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80s
In the latest issue we have a world exclusive with INXS about the forthcoming Michael Hutchence documentary Mystify and hear how their legendary 1991 Wembley Stadium show is about to…
Gary Crowley Interview: Lost In Music
One of the most well-connected men in the music industry, Gary Crowley raids his photo archive to look back on some of his personal highlights from the 80s… by Steve…
Classic Album: Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Stifled and frustrated by their time in The Tourists, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox packed their bags to form Eurythmics and with a new sound and a new image, their…
Steve Barron Interview: Sound & Vision
Steve Barron was one of the titans of the 80s music video scene, a visionary director who came to define the decade with a series of scorchingly iconic promos. Classic…
Making Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One
Emerging from the underground sound system scene, Jazzie B and his collective of Funki Dreds, aka Soul II Soul, gathered to make Club Classics Vol. One, an album which incorporated…
Duran Duran exclusive – Simon Le Bon tells Classic Pop “I wish I could have been in the audience for our Nasa show!”
Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon has told Classic Pop he was “overwhelmed” by the band’s special show marking the 50th anniversary of the first moon landings on Tuesday, when they…
Issue 54 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Get your copy of Issue 54 in-store for just £5.99 – use our storefinder. The single issue is available online for £6.99 here. Alternatively, you can buy a digital issue…
Issue 53 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Available from WHSmith High Street and Travel, Tesco, Tesco Ireland, independent newsagents and Easons, Issue 53 of Classic Pop is on sale now! Get your copy in-store for just £5.99 –…
Godfather of Pop interview: Dr Robert
Bruce Robert Howard was nicknamed Dr Robert, after the Beatles song of that title, while he was still at school in King‘s Lynn. After emigrating to Australia with his family…
Godfather of Pop interview: Junior Giscombe
Junior Giscombe cut his teeth as a backing vocalist with Linx before enjoying success as a solo artist with Mama Used To Say, a 1982 hit on both sides of…