When Spandau Ballet guitarist and songwriter Gary Kemp received the Ivor Novello award for Outstanding Song Collection in 2012, it was overdue recognition for a stream of words and music that…
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…
RIP Steve Strange
Steve Strange, an icon and architect of classic pop, has died aged 55. Real name Steve Harrington, Steve died on Thursday from a heart attack while in Egypt. He had…
Issue 15 of Classic Pop is out now
Issue 15 of Classic Pop is out now! In Issue 15 of Classic Pop we speak to ‘Godfather Of Synth-pop’ Gary Numan about the Eighties, his filmic new album and…
Issue 15: Classic Album – Haircut 100 – Playlist
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The return of former Kool And The Gang singer JT Taylor
Former Kool And The Gang singer James JT Taylor is nearing completion on his first solo album for 15 years, Classic Pop can reveal. Taylor is working with a series…
Texas 25th Anniversary Celebrations
ALBUM “ TEXAS 25 “ February 16TH 2015 TEXAS celebrate their 25th Anniversary in style with the release of their latest album ‘Texas 25’ which celebrates the very best of…
Blancmange take the fifth
Blancmange release their fifth album Semi Detached on March 23. It’s effectively a solo album by singer Neil Arthur, as it’s the first without keyboardist Stephen Luscombe, who has longterm…
Stephen Emmer & Julian Lennon ‘Sleep For England’
‘Sleep For England’ is the third release from the critically admired, ‘International Blue’ album. A re-work by Julian Lennon of Stephen Emmer and Neil Crossley’s original recording, which featured on the…