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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OMD to celebrate 40 years of Dazzle Ships

Rick Astley takes legal action against Yung Gravy

MADONNA SET FOR EPIC CELEBRATION WORLD TOUR

BETTER LATTE THAN NEVER FOR SPARKS’ RETURN TO ISLAND LABEL

Future of Fleetwood Mac in doubt after McVie’s death

Q+A ROBERT HODGENS (THE BLUEBELLS) • BOBBY BLUEBELL ON HIS BAND’S BELATED RETURN AND WHY THEIR MOST FAMOUS HIT HAS A “DIFFERENT RESONANCE” FOR HIM NOW

Chrgsalis

OBITUARY TOM VERLAINE

GRACE JONES SET FOR HEADLINE SLOT AT BLUEDOT FESTIVAL

FUNKYTOWN LIPPS INC

Matt Everitt MY POP LIFE • THE BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC DJ – AND FORMER MENSWE@R DRUMMER – TALKS US THROUGH HIS MUSIC OBSESSIONS

LOST & FOUND

BEYONCÉ ANNOUNCES RENAISSANCE TOUR AND BREAKS GRAMMYS RECORD

B.E.F GO BACK TO THEIR ROOTS FOR ‘STOWAWAYS’ REISSUE

IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z of POP • HOW DOES THE WORLD OF POP MEASURE UP TO ROCK MUSIC WHENIT COMES TO THE TRICKY ART OF THE CONCEPT ALBUM? IT ISN’T QUITE SO STRAIGHTFORWARD…

POP MARCH 1982 • THE ROCKET MAN TAKES OFF, THE JAM DROP A CLASSIC, SPANDAU CUT DIAMOND AND BABS IS IN LOVE …

“We always had the confidence that we were something special” • SHINY ENOUGH TO HAVE THEIR OWN COMIC STRIP AND POTENTIAL TV SITCOM, HAIRCUT 100 WERE ALSO AN ODD MIX OF SIX DIVERSE PERSONALITIES, INCORPORATING POST-PUNK, JAZZ, BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS AND MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS INTO ONE POP MASTERCLASS. EVEN 40 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL LINEUP’S ONLY ALBUM TOGETHER, THERE’S STILL NOTHING QUITE LIKE PELICAN WEST. AS THE BAND REUNITE FOR A ONE-OFF SHOW TO CELEBRATE A NEW BOXSET, THEY REVEAL: “THERE WAS AN ENERGY IN HAIRCUT 100 THAT WE ALL MANAGED TO HARNESS. WE WERE LIKE A COMET.”

WARM LEATHERETTE • FOR HER FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, THE INIMITABLE DIVA TOOK AN ABRUPT STYLISTIC ABOUT-TURN WITH THE COMPASS POINT ALL STARS THAT SAW HER MOVE AWAY FROM DISCO AND EMBRACE HER JAMAICAN HERITAGE TO STUNNING EFFECT

WIN A FAMILY TICKET TO CAMP BESTIVAL WORTH UP TO £1,150!

“CBGBS WAS A WONDeRFUL iNCUBATOR FOR BABY BANDS” • ONE OF THE GREAT LOVE STORIES IN MUSIC, AS WELL AS ONE OF ITS FINEST RHYTHM SECTIONS, TINA WEYMOUTH AND CHRIS FRANTZ ARE PREPARING TO SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF LIFE IN TALKING HEADS AND TOM TOM CLUB. IT’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE, AS THEY REVEAL ALL ABOUT THEIR DAYS OF SWEATING WITH RAMONES, FORSAKING POLITICAL POP AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE JOY OF WORKING WITH DAVID BYRNE.

KYLIE MINOGUE • OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS, THE AUSTRALIAN SUPERSTAR HAS DELIGHTED FANS, CONFOUNDED CRITICS AND CONSISTENTLY CHALLENGED HERSELF, EMERGING AS ONE OF POP’S ALL-TIME GREATS

DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

SIMPLY IRREFUTABLE • FAR FROM THE DILETTANTE PLAYBOY HIS IMAGE SUGGESTED, COULD THE SHAPESHIFTING ROBERT PALMER BE ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED SINGERSONGWRITERS OF HIS ERA? AS A NEW BOXSET COMPILES HIS RECORDINGS FOR THE ISLAND LABEL, WE REASSESS HIS CHAMELEON-LIKE SOLO CAREER AND COLLABORATIONS WITH SUPERGROUP THE POWER STATION.

TOP TEN • IT’S GETTIN’ KINDA HEAVY IN A WEEK OF JAM HOT BASSLINES, BLISSED-OUT BEATLES, SAXY SOLOING, ENDLESS LOVING – AND THE LOVE SHACK, BABY!

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MAN CALLED TERRY • IN DECEMBER, WE LOST ONE OF BRITISH POP’S MOST SIGNIFICANT FIGURES WITH THE SAD PASSING OF TERRY HALL. SHOOTING TO FAME WITH THE SPECIALS, HE ALSO BROKE THE MOULD WITH HIS NEXT BAND, TOO. WE CELEBRATE HIS LEGACY AND, WITH THE HELP OF NEVILLE STAPLE AND LYNVAL GOLDING, TAKE A LOOK BACK AT HIS...