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Ultravox – the OTHER Fab Four
As Ultravox’s Quartet album gets the deluxe reissue treatment, Midge Ure and Billy Currie recall the highs and lows of its creation with legendary producer George Martin How’s this for…
Johnny Marr announces compilation album Spirit Power, shares new single Somewhere
Johnny Marr has announced a new album, Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr, set for release on 3 November via BMG. You can pre-order it here. Spirit Power also includes…
Album By Album – Duran Duran
Quickly transcending their new romantic roots, Duran Duran helped define the 80s sound and across 40 years have evolved into one of the most important pop bands of all time……
Vince Clarke announces debut solo album, Songs Of Silence
Vince Clarke has announced details of his debut solo album, Songs Of Silence. The 10-track lyric-less LP will be available on vinyl, CD and digitally via Mute on 17 November…
Classic Pop Issue 83 is on sale now!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop, we have a world exclusive interview with the New Power Generation and those behind the extraordinary forthcoming deluxe boxset of Prince’s Diamonds And…
Andy Fletcher – putting the ‘pop’ in synthpop
After more than 40 years in Depeche Mode, the sad passing of Andy Fletcher in 2022 left the question he was most often asked largely unanswered: what exactly did he…
10 of the best albums on Mute Records
With nearly 500 albums to choose from, there’s debate ahoy here, but here’s our selection of some of the key releases from the mighty Mute Records… Upstairs At Eric’s Yazoo…
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…
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…
David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture returning to cinemas
July 3, 1973 – David Bowie retired Ziggy Stardust, his most celebrated alter-ego, in front of 5000 disbelieving fans onstage at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Fifty years later, Ziggy will finally…