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Artist features & interviews
As the singer with Transvision Vamp, Wendy James was the enfant terrible of late-80s glam-pop, an intoxicating blend of peroxide swagger and tabloid-baiting pronouncements. Three decades on and she‘s lost…
Pet Shop Boys: Closer To Heaven and MUSIK
Twenty years after their first venture into musical theatre with Closer To Heaven, Pet Shop Boys reunite with playwright Jonathan Harvey and actress Frances Barber for MUSIK at the Edinburgh…
Adam Ant Interview: ‘You need the time away from the spotlight as well as the time when you’re involved with it.’
Having toured his hits for a couple of years, Adam Ant is now ready to revisit one of his most challenging albums. Friend Or Foe marked the end of The Ants and…
Interview: The B-52s – Is This Really Goodbye?
The B-52s’ new shows are apparently part of their “European farewell tour”. Could this be the last we’ll see of the subversive gang behind Rock Lobster, Love Shack, Roam and…
Interview: Shaun Ryder
How did a scruffy school dropout from Salford write songs that came to define the Madchester era? As Faber publishes a collection of his lyrics, Shaun Ryder tells Classic Pop…
Bananarama Interview: Once You Pop, You Can’t Stop
Normal service has been resumed. After their one-time only reunion tour with Siobhan Fahey, Bananarama are back with their first studio album in 10 years. Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward…
My Life In Vinyl: Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn, the legendary producer and erstwhile Buggle, casts a chronological eye back over the albums that made an indelible mark on his glittering career… If anyone could be said…
Shakespears Sister Interview: ‘All I wanted to do was have that conversation that had not been had for 26 years’
Returning after 26 years, the reunion of Shakespears Sister is impossible not to cheer: the story of how Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit became bitter enemies by accident and were…
Bonnie Tyler Interview: Star Power
Bonnie Tyler is about to celebrate 50 years in the business with a brand new album Between The Earth And The Stars that boasts the talents of three knights of…
Interview: Men At Work
Fronted by a Scottish native who relocated Down Under in his teens, Men At Work glimpsed greatness before it all became a bit Spinal Tap. Frontman Colin Hay trawls through…