Classic Pop

Classic Pop magazine is the ultimate celebration of great pop and chart music with star interviews, features, news and reviews. From pop to electronic and new wave, dance and indie – it's all here…

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Tears For Fears have finally reached their Tipping Point

ABBA REVEAL MORE ABOUT AVATAR LIVE SHOWS AND NEW STUDIO ALBUM

LITTLE BOOTS STEPS INTO ABBA’S BAND

1-HIT WONDER

DEXYS SET TO REIMAGINE TOO-RYE-AY 40 YEARS ON

ASTLEY AND BLOSSOMS TEAM UP FOR SMITHS TRIBUTE

MATT GOSS • THE ONE-TIME TEEN HEARTTHROB IS ABOUT TO MOVE BACK TO THE UK AND HAS A NEW SOLO ALBUM ON THE WAY. BUT WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH NEW BROS MUSIC? WE FIND OUT…

IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z POP OF W IS FOR… WOGAN • CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT JUST ONE TV SHOW GAVE US PERFORMANCES FROM A UNIQUE ABC LINE-UP, JIMMY CAUTY’S BRILLIANT, AND A THEATRICAL RENDITION OF KATE BUSH’S EXPERIMENT IV? POSSIBLY. BUT CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY’RE ALL IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE WOGAN SHOW?

LOST& FOUND

MIDGE URE REVEALS 80S PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION • Spanning a five-year period from 1980-85, In A Picture Frame showcases the photography skills of Midge Ure. The collection includes shots highlighting Ultravox’s ascent to stardom during the early 80s as well as band video shoots and promos that Ure directed for other artists. Famous names included in the 240-page hardback book include Phil Lynott, Fun Boy Three, Glenn Gregory, Spandau Ballet, Paula Yates, Peter Saville, Conny Plank and George Martin. Here Midge talks Classic Pop through a selection from the book…

EDDIE LUNDON • WITH CHINA CRISIS LIMBERING UP TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM, DIFFICULT SHAPES & PASSIVE RHYTHMS, GUITARIST EDDIE LUNDON REVEALS ALL ABOUT THEIR FUTURE PLANS

THE POD SQUAD • CHECKING IN WITH OUR FAVOURITE CLASSIC POP-FRIENDLY PODCASTS

COMMUNARDS’ DEBUT ANNIVERSARY REISSUE

ABC CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF LEXICON WITH ORCHESTRAL TOUR

ANDY TAYLOR AND REEF CONFIRM NEW ALBUM

THIS MONTH IN POP NOVEMBER 1984 • MARVIN GAYE’S FATHER IS SENTENCED, R.E.M. PLAY NOTTINGHAM AND DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? IS RECORDED AT LONDON’S SARM STUDIOS…

TOP 5 UK ALBUMS CHART • 11 NOVEMBER 1984

BACK TO THE FUTURE • AS THEI R RECENT SINGLE ANNIVERSARY H INTED, IT’S 40 YEARS SINCE DURAN DURAN FIRST BEAMED ON TO PLANET EARTH. RATHER THAN CELEBRATE WITH A HITS TOUR, THEY’RE RELEASING A STUNNING NEW ALBUM, WHERE AL L FOUR WI LD BOYS – AND NEW GUEST GRAHAM COXON – ARE AT THEI R PEAK. IN THE COMPLETE INSIDE STORY OF FUTURE PAST, THE BAND TELL CLASSIC POP HOW THEY’VE BEEN INSPIRED BY THEIR OLD 12" S INGL ES, DR DISCO… AND A TEL L ING-OFF FROM SIMON LE BON’S DAUGHTER.

MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD

CINEMATIC MASH-UPS

THE MISSING LINK

A BOWIE BOND

DURAN DURAN AKA ‘THE WEDDING ALBUM’ • THE FACES OF 80S EXCESS AND GLOSSY HEDONISM, DURAN DURAN’S COMEDOWN THE FOLLOWING DECADE WAS SOUNDTRACKED BY ‘THE WEDDING ALBUM’ – A MARRIAGE OF INTROSPECTION AND MATURITY THAT SET THE STAGE FOR THEIR REMARKABLE SECOND ACT

THE PLAYERS

THE SONGS

THE VIDEOS

SONGS OF FREEDOM • THE 90S MARKED ONE OF DAVID BOWIE’S MOST CREATIVELY FERTILE PERIODS. AS THE ERA GETS A MUCH-DESERVED BOXSET, WE TALK TO TWO KEY COLLABORATORS, REEVES GABRELS AND MIKE GARSON, TO FIND OUT MORE

AN ARTISTIC PARADOX

DANCING INTO THE FUTURE

DAVID SYLVIAN • IN A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, DAVID SYLVIAN’S SOLO WORKS HAVE ENCOMPASSED POP, JAZZ, AMBIENT AND FREE IMPROVISATION

COMPILATION

FRIENDS: THE REUNION • AS THE BACKING VOCALISTS IN WHAM!, PEPSI & SHIRLIE WEREN’T SO MUCH 20 FEET FROM STARDOM AS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF...