Back with their first new studio album in almost 40 years – and with the estimable Bernard Butler on board, too – Clare Grogan tells us how Altered Images’ Mascara…
SAVE 20% on all back issues this bank holiday
To celebrate the long August bank holiday weekend, we’ve taken 20% off all our back issues and special editions. If you’re missing any issues from your collection, or have been waiting to…
Issue 77 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
The iconic Debbie Harry leads the way in our latest issue as she joins bandmates Chris Stein and Clem Burke to reveal all about Blondie’s much-anticipated imperial phase boxset, Against…
Q+A: a-ha: The Movie director Thomas Robsahm
Classic Pop chats to the director of the critically-acclaimed new longform documentary, a-ha: The Movie… By Barry Page The son of actors Ugo Tognazzi and Margarete Robsahm, Thomas Robsahm, has…
Inside Love And Money’s Strange Kind Of Love
They didn’t score any major hits, but Love And Money remain one of the most fondly-remembered Scottish bands of their era. Their sleeper classic from 1988, Strange Kind Of Love,…
Popscene – Sophisti-pop
We grab our finest threads for the slickest of musical flavours… What is it? Like glam before it, it’s difficult to separate sophisti-pop from the clothes it’s sung in. Though…
Betty Boo announces October live show
Betty Boo has announced a headline show at London’s Lafayette in King’s Cross. The gig is in support of her brand new album, Boomerang, which arrives on 14 October. Tickets…
Johnny Marr: Call The Comet interview
In 2019, Johnny Marr talked to Classic Pop about his then-latest album Call The Comet… A warehouse on an industrial estate just outside of Manchester isn’t the most obvious location…
Donna Summer album to be reissued on 40th anniversary
Donna Summer’s classic self-titled album from 1982 is to receive a 40th anniversary reissue. Produced by the great Quincy Jones, Donna Summer features a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of the music…
The B-52s interview: “We were this unique band, and we had no idea it was going to do what it did”
The B-52s announced in April 2022 that they would embark on a ‘farewell’ tour, contradicting their claims in 2019 that THAT tour would be their final goodbye. That year, we…