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Interviews from Classic Pop Magazine with great artists from the late 70s, throughout the 80s and beyond.
Michael Bolton was the big-haired, bigger-voiced balladeer with hits including How Can We Be Lovers? and How Am I Supposed To Live Without You. But when critics lined up to take potshots, the years of mockery took…
Sing when you’re winning: The Fizz interview
Nothing in the tumultuous saga of The Fizz – in any of its various incarnations – has ever been simple. Yet the story behind their latest studio album Smoke & Mirrors could be the…
Lovechild of the Haçienda: M People interview
As M People celebrate their phenomenal 90s run with a career-spanning boxset, Classic Pop sits down with Mike Pickering and Paul Heard – the creative core behind the big voice…
Q&A: Roland Orzabal
As Songs From The Big Chair celebrates its 35th birthday, John Earls sits down with Roland Orzabal to talk about the past, present and future of Tears For Fears With classic album…
Marc Almond: “I’m on this constant merry-go-round – I’m scared to step off!”
Recently, Marc Almond has been talking of retirement. Are we really about to see one of our best-loved stars stride towards the exit? Marc’s thrilling new album could be seen…
Q+A: Nick Van Eede
Cutting Crew are back with a new album of orchestral reimagining of their work. Steve Harnell talks classical reinventions with their songwriting frontman. Nick Van Eede was discovered in the late…
Stormy Weather: Huey Lewis interview
Back with their first studio album of new material in almost two decades, could this be the last waltz for Huey Lewis And The News? Their frontman sits down with…
Q+A: Pat Houston
Whitney Houston’s sister-in-law is bringing the pop diva back in hologram form with an innovative new tour, as she tells Douglas McPherson… Eight years after her death, Whitney Houston is…
Q+A: Johnny Marr
Celebrating the first 10 singles of his solo career with a new boxset, Johnny Marr tells John Earls he won’t be looking back for long… It’s rare that Johnny Marr…
Q+A: Francis Rossi
Born in London to a family that ran the Rossi’s Ice Cream parlour chain, Francis Rossi swapped gelato for rock’n’roll as founder, lead singer and lead guitarist of Status Quo……