In the latest issue of Classic Pop, we meet Haircut 100 for an exclusive interview ahead of their 2023 reunion and the deluxe reissue of debut album Pelican West as…
Into the valleys: the sounds of Wales
The music of Wales can draw on a rich and rootsy heritage when it needs to reinvent itself… By Jonathan Wright The figure dressed in black has tangled hair and…
Boy George & Culture Club set for one day only cinema event
Boy George & Culture Club are to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their triple-platinum Colour By Numbers album with a special one-day-only event for their fans. For the first time…
Classic Album: XTC – Skylarking
With 1986’s Skylarking, XTC proved that even the most tempestuous recording process can produce magical results… Having already experimented with spiky new-wave, psychedelia and sonically-diverse soundscapes in their first decade…
Saint Etienne interview: “I certainly wouldn’t be embarrassed if someone called us a 90s band”
With their melancholic disco singles and album statements, Saint Etienne were one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. We spoke to them in 2017 as they released their…
Pop Art – Rob O’Connor
Rob O’Connor’s Stylorouge creative studio can arguably boast the largest pop portfolio of clients we’ve ever explored in Classic Pop magazine. From Meatloaf to Morrissey and Bowie to Barlow, we…
Omar interview: fighting his corner
Omar has been at the forefront of British soul since the early-90s after his hit single There’s Nothing Like This. David Burke met the soul survivor in 2017… He was a…
The Art Of Noise remember In Visible Silence
In 2016, The Art Of Noise celebrated the 30th anniversary of the platinum-selling In Visible Silence. That year, the group’s core trio of Anne Dudley, JJ Jeczalik and Gary Langan…
Top 40 pop soundtracks – the definitive movie playlist
From thrillers to chillers, sci-fi to rom-coms, cinema would be nothing without its soundtrack… We’ve looked at all eras of classic pop to chart the most important, beguiling and spell-binding…
They Might Be Giants to play Flood in full at new UK dates
Grammy award-winners and alt-rock legends They Might Be Giants are returning to the UK with shows in Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol and London this November. On the heels of 70…