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Artist features & interviews
Stephen Duffy’s great lost album Designer Beatnik was part of the short-lived Dr Calculus project. In this interview from 2021, we take a look at the often overlooked experimental ode…
Rick Astley interview: ‘Being a pop star is weird’
In this revealing interview from 2020, Rick Astley tells us about his SAW years, forging his own way, the importance of family life and his heavy metal alter ego… Rick…
With Strings Attached: Sophie Ellis-Bextor interview
In this Sophie Ellis-Bextor interview from 2018, the ‘Queen of the Kitchen Disco’ reflects on more than two decades of pop stardom… “I didn’t just say: ‘OK, which are the…
Trevor Horn interview: Dire Straits Legacy
In this Trevor Horn interview, the iconic producer tells us about how he’s keeping his bass-playing chops in shape as as a member of Dire Straits Legacy… As the man…
Boo’s That Lady: Betty Boo Interview
In this Betty Boo interview from 2019, the woman born Alison Clarkson tells Classic Pop about her beginnings with US rap royalty, being taken under Madonna’s wing and the real…
Shaun Ryder: Visits From Future Technology
Back in 2010 Shaun Ryder was just about to release his second solo album. Then I’m A Celebrity… Happened. Now 11 years on, we’re finally getting to hear Visits From…
Jason Donovan interview: The Boy Next Door
In this Jason Donovan interview from 2019, the former Neighbours star looks back on his life and career. “Those old songs aren’t so easy to sing now,” he tells us. …
Eurythmics: Annie Lennox interview
In this exclusive Eurythmics interview from 2018, we talk to Annie Lennox about her and Dave Stewart’s relationship, their music, their 40-year career and the future of their partnership… By…
Happy Mondays interview
In this Happy Mondays interview from 2017, we speak to charismatic frontman Shaun Ryder, plus fellow survivors Mark Day and Rowetta… Every decade gets the double bill of bands it…
Making Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour
With Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe created a melancholy classic informed by death and infidelity… By Oliver Hurley Neil Tennant remembers the moment clearly: it was…