In 2021, Marti Pellow was a man on a mission – and even a global pandemic wasn’t enough to stop him recording an ambitious double album inspired by a diverse…
Paul McCartney announces three-album McCartney boxset
Paul McCartney’s three iconic solo albums (McCartney, McCartney II, and McCartney III) are to be made available together for the first time as a limited-edition boxset, out 5 August 2022. The…
Erasure announce brand new album Day-Glo (Based On A True Story)
Erasure have announced details of a surprise new album, Day-Glo (Based On A True Story), out on Mute on 12 August 2022 on fluorescent green vinyl, CD and digitally. Day-Glo (Based…
Simple Minds announce 18th album Direction Of The Heart
This morning BBC Radio 2 announced that Simple Minds will be headlining the first night of Radio 2’s 30,000-capacity Live In Leeds concert on Saturday 17 September. Following this news,…
My Pop Life – Samira Ahmed
The journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed talks us through her music obsessions… What’s the first song you remember loving? I think it was probably Northern Lights by Renaissance, but my…
Classic Pop Presents Paul McCartney is now on sale
In this very special issue of Classic Pop Presents we take a look at a post-Beatles Paul McCartney through the decades, spanning from the 1970s to the 2020s, from his first solo venture…
Blondie announce major new boxset
Blondie have announced details of a major new boxset, the first definitive collection devoted to the legendary punk-pop band. Containing 124 tracks (36 of which are previously unissued), the box…
Watch the first clip from new George Michael documentary Freedom Uncut
The first clip of the hotly-anticipated new George Michael documentary, Freedom Uncut, has been released. In it, we see talking heads Elton John, Mark Ronson, John Paul Gaultier, Nile Rodgers,…
Sparks – 21st Century Sparks Collection review
A welcome invitation to reassess the oft-neglected but ingenious back catalogue amassed by the dynamic duo during this century’s first decade Given Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers and their…
The Associates – Sulk + Billy Mackenzie – Life: Recordings (1995-96) review
Revisiting the golden moment when Billy Mackenzie somehow became commercial, and the troubled music of his final years The correct example for the most unlikely band ever to go mainstream,…