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Classic Pop

September - October 2021
Magazine

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…

CLASSICPOP WELCOME

Classic Pop • WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE 80S MOVIE POP SOUNDTRACK?

OUR CONTRIBUTORS

CLASSIC POP PLUS+ JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

POP UP

MADONNA DOC HITS STREAMING SERVICE

SPACE IS THE PLACE SAY COLDPLAY

GEORGE MICHAEL MERCH DEAL

1-HIT WONDER

U2’S RATTLE AND STRUM

FRESH TALENT ACROSS MERCURY NOMINEES

Q+A TONY HADLEY • THE FORMER SPANDAU BALLET MAN BELATEDLY TOASTS FOUR DECADES OF MUSIC WITH A MAMMOTH 36-DATE UK TOUR FEATURING THE FABULOUS TH BAND NEXT YEAR. BIG TONE CAUGHT UP WITH CLASSIC POP TO EXPLAIN WHY HE CAN’T WAIT TO FINALLY BE SINGING, IN THE FLESH, AGAIN.

LOST & FOUND

CHAI BRING J-POP FLAVOUR TO DURAN’S LATEST SINGLE

UB40 REVEAL NEW FRONTMAN

IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z OF POP • ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE NEW JAMES BOND FILM NO TIME TO DIE IS BILLIE EILISH’S TITLE SONG. BUT WHAT IS THE FRANCHISE’S MOST POPULAR THEME WITH CLASSIC POP ARTISTS – AND WHICH IS THE BEST FOR GETTING YOU OFF TO SLEEP?

Q+A BOB STANLEY • WITH SAINT ETIENNE SET TO RELEASE A DREAMY CONCEPT ALBUM ABOUT A SO-CALLED GOLDEN PERIOD IN BRITISH HISTORY, BOB STANLEY TELLS CLASSIC POP WHY THE BAND ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING NOSTALGIC MUSIC

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

LLOYD COLE PLANS FOR A DOUBLE FEATURE

JEAN-MICHEL JARRE CELEBRATES TOP GONG

THIS MONTH IN POP SEPTEMBER 1987 • IN OUR ROUND-UP OF SEPTEMBER 1987’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN THE MUSIC WORLD, PETER GABRIEL IS LAUDED AT THE MTV AWARDS, IAN ASTBURY IS ARRESTED AND PINK FLOYD ENTER THEIR THIRD PHASE…

TOP 5 UK ALBUMS CHART 13 SEPTEMBER 1987

“We’re a very fluid band. Soft Cell is still a soap opera.” • WHEN SOFT CELL REFORMED AFTER 16 YEARS APART TO HEADLINE LONDON’S O2 ARENA IN 2018, IT WAS BILLED AS THEIR FAREWELL. INSTEAD, MARC ALMOND AND DAVE BALL ARE NOW BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM ENCOMPASSING EVERY AREA OF THIS MOST COMPLEX OF DUOS. WHAT CHANGED THEIR MINDS? IN THEIR ONLY INTERVIEW THIS YEAR, THEY TELL CLASSIC POP HOW THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC CAUSED THEM TO RE-EVALUATE THEIR BELIEF IN EACH OTHER… AND WHY THEY’RE FINALLY READY TO EMBRACE BEING POP STARS AFTER 40 YEARS.

THE TORCH SINGER’S MYSTERY

BACK ON THE GRID

MORE CHAOS FROM MARC?

A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS • THEY ONLY MADE FOUR ALBUMS IN 20 YEARS, SO THE BLUE NILE’S EVERY RECORD IS PRECIOUS. BUT THE SCOTTISH TRIO’S DEBUT OFFERED AN AS YET UNSURPASSED STRAIN OF SOBER BUT STIRRING SYNTH-POP.

★ THE PLAYERS

• THE SONGS

‣ THE VIDEOS

DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED • BACK IN 2010 SHAUN RYDER WAS JUST ABOUT TO RELEASE HIS SECOND SOLO ALBUM. THEN I’M A CELEBRITY… HAPPENED. NOW 11 YEARS ON, WE’RE FINALLY GETTING TO HEAR VISITS FROM FUTURE TECHNOLOGY. THE HAPPY MONDAYS FRONTMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS OLD/NEW LP, AS WELL AS SURVIVING COVID, HIS BATTLES WITH ADHD AND HIS FORTHCOMING BIOPIC.

PILLS ‘N’ THRILLS AND BELLYLAUGHS

YES PLEASE!

ALBUM BY ALBUM GOLDFRAPP • FROM S&M-TINGED DISCO TO ATMOSPHERIC MOOD PIECES, GOLDFRAPP REMAIN ONE OF POP’S ULTIMATE SHAPESHIFTERS

REMIXES

#O3 LIFE THROUGH A LENS • STING • YOUR BASS PLAYER’S LEFT IN A HUFF THE NIGHT BEFORE A GIG. WHO YA GONNA CALL? HERE’S STING ON HAND TO SAVE THE DAY FOR HIS PUNK MATES CHELSEA…

“I WAS JUST EXPLODING WITH IDEAS” • WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT LAST YEAR, TOYAH WILLCOX DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO MAKE SOME NOISE. THE RESULT IS POSH POP, THE SINGER’S FIRST ALBUM IN 13 YEARS – A DEFIANTLY ENERGISED RESPONSE TO THE MOST TESTING OF TIMES. AND THEN THERE WAS THE SMALL MATTER...


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 100 Publisher: Anthem Publishing Edition: September - October 2021

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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…

CLASSICPOP WELCOME

Classic Pop • WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE 80S MOVIE POP SOUNDTRACK?

OUR CONTRIBUTORS

CLASSIC POP PLUS+ JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

POP UP

MADONNA DOC HITS STREAMING SERVICE

SPACE IS THE PLACE SAY COLDPLAY

GEORGE MICHAEL MERCH DEAL

1-HIT WONDER

U2’S RATTLE AND STRUM

FRESH TALENT ACROSS MERCURY NOMINEES

Q+A TONY HADLEY • THE FORMER SPANDAU BALLET MAN BELATEDLY TOASTS FOUR DECADES OF MUSIC WITH A MAMMOTH 36-DATE UK TOUR FEATURING THE FABULOUS TH BAND NEXT YEAR. BIG TONE CAUGHT UP WITH CLASSIC POP TO EXPLAIN WHY HE CAN’T WAIT TO FINALLY BE SINGING, IN THE FLESH, AGAIN.

LOST & FOUND

CHAI BRING J-POP FLAVOUR TO DURAN’S LATEST SINGLE

UB40 REVEAL NEW FRONTMAN

IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z OF POP • ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE NEW JAMES BOND FILM NO TIME TO DIE IS BILLIE EILISH’S TITLE SONG. BUT WHAT IS THE FRANCHISE’S MOST POPULAR THEME WITH CLASSIC POP ARTISTS – AND WHICH IS THE BEST FOR GETTING YOU OFF TO SLEEP?

Q+A BOB STANLEY • WITH SAINT ETIENNE SET TO RELEASE A DREAMY CONCEPT ALBUM ABOUT A SO-CALLED GOLDEN PERIOD IN BRITISH HISTORY, BOB STANLEY TELLS CLASSIC POP WHY THE BAND ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING NOSTALGIC MUSIC

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

LLOYD COLE PLANS FOR A DOUBLE FEATURE

JEAN-MICHEL JARRE CELEBRATES TOP GONG

THIS MONTH IN POP SEPTEMBER 1987 • IN OUR ROUND-UP OF SEPTEMBER 1987’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN THE MUSIC WORLD, PETER GABRIEL IS LAUDED AT THE MTV AWARDS, IAN ASTBURY IS ARRESTED AND PINK FLOYD ENTER THEIR THIRD PHASE…

TOP 5 UK ALBUMS CHART 13 SEPTEMBER 1987

“We’re a very fluid band. Soft Cell is still a soap opera.” • WHEN SOFT CELL REFORMED AFTER 16 YEARS APART TO HEADLINE LONDON’S O2 ARENA IN 2018, IT WAS BILLED AS THEIR FAREWELL. INSTEAD, MARC ALMOND AND DAVE BALL ARE NOW BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM ENCOMPASSING EVERY AREA OF THIS MOST COMPLEX OF DUOS. WHAT CHANGED THEIR MINDS? IN THEIR ONLY INTERVIEW THIS YEAR, THEY TELL CLASSIC POP HOW THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC CAUSED THEM TO RE-EVALUATE THEIR BELIEF IN EACH OTHER… AND WHY THEY’RE FINALLY READY TO EMBRACE BEING POP STARS AFTER 40 YEARS.

THE TORCH SINGER’S MYSTERY

BACK ON THE GRID

MORE CHAOS FROM MARC?

A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS • THEY ONLY MADE FOUR ALBUMS IN 20 YEARS, SO THE BLUE NILE’S EVERY RECORD IS PRECIOUS. BUT THE SCOTTISH TRIO’S DEBUT OFFERED AN AS YET UNSURPASSED STRAIN OF SOBER BUT STIRRING SYNTH-POP.

★ THE PLAYERS

• THE SONGS

‣ THE VIDEOS

DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED • BACK IN 2010 SHAUN RYDER WAS JUST ABOUT TO RELEASE HIS SECOND SOLO ALBUM. THEN I’M A CELEBRITY… HAPPENED. NOW 11 YEARS ON, WE’RE FINALLY GETTING TO HEAR VISITS FROM FUTURE TECHNOLOGY. THE HAPPY MONDAYS FRONTMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS OLD/NEW LP, AS WELL AS SURVIVING COVID, HIS BATTLES WITH ADHD AND HIS FORTHCOMING BIOPIC.

PILLS ‘N’ THRILLS AND BELLYLAUGHS

YES PLEASE!

ALBUM BY ALBUM GOLDFRAPP • FROM S&M-TINGED DISCO TO ATMOSPHERIC MOOD PIECES, GOLDFRAPP REMAIN ONE OF POP’S ULTIMATE SHAPESHIFTERS

REMIXES

#O3 LIFE THROUGH A LENS • STING • YOUR BASS PLAYER’S LEFT IN A HUFF THE NIGHT BEFORE A GIG. WHO YA GONNA CALL? HERE’S STING ON HAND TO SAVE THE DAY FOR HIS PUNK MATES CHELSEA…

“I WAS JUST EXPLODING WITH IDEAS” • WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT LAST YEAR, TOYAH WILLCOX DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO MAKE SOME NOISE. THE RESULT IS POSH POP, THE SINGER’S FIRST ALBUM IN 13 YEARS – A DEFIANTLY ENERGISED RESPONSE TO THE MOST TESTING OF TIMES. AND THEN THERE WAS THE SMALL MATTER...


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