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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…
Andy Taylor interview: “I’ve got more music to make – and I’m going nowhere until I get it done”
Refusing to be dragged under by his terminal cancer diagnosis, Andy Taylor has not only been playing guitar on a new Duran Duran album but also making his first solo…
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…
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…