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Prince – the revolution will be televised
Prince owned the airwaves when his 1985 Purple Rain tour was beamed out to millions around the world and its legendary Syracuse show is now being released on Blu-ray and…
Pop Art – Greg Jakobek
Greg Jakobek’s name may not be familiar, but his design work certainly will be. His graphics graced the record sleeves of some of some of the 80s biggest names, and…
Top 20 compilation albums
In this veritable best of the best Best Ofs, we select 20 of the finest pop artist compilation albums… By Barry Page As the high sales of compilation albums would…
Coming Round Again – when the 60s met the 80s
Proving that form is temporary yet class is permanent, a whole host of major 60s acts had an unexpected career resurgence as bona fide chart stars in the 80s… By…
Making Annie Lennox’s Diva
Classic Pop takes a deep dive into Annie Lennox’s multi-award-winning solo debut, Diva, the 90s album that reaffirmed her status as a soul-pop diva, proving she needed nobody to prop…
Issue 77 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
The iconic Debbie Harry leads the way in our latest issue as she joins bandmates Chris Stein and Clem Burke to reveal all about Blondie’s much-anticipated imperial phase boxset, Against…
Q+A: a-ha: The Movie director Thomas Robsahm
Classic Pop chats to the director of the critically-acclaimed new longform documentary, a-ha: The Movie… By Barry Page The son of actors Ugo Tognazzi and Margarete Robsahm, Thomas Robsahm, has…
Popscene – Sophisti-pop
We grab our finest threads for the slickest of musical flavours… What is it? Like glam before it, it’s difficult to separate sophisti-pop from the clothes it’s sung in.…
Betty Boo announces October live show
Betty Boo has announced a headline show at London’s Lafayette in King’s Cross. The gig is in support of her brand new album, Boomerang, which arrives on 14 October. Tickets…
Donna Summer album to be reissued on 40th anniversary
Donna Summer’s classic self-titled album from 1982 is to receive a 40th anniversary reissue. Produced by the great Quincy Jones, Donna Summer features a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of the music…