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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...
As one of the Spiders From Mars, Woody Woodmansey played with David Bowie on four seminal albums. In 2017 he spoke to Richard Purden about his remarkable career… Outside Glasgow’s…
The story of ZTT
Radio bans, terrorists and girls dressed in leather… As record labels go, ZTT was anything but boring. In this feature from the CP archives, we spoke to the major…
OMD interview: “It’s the best job in the world”
In 2013, OMD were enjoying renewed success with the old line-up of the band, but then tragedy struck. Four years after that, in 2017, Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys talked…
Madonna adds sixth and final London date to The Celebration Tour
As part of her huge Celebration Tour, Madonna has added a sixth and final London date to her schedule, performing at London’s The O2 on Wednesday 6th December. The Celebration…
Top 20 double A-side singles
Since the dawn of pop and rock, the double A-sided single has provided great value for both record buyers and radio DJs… By Barry Page Double A-sided 7” singles were…
The Lowdown – INXS
It began in the drinking dens down under at the tail end of the 70s, and ended tragically 20 years later in a Sydney hotel room. Yet for a time…
Sparks return to Island Records for new album The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
Sparks have announced that they are to return to Island Records, the label that released their breakthrough record Kimono My House in 1974, for their 26th album, The Girl Is…
Grace Jones confirmed for bluedot 2023 festival
Grace Jones has been announced as the headliner of the next bluedot festival. The singer, who curated London’s Meltdown Festival in 2022, will top the bill at July’s event, playing…
Cerrone interview: “I go clubbing in my own way”
In this exclusive interview, gallic disco legend Cerrone talks remixes, inspiring Daft Punk and how he never got a “good vibration” from French pop… By Will Simpson Marc Cerrone has…
Stewart Copeland shares 1970s demo and Police book details
Stewart Copeland has posted a previously unheard of demo ahead of the release of a new illustrated hardback book, Stewart Copeland’s Police Diaries 1976-9, which tells the story – as…