It’s been fantastic to see your reaction to our new Madonna issue of Classic Pop Presents, with our black & white cover selling out in just two days! You’ll be pleased…
Soft Cell announce expanded editions of *Happiness Not Included
Soft Cell are to follow up 2022’s acclaimed Top 10 album *Happiness Not Included with the release of two expanded editions via BMG on 28th July. *Happiness Now Extended is…
Robin Scott releases first new music as ‘M’ in 40 years
Robin Scott – aka M – has shared his first new music under the M moniker in over 40 years – Break The Silence is out now via BMG. Robin…
Pet Shop Boys interview – SMASH the system
In June 2023, Pet Shop Boys released what’s possibly their ultimate statement – SMASH, a boxset of all their singles. But, in the 2020s, what is a single? What’s the…
Lloyd Cole interview: King of pain
More closely involved with his fans than ever before after nearly losing his house in lockdown, Lloyd Cole has emerged with On Pain – a stunning album nearer to Talk…
Dr Robert interview: A kind of magic
As the Blow Monkeys’ Animal Magic returns as a new deluxe reissue, frontman ‘Dr Robert’ Howard tells Classic Pop how his plan to rope in a certain children’s TV legend…
Peter Gabriel releases new single So Much
On the full moon, Monday 3 July, Peter Gabriel releases the seventh track from the album i/o. This month the song is So Much and the first version to be…
Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz interview: “CBGBs was a wonderful incubator for baby bands”
One of the great love stories in music, as well as one of its finest rhythm sections, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz are preparing to share their memories of life…
Haircut 100 interview: “We always had the confidence that we were something special”
Shiny enough to have their own comic strip and potential TV sitcom, Haircut 100 were also an odd mix of six diverse personalities, incorporating post-punk, jazz, Brazilian rhythms and martial…
Album By Album – Kylie Minogue
We look back over the albums of Kylie Minogue, from her very first to her very latest… Kylie, 1988 Back in 1987, soap stars weren’t exactly renowned purveyors of quality…