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ABBA unveil their digital avatars
With one month to go until ABBA’s long-awaited reunion concerts kick off, check out these four brand-new images of Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid’s digital avatars. ABBA Voyage opens on…
The Boo Radleys interview: “I think there’s always been that dichotomy about us”
More than 20 years after calling it a day, The Boo Radleys are back – older, wiser, and minus their original songwriter. “People are giving us a chance,” singer Sice…
Spotlight: Thomas Dolby – Aliens Ate My Buick
We remember the third studio album by Thomas Dolby, 1988’s Aliens Ate My Buick… My Matt Phillips Thomas Dolby has never played it safe. And, true to form, in April…
Issue 75 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the bumper 108-page new issue of Classic Pop, our cover stars are The Associates – we take a trip inside their remarkable career and majestic album Sulk with Alan…
The story of 1982 in music
A trip down memory lane as we remember the best music of 1982… Rumour has it, that Britain’s first new No.1 of 1982, Bucks Fizz’s Land Of Make Believe, was…
Clare Grogan interview: “I constantly felt I had to prove myself”
Surely the hardest working singer in 1981 was Clare Grogan. Just as Altered Images were releasing their debut album, she became a film star too. Aged just 19, how did…
Peter Hook talks Joy Division, New Order
After the tragic death of Ian Curtis, the surviving members of Joy Division, including Peter Hook could have faded into obscurity – instead, 1981 saw them reborn as New Order,…
The story of 1981 in music
The music of 1981 unfolded with an explosion of creativity. synths took over the hit parade, the New Romantics enjoyed their last hurrah, funk, rap and retro opened new territory.…
This Woman’s Work: Kate Bush in the 80s
After two decent-selling albums and four charting singles, some artists might have taken their hands off the wheel. Not Kate Bush, whose next projects revealed an artist growing steadily more self-reliant…
Making Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
For Kate Bush, her debut album The Kick Inside changed everything. It became the ninth biggest-selling LP of 1978, went platinum, and included Wuthering Heights – the first self-composed song…