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Duran Duran
The original Now! album weaned a whole generation off recording pop songs from the Sunday evening Radio 1 countdown Admittedly it wasn’t the first but it went on to become the…
The Lowdown: Duran Duran
The eighties were hardly short of bands with glamour, charm and a string of hook-crammed songs – but Duran Duran, the most emblematic group of the era, proved themselves to…
Issue 40 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Available from WH Smith, Tesco, independent newsagents, Asda and Easons, in the new issue of Classic Pop we celebrate 30 years of Kylie Minogue with the ultimate celebration of the Princess of Pop’s…
Classic Pop Issue 36 is on sale now!
The new issue of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Waitrose and independent newsagents, for our special cover feature this month we take a look…
New Issue of Classic Pop on sale now!
The new issue of Classic Pop is out now! Fresh from headlining Bestival last weekend, Duran Duran grace the cover of our latest issue and talk exclusively and candidly about…
Down the pub with Duran
Duran Duran are to play a tiny London pub gig in February as part of a series of intimate concerts in aid of War Child. There will be a number…
Top 100 Singles of the Eighties: 10-6
10 Propaganda: Duel It’s actually quite incredible that Propaganda manage to gatecrash our Top 10 when they released so little music in the Eighties (and have released next-to-nothing in the…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 25-21
25 Erasure: Sometimes The first of two high-scoring entries for Erasure, and proof that if any one musician dominates UK Eighties pop – and this Top 100 – it’s Vince…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 35-31
35 Duran Duran: Rio We’re getting higher and higher up our Top 100, so the Duran Duran quotient is starting to increase (though we were taken aback that Rio –…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 80-76
80 George Michael: A Different Corner “This record is dedicated to a memory,” reads a note from George Michael on the rear sleeve of this, his second solo single and…