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OMD interview: “Andy pulls one way, I pull the other. Where we meet in the middle – that’s the OMD sound.”
Cementing an imperious run that stretches back over the past decade, OMD’s album Bauhaus Staircase completes a hat-trick of magnificence started with English Electric in 2013. It even proves Andy…
Duran Duran interview: “So many horrible things are happening in the world, you need a little levity”
What began as a knockabout way to take the pressure off being inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has become Duran Duran’s quickest album since their debut.…
Lol Tolhurst interview: “When I left The Cure my whole life disintegrated”
As a brand new album and second book hit the shelves, The Cure’s former drummer Lol Tolhurst takes time out of his packed schedule to talk to Classic Pop. By…
Oliver Heldens interview: “It’s an honour to work with an icon like Kylie”
Oliver Heldens is the superstar DJ and producer behind 10 Out Of 10, one of the standout moments from the latest Kylie album, Tension. Here, he gives a unique insight…
Eddy Grant interview: “Music is a great doctor”
A trailblazer since the mid-60s, Eddy Grant is one of pop’s great survivors. In this exclusive interview, the singer-songwriter reveals all about his near-fatal heart attack, taking on Donald Trump…
Will Sergeant interview: “I wanted us to have a classic rock sound”
Echo & The Bunnymen mainstay Will Sergeant has scribed his second memoir, which charts the band’s rapid rise to pop stardom and reveals chance encounters with rock royalty along the…
Soft Cell interview: “Being a pop star was a weird secret I had to keep to myself”
Re-examining work from both ends of their career, Soft Cell have just released two companions to 2022’s comeback album *Happiness Not Included as well as a mammoth boxset of their…
Andrew Ridgeley interview: “Wham! was our friendship set to music”
For the first time since George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley professionally parted company in 1986, a major Wham! reissue is happening, with a singles compilation and 7” boxset. As their…
Dexys interview: “Once you start thinking about other people’s reactions, you’re in trouble”
As Dexys return with their much-anticipated sixth studio album, mainstay Kevin Rowland tells Classic Pop why he felt the time was right to submit to The Feminine Divine… By Dan…
Stephen Duffy interview: “I had a dysfunctional relationship with touring”
As The Lilac Time release their latest album, Dance Till All The Stars Come Down, frontman Stephen Duffy reflects on his reinvention as a folk troubadour… For a man who…