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We’re back with a bang with our latest issue of Classic Pop magazine. Inside, we find out how Sparks have coped with lockdown and delve into the array of exciting…
Review: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music 3
Let’s party like it’s 1984. A first-time release on cd for the greatest now… Series comp of them all… Arriving on CD for the first time to mark its 35th…
Reissue Review: Blancmange – The Blanc Tapes
Never viewed as A-listers, Blancmange rarely feature in lists of the crème de la crème of 1980s electropop pioneers alongside sacred trailblazers such as New Order, The Human League and…
Review: Blancmange – Wanderlust
One of the streaming revolution’s obvious casualties has been the lyric. Where album sleeves often offered them as sustenance for even the casual fan, these days, it requires a conscious…
You’ve Got Mail: Near Future interview
Away from his Blancmange day job, Neil Arthur has teamed up with Jez Bernholz to form Near Future, a musical collaboration all done via email that has spawned an album…
Win one of 10 signed copies of Near Future’s debut album Ideal Home
You could the lucky winner of a signed copy of the debut album from Near Future, Blancmange frontman Neil Arthur’s new project! Blancmange’s Neil Arthur has joined forces with electronic…
Issue 42 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Available from WHSmith, Tesco, independent newsagents, Tesco Ireland and Easons, in the new issue of Classic Pop magazine we catch up with Johnny Marr to hear about the former Smiths…
Blancmange take the fifth
Blancmange release their fifth album Semi Detached on March 23. It’s effectively a solo album by singer Neil Arthur, as it’s the first without keyboardist Stephen Luscombe, who has longterm…
The Tour of Synthetic Delights
Heaven 17 and Blancmange have announced a joint tour for October, which was dreamed up at our Synthpop Summit earlier this year. Issue Ten’s round-table was the first time Heaven…
Blancmange ‘Happy Families Too…’ UK Tour & Album, November 2013
Blancmange begin their new tour, ‘Happy Families Too…’ on 3rd November. Their 1982 debut album, Happy Families has been re-imagined and re-recorded and will be available as a tour exclusive under…