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Classic Pop magazine is the ultimate celebration of great pop and chart music across the decades with in-depth interviews with top artists, features, news and reviews. From pop to indie and new wave to electronic music – it's all here...
From the affordable, through to the eye-wateringly expensive and the virtually unattainable, we present our Top 20 Rare & Collectable records… Words by Barry Page While streaming may have had……
Bronski Beat share Why? (40th Anniversary Doc Short)
Bronski Beat share Why? (40th Anniversary Doc Short), a new short film directed by Matt Lambert. The documentary tells a story of resilience, power, community and solidarity using Bronski Beat’s……
Online Exclusive – Moseley Folk Festival Review
Moseley Folk & Arts Festival, Birmingham, 30 August to 1 September 2024 ★★★★☆ Classic Pop heads to a folk festival to find Dexys, Belle And Sebastian, and CMAT all kicking……
Ultravox Exclusive: Lament Deluxe Edition Preview
In collaboration with Chrysalis Records, Classic Pop can share an exclusive Ultravox lyric video of Steven Wilson’s Remix Edit of White China. This White China Steven Wilson Remix Edit offers a……
Live review – Robbie Williams at BST Hyde Park
Live review – Robbie Williams at BST Hyde Park: The Angels star played a two-hour spectacular on Saturday. Arriving on stage with a troupe of 10 dancers, the former Take That……
Q&A: 90s dance duo D:REAM
Peter Cunnah was the tartan-suited frontman, Al Mackenzie the DJ; club buddies who became pop stars and yes 90s dance duo D:REAM wrote that epoch-defining hit… But there is a……
Kylie’s Hyde Park support acts announced
MARINA, Anitta and Altégo are the first artists named as Kylie’s Hyde Park support acts at BST on Saturday 13 July. Revered since her breakthrough in 2009, MARINA has since……
Classic Pop renews partnership with Bath Mind
Classic Pop are delighted to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 by announcing our renewed support for Bath Mind, a local and independent mental health charity operating in Bath and……
Top 20 hip-hop singles of the 80s
Emerging straight outta the Bronx in the summer of 1973, hip-hop has come a long way since its humble beginnings, with the 80s being a particularly fertile period for the……
The story of disco music
Classic Pop looks back at the rise, fall and rebirth of a magical era in popular culture: The story of disco music… During the summer of 1979 disco dominated the……