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Classic Pop
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...
Luke Haines has fronted The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder, released 13 albums under his own name, composed the soundtrack for Paul Tickell’s movie, Christie Malry’s Own Double…
Lost & Found: Bryan Adams – Into The Fire
Everyone knew someone who had a copy of Reckless, the huge breakthrough album by Bryan Adams that contained Run To You, Summer Of 69 and so on. Yet when he…
One Hit Wonders: Will Powers – Kissing With Confidence
Rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith‘s unusual foray into the pop world brought her a wonderful hit single in 1983, aided by some of-its-time vocal technology and a fine guest appearance by…
The Pet Shop Boys celebrate 30 years of hit album actually
On the 30th anniversary of its release, we discover how the Pet Shop Boys’ second album was informed by Thatcherism, a 60s singer living in a motel, Catholicism and ZZ…
Classic Pop Issue 36 is on sale now!
Issue 36 of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Waitrose and independent newsagents, for our special cover feature in Issue 36, we take a look…
Vuromantics 2018 UK tour dates revealed
Vuromantics are embarking on a headline tour of the UK in March 2018, in association with Classic Pop Magazine. The band – Sam Christie (vocals), Jake Christie (guitar, keyboard), Callum…
Classic Pop Issue 35 is on sale now!
The new issue of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, independent newsagents and Eason, this month our cover stars are returning…
Prince – Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition review
Three-disc funkgasmagoria from Prince’s Purple peak – including disc of single edits and B-sides, a live DVD and a CD of tracks from the legendary vaults. Rhino 5/5 Prince was…
Nasher – 432-1: Open The Vein album review
Babylon Pink Recordings 4/5 On his fourth solo album, Brian ‘Nasher’ Nash defies those who still think of him as one of ‘the lads’ who helped bulk out Frankie Goes…
Video premiere: OMD – What Have We Done
OMD release a brand new video for What We Have Done, the third 12” single to be taken from the new record – The Punishment of Luxury. The sparkling single…