Costello again proves he’s a master of disguise, adopting various personalities – and employing celebrity guests judiciously – on this late-period high points. At the risk of sounding like someone…
The Godfathers of Pop: Martin Stephenson interview
David Burke meets Martin Stephenson, who started his pop career with The Dainties before going on to find solo success. As The Dainties reunite, Stephenson looks back on his life…
Daryl Hall & John Oates announce first UK tour in five years
The biggest music-selling duo in history have announced a UK arena tour in April and May of 2019, their first headline tour in five years. Daryl Hall & John Oates…
Review: Yazoo – Four Pieces/Three Pieces
A new boxset – on either four vinyl discs or three CDs – remasters Yazoo’s two classic studio albums and adds BBC radio sessions and remixes Yazoo’s genesis was rooted…
The Godfathers of Pop: 2-D interview
Ian Peel chats to Gorillaz lead-vocalist 2-D about life in the world’s biggest cartoon band. In a bizarre encounter that takes in drawer slamming, popcorn chicken, virtual pop luminaries the…
The Lowdown: Pet Shop Boys
A former Smash Hits journalist and an architecture student who never graduated, Pet Shop Boys went on to become the most successful UK duo ever, selling more than 50 million records worldwide…
Review: Blancmange – Wanderlust
One of the streaming revolution’s obvious casualties has been the lyric. Where album sleeves often offered them as sustenance for even the casual fan, these days, it requires a conscious…
Review: Paul McCartney – Egypt Station
Paul McCartney’s dominance of musical culture is such that for most of his 17th solo album, the only person to whom he can be compared is himself. His easy-going way…
Issue 47 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Get your copy of Issue 47 in-store for just £5.99 – use our storefinder. The single issue is available online for £6.99 here. Alternatively, you can buy a digital issue…
Review: Suede – The Blue Hour
This summer, Suede bassist Mat Osman playfully tweeted a photo taken during the Saddleworth Moor fire of a gas-masked woman carrying shopping bags, the band’s logo writ large above. Sadly,…