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80s
Pop – and popular culture – have a habit of recycling themselves every 30 years or so. Take a look around and it’s clear that the tastemakers and influencers creating…
New edition of Introducing The Hardline According To…
New spatial audio edition of Introducing The Hardline According To… released Sananda Maitreya is celebrating the 35th anniversary of his landmark debut album Introducing The Hardline According To… with a…
Issue 75 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the bumper 108-page new issue of Classic Pop, our cover stars are The Associates – we take a trip inside their remarkable career and majestic album Sulk with Alan…
ABBA unveil boxset bonanza for June
POLAR/Universal Music have announced a series of boxset releases to coincide with the opening of ABBA Voyage, the concert experience at the ABBA Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London on…
Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys team up for new song Purple Zone
Two titans of synth-pop have joined forces for the first time as Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys announce a mouth-watering collaboration. Written by Soft Cell, Purple Zone has been…
Issue 74 is now on sale
In the latest Classic Pop Issue 74, our cover stars are Tears For Fears. We meet Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith to hear the remarkable story behind their comeback album,…
Top 40 Stevie Wonder songs – year by year
In this Top 40 list of Stevie Wonder songs we take a chronological slice through some of the very best of ‘Little Stevie”s work, spread across a remarkable six decades… …
Top 20 80s pop duos
In this list of the top 80s pop duos we look at how, in music, two is sometimes better than one… Contrary to De La Soul’s hip-hop classic, three isn’t…
40 of the best Duran Duran songs – year by year
Our (chronological) rundown of the very best Duran Duran songs, from their 40-plus-year recording career (1981 – 2015) In all honesty, this is a list that almost writes itself. Duran…
Morrissey hits back at former bandmate Johnny Marr
Morrissey has issued a statement on his website directed towards his former bandmate Johnny Marr, requesting that the guitarist stop mentioning him in interviews. In a lengthy post on his…