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Happy Mondays
Thirty years after it closed, it’s still Manchester’s favourite factory. Classic Pop speaks to the key figures behind one of the world’s most iconic labels and reveals how Factory Records…
Shaun Ryder: Visits From Future Technology
Back in 2010 Shaun Ryder was just about to release his second solo album. Then I’m A Celebrity… Happened. Now 11 years on, we’re finally getting to hear Visits From…
Happy Mondays interview
In this Happy Mondays interview from 2017, we speak to charismatic frontman Shaun Ryder, plus fellow survivors Mark Day and Rowetta… Every decade gets the double bill of bands it…
Q+A: Blitz Vega
John Earls talks egos, celebrity mates and Smiths reissues with Andy Rourke and former Happy Mondays guitarist Kav… One of the ultimate Manchester hook-ups, Blitz Vega unites The Smiths’ former…
Shaun Ryder interview: “I was the class clown”
How did a scruffy school dropout from Salford write songs that came to define the Madchester era? In this Shaun Ryder interview the Happy Mondays frontman tells Classic Pop about…
Issue 51 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Get your copy of Issue 51 in-store for just £5.99 – use our storefinder. The single issue is available online for £6.99 here. Alternatively, you can buy a digital issue…
Classic Pop Issue 36 is on sale now!
Issue 36 of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Waitrose and independent newsagents, for our special cover feature in Issue 36, we take a look…
Classic Pop Issue 35 is on sale now!
The new issue of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, independent newsagents and Eason, this month our cover stars are returning…