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DECLARATION OF STRENGTH

The Alarm are back with a new album Equals, a barnstorming collection of songs that touches on Mike and Jules Peters’ recent battles with cancer

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Almost by accident, the Austrian band Opus found themselves
Music makes the people come together
Madonna has rekindled her working relationship with
Never Gonna Give Up
The star topped the charts with 50 back in 2016 and
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Eurythmics fans deserve a tour one day believes Dave
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1 Name the only original member of Kraftwerk still
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LOST &FOUND
A brilliant chorus and a newlyacquired global reputation
Spice up your museum
Anew ‘Girl Power’ exhibition in London could make use
Tears For Fears dates delayed
Tears For Fears were “under doctor’s orders” to postpone
SWING OUT SISTER BREAKOUT
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GODFATHERS Of POP
Justin Currie formed Del Amitri while still at school
Video Tech
THREE FLAMBOYANT CUTS FROM THE NEW ROMANTIC DRESSING UP BOX
POP UP
For those about to Flock! Seagulls return
Horn lands the X Factor
Trevor Horn is working on a top secret project with
GODMOTHERS OF POP
Born in East London, Alison Limerick attended the London
Bad News for Huey
Huey Lewis & The News were forced to cancel all
Smith finds The Cure
Robert Smith is working on brand new material for The
The Shape of royalties
Ed Sheeran and Adele were among the musicians paid
POP UP
Paloma’s faith in modern family values
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Simple Minds continue to be amazed by the power of
REGULARS
IAN PEEL’S A TO Z POP OF
IT WOULD SEEM LIKE EVERY ARTIST HAS A SONG IN THEIR ARSENAL THAT THEY JUST CAN’T BEAR, NO MATTER HOW POPULAR IT IS. LET’S LIFT THE LID ON THAT STRANGE SUBCULTURE OF POP MUSIC – THE BÊTE NOIRE…
THIS MONTH IN POP
WHILE IN BERLIN, THE ROLLING STONES’ MICK JAGGER INSPIRES
CLASSIC POP MOMENTS
No.41 BIRTH OF THE SYNTH - POPERA 24 JUNE 1979
FEATURES
THE TRUE A DVEN TURES OF TONY HADLEY
LESS THAN A YEAR AF TER LEAVING SPANDAU BAL LET, TONY HADLEY I S BACK WI TH A NEW SOLO ALBUM AND A REVIVED SENSE OF PURPOSE. HE GUIDES US THROUGH HOW HI S FOUR DECADES IN POP HAVE BROUGHT H IM TO WHERE H E I S TODAY. WARNING – MAY CONTAIN FRI L LY SHIRTS!
A SECRET HISTORY OF TONY HADLEY
TONE’S TOP 10 MOMENTS – BECAUSE THERE’S MOR E TO THE
DRESSEDF OR SUCCESS
FLAMBOYANT, COLOURFUL, DRAMAT I C AND NARCISSIST IC… WHY IT WAS AL L SO FRILLING TO BE A NEW ROMANTIC BLITZ KI D FROM THE P LANET ZOG!
PARTY HARD
HIGH- J INX IN THE SPANDAU SLAMMER! HADLEY AND CO KNEW HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, BUT SOMETIMESIT WOULD GET “A BIT BONKERS…”
SPANDAU BALLET
THIS MUCH IS TRUE, A LIMITED EDITION BOOK BY PHOTOGRAPHER JUSTIN THOMAS, FEATURES RARE AND PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN SHOTS OF SPANDAU BALLET. CLASSIC POP LEANS ON THE BAR AND SERVES UP SOME SHOTS OF THE NEW ROMANTIC LEGENDS AT THE START OF THEIR CAREER.
TIFFANY ALL GROWN UP
FROM BAT T L ING GIANT PY THONS TO POSING FOR P LAYBOY, THERE’S BEEN MUCH MOR E TO TI FFANY’S CAREER THAN THE CHART-TOPPER, I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW. THE CAL I FORNIAN SINGER TALKS TO CLASSI C POP ABOUT H ER NEW ROCK SOUND AND EVOLUT ION FROM TEENAGE SENSAT ION TO AN ENTERTAINER WHO IS COMFORTABL E IN HER OWN SKIN.
ART OF THE ALBUM
WHEN MICHAEL JACKSON RETURNED WITH HIS DANGEROUS ALBUM
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IN 1974, KRAFTWERK CREATED AN ELECTRONIC EPIC. AUTOBAHN WAS AN ALBUM WHICH SAW MAN AND MACHINE WORKING IN PERFECT HARMONY. IT WAS A PIVOTAL STEP FORWARD FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC – A TIMELESS AND PROFOUND PIECE OF WORK THAT STILL REMAINS RELEVANT TODAY…
Metamatic for the people
JOHN FOXX’S SEMINAL DEBUT SOLO ALBUM METAMATIC, SOUNDS AS SCARILY RELEVANT TODAY AS IT DID BACK IN 1980. CLASSIC POP SITS DOWN WITH ITS CREATOR TO TALK ABOUT HIS MASTERPIECE, WHALE SONG AND, MOST OF ALL, THE MAGIC OF PURE SYNTH SIMPLICITY…
THE LOW DOWN
THEY CAME OUT OF THE STEEL CITY WITH A SILKY POP SOUND THAT SEDUCED A GENERATION OF NEW ROMANTICS IN THE 80S AND CAN STAKE A CLAIM FOR THE ALBUM OF THE DECADE WITH THE LEXICON OF LOVE. WHILE MARTIN FRY IS NOW ABC’S LAST MAN STANDING, THE SOPHISTI-POPPER’S LEGACY REMAINS AS SUAVE AND IRREDUCIBLE AS EVER.
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STAGED TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS POLITICAL PRISONER, WHILE CONCURRENTLY EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO AN OVERTLY RACIST SYSTEM, THE NELSON MANDELA 70TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE CONCERT – HELD THREE YEARS AFTER LIVE AID – WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MUSIC MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON A GLOBAL LEVEL. CLASSIC POP REVISITS THE LANDMARK EVENT 30 YEARS ON…
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READERS SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE PHOTOS AS THEY GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN PLANET POP
BEHIND THE MUSIC THE PRODUCERS NICKY GRAHAM
FROM THE NOLANS TO PJ & DUNCAN VIA THE MEGA-SUCCESSFUL BROS, PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER NICKY GRAHAM CERTAINLY KNOWS HOW TO SCORE A CHART-TOPPING EARWORM – YET THERE’S MUCH MORE TO HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE IN POP THAN HITS…
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SCOTTISH INDIE CHART-BOTHERERS CHVRCHES, RELOCATED TO THE U.S. TO MAKE ALBUM NUMBER THREE, LOVE IS DEAD, AND CAME UP TRUMPS WITH ONE OF THE YEAR’S MOST RIGHTEOUS RECORDS. THE TRIO TALK TO CLASSIC POP ABOUT SPEED-DATING PRODUCERS, WORKING WITH DAVE STEWART AND HOW TO STAY COOL AROUND YOUR HEROES…
WIN ONE OF FIVE COPIES OF KIRSTY MACCOLL’S NEW COLLECTION
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WIN ONE OF 10 COPIES OF GARY BARLOW’S OPEN ROAD
GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXTENDED VERSION OF GARY BARLOW’S NO.1 HIT SOLO ALBUM
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