Classic Pop

Classic Pop magazine is the ultimate celebration of great pop and chart music with star interviews, features, news and reviews. From pop to electronic and new wave, dance and indie – it's all here…

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BOY GEORGE JUMPS ABOARD NFT CONCEPT

SOFT CELL ON TRACK FOR FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN 20 YEARS

STAKKER HUMANOID • HUMANOID

LONG-FORM DOC WILL TELL ‘UNCOMPROMISING’ STORY OF THE PRODIGY

WILL PSB FANS BE BOWLED OVER BY EPIC NEW SINGLE?

I CAN’T STAND STILL • DON HENLEY

NILE RODGERS THRILLS FANS WITH ONLINE INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE

BRIT AWARDS ADDRESSES GENDER IMBALANCE

SUNROOF SHINES A LIGHT ON MODULAR SYNTH PROJECT

MADNESS DOCUMENTARY SERIES TO AIR NEXT MONTH

Dave Stewart gets busy in the Bahamas

New Order hooks up with US retailer

Q+A: MOBY • MOBY’S NEW ALBUM PUTS A CLASSICAL SPIN ON SOME OF HIS BIGGEST HITS. WE TALKED TO THE ELECTRONICA ICON ABOUT THE LACK OF NUANCE IN MODERN MUSIC, REMAINING INSPIRED, AND THE GENIUS OF DAVID BOWIE.

THE POD SQUAD • CHECKING IN WITH OUR FAVOURITE CLASSIC POP-FRIENDLY PODCASTS

LIVE SHOWS ANNOUNCED AS LOCKDOWN IS LIFTED • The UK Government’s four-stage lifting of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions has paved the way for a string of festival and touring announcements to take place later this year and beyond.

IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z POP of N IS FOR … NEW POP • ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OF ALL POP GENRES RARELY GETS A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. SO IT’S TIME WE PUT THAT RIGHT.

THIS MONTH IN POP MAY 1989 • IN OUR ROUND-UP OF MAY 1989’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP, FRANKIE’S HOLLY JOHNSON GOES IT ALONE, PUBLIC ENEMY FIRES ONE OF ITS KEY MEMBERS AND THE STONE ROSES RELEASE THEIR DEBUT LONG-PLAYER

EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH • GARY NUMAN NOT ONLY PREDICTED THE RISE OF SYNTHESISERS, HE SEEMINGLY FORESAW THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS WHILE WRITING HIS NEW ALBUM, INTRUDER. IN EVERY SENSE A VISIONARY, HE TELLS CLASSIC POP OF WRITING ABOUT GLOBAL CATASTROPHE DURING A PANDEMIC, THE STRUGGLES TO SUSTAIN HIS CAREER REBIRTH AND THE TRUTH BEHIND HIS ATTACK ON SPOTIFY.

YOU SAY YOU WANT A (R)EVOLUTION?

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA

NUMAN V OLDMAN

SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS • INSPIRED BY THE MEMORY OF SEEING GENO WASHINGTON LIVE WHEN HE WAS A KID, ALL KEVIN ROWLAND EVER REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS FORM A BAND, WEAR GREAT CLOTHES AND MAKE SOULFUL MUSIC

THE PLAYERS

THE SONGS

THE VIDEOS

“I NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO HEAR THIS – I HAVEN’T GOT ANY TIME TO LOSE!” • FOLLOWING THE DRAMA OF SPANDAU BALLET REUNITING AND FALLING APART AGAIN, GARY KEMP IS NOW READY TO RELEASE HIS SECOND SOLO ALBUM AFTER A GAP OF MORE THAN 25 YEARS. THE LEGENDARY POP SONGWRITER TELLS US ABOUT WHY SPANDAU ARE FINALLY OVER FOR GOOD AND KILLING HIMSELF OFF IN HIS OWN MUSIC.

CHAT NO.1

HIGH KEMP HILARITY

KATE BUSH • ALWAYS PACKED WITH MELODRAMA AND MELODY, THIS WOMAN’S WORK IS NEVER ANYTHING LESS THAN A SPELLBINDING EXPERIENCE

LET THERE BE LIGHT • ANDY PHILLIPS WAS ONE OF THE FEW PHOTOGRAPHERS ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES INSIDE LONDON’S HIP LIMELIGHT CLUB. HERE HE SERVES UP SOME OF HIS FAVOURITE SHOTS FROM THE EXCLUSIVE CELEBRITY HAUNT.

SPACE IS THE PLACE • MARTI PELLOW IS A MAN ON A MISSION – AND EVEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC WASN’T ENOUGH TO STOP HIM RECORDING AN AMBITIOUS NEW DOUBLE ALBUM INSPIRED BY A DIVERSE CAST OF MUSICAL HEROES. HERE THE FORMER WET WET WET FRONTMAN TELLS CLASSIC POP ABOUT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE – AND LETTING GO OF THE PAST.

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