’s Sex And Death, Factory Records guitar virtuoso Vini Reilly transferred to the label’s Belgian offshoot in 1996 for a slight return…
Review: Elton John With Ray Cooper – Live From Moscow 1979
For his 12th studio album, 1978’s A Single Man (his first with Gary Osborne as lyricist rather than Bernie Taupin), Elton John stripped his tour back to just him and…