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Artist features & interviews
Eighties pop royalty Martin and Shirlie Kemp have joined forces for an unexpected album of jazz covers. The couple talk to John Earls about their feelgood record, dinners with George…
Annabella Lwin Interview: ‘Being in Bow Wow Wow was like jumping on a trampoline…’
Forget The Sex Pistols, Bow Wow Wow might be the most daring band Malcolm McLaren ever created. In an industry rife with exploitation, schoolgirl Annabella Lwin’s ability to keep singing…
Rick Astley Interview: ‘Being a pop star is weird’
The Foo Fighters’ favourite guest star is in reflective mood as he releases his ‘bookend’ compilation The Best Of Me. In a revealing interview Rick Astley tells us about his…
Ultravox Interview: ‘We were only two narcissists down but we still had three left’
Wildly inventive, experimental and ahead of their time, the first three Ultravox albums fearlessly cleared a trail that others would follow. Four of those who were there – John Foxx,…
Patience Is A Virtue: James Jackman Interview
George Michael’s working methods have always been a source of mystery. Just how much music did he make in addition to his five solo albums? How much of it will…
The Revolution Interview: Prince 1999 reissue
It wasn’t until the fifth Prince album in 1982 that the world really began to take notice of the High Priest of Pop. Now, as 1999 becomes the Purple One’s…
Psychedelic Furs Interview: ‘We were a very argumentative band, especially after a few beers’
With the band about to release their first new studio album in 29 years, we raid the Classic Pop archive for an interview with Psychedelic Furs’ Tim Butler who tells…
Kim Wilde Interview: Going Live
Kim Wilde has rarely taken a conventional approach to the business of being a pop star. But now, a mere 38 years after her chart debut, she’s finally ready to…
Gary Numan Interview: ‘It’d be arrogant not to do the nostalgia thing once in a while’
It’s been 40 years since Gary Numan dissolved Tubeway Army and immediately had solo success with Cars. It’s just as significant that it’s 25 years since the electronic music innovator rescued his…
Duran Duran – 2019: A Space Odyssey
Even by Duran Duran standards, flying 300 drones in formation above Nasa while performing to astronauts in front of a moon rocket is quite something. It’s been a tale of…