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SMALLTOWN BOY GOES GLOBAL ON TIKTOK

PRIMAL SCREAM PREPARE FOR A FEISTY RETURN

Careless Whisper’s 40th birthday EP

OBITUARY EVELYN THOMAS 22 AUGUST 1953 – 21 JULY 2024

PETER COX • PETER COX OF POP DUO GO WEST REFLECTS ON A LOVE AFFAIR WITH SOLO SONGWRITING THAT HAS LASTED NEARLY THREE DECADES

My POP life Jon Culshaw • THE TV AND RADIO IMPRESSIONIST RECALLS HIS LOVE OF FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, LEVEL 42 AND THE SMITHS…

THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES • SIMON BARTHOLOMEW LOOKS BACK ON 30 YEARS OF THE FUNK BAND’S 1994 BROTHER SISTER ALBUM

PHIL COLLINS VINYL BOX HAS ALL SIDES COVERED

Heaton hits the road with Mighty new LP

1-HIT WONDER

SIMPLY RED STAR AWARDED HONORARY DOCTORATE OF ARTS

SUEDE SHOOT FOR THE STARS AGAIN

LOST & FOUND

This month in POP SEPTEMBER 1984 • TINA TOPS THE BILLBOARD SINGLES CHART FOR THE FIRST TIME, STEVIE SOUNDTRACKS A HIT ROM-COM MOVIE AND FREDDIE GOES IT ALONE

Songs in the Key of life • To mark Alison Moyet’s 40th anniversary as a solo artist, she’s revisiting old songs for her new album. Key is also an excuse to tour – and to reflect on the constant turmoil that’s happened since Alf. Now Alison reveals all to Classic Pop about the trauma of fame, going incognito as an art student and the “physical euphoria” of keeping it real as a singer.

For the love of pod

Computer love

Laser guided melodies

THE VISITORS ABBA • UNDERNEATH THE PRISTINE SHEEN OF ABBA’S FINAL STUDIO ALBUM BEFORE DISBANDING WAS A DARK UNDERTONE, LACED WITH BREAK-UPS AND COLD WAR PARANOIA. DESPITE FADING SALES, IT WAS NONETHELESS ANOTHER POP MASTERPIECE, MELDING HIGH ENERGY WITH TEARS ON THE DANCEFLOOR.

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“ABC WAS INTENSE. WE LIVED THOSE RECORDS.” • More than 40 years since becoming a star, Martin Fry is finally ready to tell his life story. Alongside his battles with cancer and alcoholism, Martin reveals to Classic Pop of his desire to keep ABC’s sound evolving, Trevor Horn’s poor attention span… and how he had to explain Bernie Clifton’s act to Lady Gaga.

JIMMY SOMERVILLE • RENOWNED FOR HIS PIERCING FALSETTO AND LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM, THE SINGER FIRST FOUND FAME AS THE FRONTMAN OF BRONSKI BEAT AND THE COMMUNARDS BEFORE LAUNCHING HIS OWN SPORADIC SOLO CAREER WHICH CONTINUED TO BREAK DOWN POP’S VOCAL AND THEMATIC BARRIERS

POPARAZZI • READERS SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE PHOTOS AS THEY GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN PLANET POP

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Tears & Fears • AS ULTRAVOX’S LAMENT GETS A DELUXE 40TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE, SURVIVING MEMBERS MIDGE URE, BILLY CURRIE AND WARREN CANN LOOK BACK ON THE ALBUM THAT CALLED TIME ON THEIR IMPERIAL PHASE

Inside the Ultrabox

End of an era

TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 23 SEPTEMBER 1990 • LONDONBEAT ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU AND IRON MAIDEN ARE SMOKING – ALL WHILE DEEE-LITE AND THE FARM GET THEIR GROOVE ON

WIsh Fulfilment • A Secret Wish is rightfully hailed as a dark synth-pop masterpiece, even if things went awry following its 1985 release. Now Propaganda are back, though there won’t be any “retro business”, says Ralf Dörper and Michael Mertens.

X marks the spat

The ministry of tooth

KILIMANJARO THE TEARDROP EXPLODES • WITH KILIMANJARO, A DRUG-ADDLED JULIAN COPE AND HIS NOT-ALWAYS-MERRY BAND OF...