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Rick Astley – Whenever You Need Somebody review
Celebrating 35 years since the teaboy from Newton-le-Willows went global, at this remove it’s bizarre that Rick Astley was ever doubted. Sure, the perennial patronising of working class northerners in…
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…
De La Soul: “Three black men staying together for so long is beautiful and important”
We spoke to De La Soul in 2019 about their life in hip-hop… It’s rightly been celebrated recently that De La Soul’s groundbreaking debut album 3 Feet High And Rising…
Watch the video for Tears For Fears’ latest song My Demons
Tears For Fears have shared the video for their latest song My Demons. The provocative video was created by director and photographer Heather Gildroy, with VFX by Justin Hopkins, and…
Bonnie Tyler – Tyler the creator
In this interview from 2021, Bonnie Tyler told Classic Pop how she spent the lockdowns of 2020, the key to keeping her voice in check and her eagerness to get…
Making Depeche Mode – Black Celebration
Recorded, like much of Bowie’s Berlin trilogy, in the shadow of the wall, the fifth album by Depeche Mode, Black Celebration might not be their very best, but few would…
Marc Almond announces rescheduled 2022 tour dates
Marc Almond has announced his rescheduled tour dates for October 2022 adding extra dates in Liverpool, Buxton, York and Cambridge. Says Almond: “The fans have been so understanding and patient…
Top 20 80s album covers of all time
From Talking Heads to The Stone Roses to Duran Duran, here are the 20 best 80s album covers of all time… 20. The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me Okay,…