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Making Duran Duran: The Wedding Album
With Duran Duran: The Wedding Album, the band responded to the new decade by eschewing their old extravagance, going back to their roots and injecting a heavy dose of introspection…
Making Erasure: The Circus
Lauded for bringing fun and flamboyance back to synthpop, Erasure: The Circus masked deeply political statements as well as heartbreaking despair with gloriously uplifting harmonies Vince Clarke had built up…
Making Duran Duran: Rio
Duran Duran: Rio epitomised the 80s with its aspirational glamour. But it wasn’t all style – the record itself was packed with classic songwriting… By Mark Lindores When Duran Duran…
Making Pet Shop Boys: Yes
Released in March 2009 Pet Shop Boys’ Yes found the duo teaming up with Brian Higgins and Xenomania, the UK’s top pop producers of the 2000s… By Ian Ravendale Pet…
Making Duran Duran: Seven And The Ragged Tiger
After sailing their way to superstardom with rio, Duran Duran’s Seven And The Ragged Tiger saw them threatened with becoming victims of their own success. In danger of being overexposed,…
Bananarama – Pop Life
Bananarama: Pop Life was meant to be a new start for the band after the departure of Siobhan Fahey, except the group’s fifth album failed to crack the Top 40……
Kajagoogoo’s Nick Beggs unveils new song
Kajagoogoo’s Nick Beggs’ new band Trifecta have unveiled a new song, Have You Seen What The Neighbors Are Doing. The track follows the announcement of their debut album Fragments and…
Gary Numan Superfan – Frank Hentschke
When did you become a Superfan of Gary Numan and why do you like him? I became a superfan in around 1993 when Gary was on a creative low. I…
Classic Pop Presents 90s Dance is now on sale!
Out of the minds of the early electronic pioneers, through its migration from Ibiza to the acid house raves that energised Britain’s ‘Summer Of Love’ in the late-80s, dance music exploded…
Tony Hadley announces major 40th anniversary tour
Former Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has announced a major tour, celebrating his 40 years in music. The tour, which will see Hadley perform with his band The Fabulous TH…