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Steve O'Brien
Steve O’Brien is a writer who specialises in music, film and TV. He has written for magazines and websites such as SFX, The Guardian, Radio Times, Esquire, The New Statesman, Digital Spy, Empire, Yours Retro, The New Statesman and MusicRadar. He’s written books about Doctor Who and Buffy The Vampire Slayer and has even featured on a BBC4 documentary about Bergerac. Apart from his work on Classic Pop, he also edits CP’s sister magazine, Vintage Rock Presents.
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Grease star Dame Olivia Newton-John has died at the age of 73. The singer’s husband, John Easterling, said she “passed away peacefully at her ranch in southern California this morning…
Popscene – Dreampop
We lose ourselves in the hazy sonic textures of dreampop, that most painterly of musical genres… What is it? With dreampop the clue is in the word ‘dream’. This is…
Betty Boo announces new album Boomerang
Betty Boo has announced details of her long awaited new album – her first in three decades. Boomerang, the press release states, “is an invitation to the best all night…
Erasure announce brand new album Day-Glo (Based On A True Story)
Erasure have announced details of a surprise new album, Day-Glo (Based On A True Story), out on Mute on 12 August 2022 on fluorescent green vinyl, CD and digitally. Day-Glo (Based…
Simple Minds announce 18th album Direction Of The Heart
This morning BBC Radio 2 announced that Simple Minds will be headlining the first night of Radio 2’s 30,000-capacity Live In Leeds concert on Saturday 17 September. Following this news,…
My Pop Life – Samira Ahmed
The journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed talks us through her music obsessions… What’s the first song you remember loving? I think it was probably Northern Lights by Renaissance, but my…
Watch the first clip from new George Michael documentary Freedom Uncut
The first clip of the hotly-anticipated new George Michael documentary, Freedom Uncut, has been released. In it, we see talking heads Elton John, Mark Ronson, John Paul Gaultier, Nile Rodgers,…
The best 80s album covers of all time
From Talking Heads to The Stone Roses to Duran Duran, here are the 20 best 80s album covers of all time… 20. The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me Okay,…
Watch the video for the new song from Betty Boo, Shining Star
Betty Boo has shared the video to her new song, Shining Star. The track is the singer’s second release after her triumphant comeback back in January with Get Me To The…
Popscene – C86
Your at-a-glance guide to some of our favourite sub-genres What is it? Sometimes conflated with soundalike sub-genre ‘jangle-pop’, C86 was the term given to a particular brand of introspective, lo-fi,…