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Blancmange interview: Unfurnished Sympathy
Blancmange started with washing machine experimentation and ended with a banned video and a fight with a Radio 1 DJ. In 2017, we sat down with a reunited Stephen Luscombe and…
Interview: Belinda Carlisle remembers Heaven On Earth
From the groundbreaking Go-Go’s to a globally successful solo career, Belinda Carlisle has lived life in the fast lane and overcome substance abuse with meditation, mantras and yoga. In 2017,…
China Crisis interview: It’s fun to entertain
If you’re in a band with a back catalogue littered with classic albums, it’s understandable why there may be little enthusiasm to produce new music. But after a huge Pledge…
Kevin Godley interview
In 2017, Kevin Godley, ex of 10cc and Godley & Creme, and a director behind some of the finest videos ever made, was planning a new album, Muscle Memory. That…
Debbie Gibson interview: “People get so into nostalgia!”
In 2017 Debbie Gibson released a lavish retrospective boxset titled We Could Be Together. That year, she spoke to David Burke about her three decades in the music business… In…
Interview: Peter Hook remembers Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures
In 2019, to mark the 40th anniversary of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, Peter Hook talked to Jonathan Wright about the “wonderful out-of-control excitement” of making one of the best debut…
Jonathan Harvey interview: “A lot of the critics were taken aback when Louie Spence was gyrating in a G-string”
In 2019, 20 years after their first venture into musical theatre with Closer To Heaven, the Pet Shop Boys reunited with playwright Jonathan Harvey and actor Frances Barber for a…
Louise interview: “I’m just not prepared to be put in a safe box”
In 2019, after a life-changing couple of years, Louise rebooted her pop career with a heart-on-the-sleeve album, Heavy Love. She spoke to Classic Pop about Strictly, divorce, Fleet Street and…
The Proclaimers interview: Baring their teeth
The Reid Brothers return with a “don’t bore us, get to the chorus” bite on their most political album to date. “The turbulence of the times are at least as…
Blondie interview: “Innovation is probably our greatest strength”
Generally a band determined to look forward, even Blondie can’t help revisiting their past when faced with a long-planned, gigantic boxset marking their imperial first phase. With Debbie Harry, Chris Stein…