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KYLIE’S SURPRISE NEW ALBUM AND WORLD TOUR

Whipping up a storm: Kylie Minogue has

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KYLIE TENSION II

Supergrass reunion tour? I Should Coco!

Supergrass are reuniting to celebrate the 30th

Pet Shop Boys get expansive on LP reissue

Pet Shop Boys are to release an expanded

FAITHLESS Q+A

TWO YEARS AGO, FAITHLESS LOST THEIR CHARISMATIC FRONTMAN, MAXI JAZZ. AGAINST THE ODDS THEY’RE BACK, AND IN EBULLIENT FORM, TOO. SISTER BLISS TELLS CLASSIC POP HOW THE BAND CONTINUE TO FILL DANCEFLOORS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS.

THE CURE UNVEIL NEW LP AFTER 16-YEAR WAIT

Fans of The Cure have been delighted by

OBITUARY TITO JACKSON

15 OCTOBER 1953 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2024

GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE

On the evidence of The Rattler, a

My POP Muriel Gray life

THE AUTHOR, BROADCASTER, JOURNALIST AND FORMER PRESENTER OF THE TUBE TALKS TO CLASSIC POP ABOUT MEETING DAVID BOWIE AND HER LOVE OF SIMPLE MINDS...

HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED REVEAL FRUITS OF STUDIO L ABOUR

Following their successful reunion live shows, Haircut

THE ONE AND ONLY CHESNEY HAWKES RETURNS

Chesney Hawkes has debuted his first new music

LUMINOUS BASEMENT THE TOURISTS

Don’t Say I Told You So was

PHIL MANZANERA Q+A

THE LEGENDARY GUITARIST IS CELEBRATING HALF A CENTURY OF SOLO RECORDINGS WITH A LAVISH 11CD BOXSET, 50 YEARS OF MUSIC

Ian Peel’s A to Z of POP

R IS FOR… THE 80s REVIVALS

This month in POP NOVEMBER 1981

NEW ORDER BEGIN AGAIN, QUEEN AND BOWIE’S COLLABORATION HITS NO.1 IN THE UK AND JAPAN RELEASE A CAREER-BEST EFFORT

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Japan released what many consider their masterpiece, the

TOP 5 UK ALBUMS CHART

1 NOVEMBER 1981

POPARAZZI

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

ONE SECOND YELLO

SWISS DUO YELLO ARE BEST KNOWN FOR THE OUTL ANDISH OH YEAH AND SENSATIONAL THE RACE, BUT ARGUABLY THEIR FINEST HOUR IS FOUND BETWEEN BOTH OF THESE IN THE CINEMATIC OVERLOAD OF 1987 LP ONE SECOND, HOME TO THE RHYTHM DIVINE

THE CARDIGANS

THE REST OF THE BEST

CLASSIC POP MOMENTS

12 NOVEMBER 1988

DARING TO BE IFFERENT

IT’S THEIR FIRST PRINT INTERVIEW FOR EIGHT YEARS, SO THE HUMAN LEAGUE ARE GOING TO PUT ON A SHOW. AS THEY PREPARE FOR AN ARENA TOUR, THE TRIO OFFER CLASSIC POP A REMARKABLY CANDID INSIGHT INTO THEIR USUALLY PRIVATE WORLD. JUST DON’T CALL THEM ROCK‘N’ROLL

ANY MORE SECRETS?

Fans waiting for boxset editions of any of

THE LOST ART OF HYSTERIA

Before its eventual picture-free sleeve of multi-coloured lettering,

PILLS ‘N’ THRILLS AND BELLYACHES HAPPY MONDAYS

CLASSIC ALBUM

MIND THE GAP

PIONEERS WHO WERE A RIOT OF COLOUR AND MISCHIEF, THOMPSON TWINS WERE ONLY EVER GOING TO BLAZE BRIGHTLY FOR A BRIEF TIME. TWO OF THEM HAVE LEFT MUSIC BEHIND FOR DECADES, WHILE TOM BAILEY ONLY RETURNED AFTER YEARS AWAY FROM POP. NOW FINALLY READY TO SHARE THEIR STORY TOGETHER AFTER NEARLY 40 YEARS, THE TRIO REVEAL HOW SQUATS, GRACE JONES AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS HELPED CREATE A TRANSATLANTIC PHENOMENON

WE ARE DEFECtiVE

One of the trio’s more esoteric releases arrived

HERE'S FEIR FUTURE DAYS

Tom Bailey returned to touring in 2014 and

M ADNESS

ALBUM BY ALBUM

SONGS FROM THE BIG STAGE

THEY ONCE HATED PLAYING GIGS, BUT TEARS FOR FEARS NOW LOVE PERFORMING SO MUCH THEY’RE SHARING THE JOY WITH A FIRST OFFICIAL LIVE ALBUM, WHICH ALSO FEATURES BRAND NEW SONGS. “WE’RE ON A CREATIVE ROLL,” THE DUO TELL US...

EVERYBODY WANTS TO GRU THE WORLD

© Alamy When Gary Jules’ spectral version of

NEW ADDITIONS

The four new tracks on Songs For A

THE MIGHTY REARR ANGER

ON THE EVE OF HIS LATEST ALBUM, PAUL HEATON, ONE OF THE UK’S MOST BELOVED, UNLIKELY POP STARS, DISCUSSES NEW MUSICAL PARTNERS, THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPATHY, AND HIS RIVALRY WITH PAM AYRES

STAY TUNED

While Heaton’s back catalogue is increasingly acclaimed, there’s

A CHRONICLE OF SMALL BEER

Heaton once held the lease of the Kings

TOP 2O TV THEMES

POPULAR TELEVISION SHOWS OFTEN CAME PACKAGED UP WITH A MEMORABLE THEME TUNE, AND SOME EVEN CROSSED OVER INTO THE POP CHARTS, AS OUR LATEST RUNDOWN CONFIRMS

WHAT IS IT?

BRINGING BACK THE SHARP-SUITED 60s SUBCULTURAL MOVEMENT FOR THE 70s AND 80s

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

THE JAM ALL MOD CONS (1978) Punk

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

AS SHE RELEASES HER LANDMARK 10TH ALBUM, WENDY JAMES REFLECTS ON HER JOURNEY FROM TRANSVISION VAMP TO A SONGWRITER WITH SOME HARD-WON WISDOM TO SHARE

THE HOT LIST

NEW RELEASES THAT NEED TO BE ON YOUR CULTUR AL RADAR

THE CURE SONGS OF A LOST WORLD

POLYDOR/FICTION

TEARS FOR FEARS

SONGS FOR A NERVOUS PLANET

PAUL HEATON

THE MIGHTY SEVERAL

WENDY JAMES

THE SHAPE OF HISTORY

PRIMAL SCREAM

COME AHEAD

THE BLESSED MADONNA

GODSPEED

MICHAEL KIWANUKA

SMALL CHANGES

UNDERWORLD

STRAWBERRY HOTEL

LONE JUSTICE

VIVA LONE JUSTICE

BOYS WONDER

QUESTION EVERYTHING

COURTEENERS

PINK CACTUS CAFÉ

CONFIDENCE MAN

3AM (LA LA LA)

JULIA FORDHAM

EARTH MATE

BASTILLE

&

MIDGE URE

ROYAL ALBERT HALL 04.10.23

MARX

GREEN GINGER JIVE

PIXIES

THE NIGHT THE ZOMBIES CAME

RAZORLIGHT

PLANET NOWHERE

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING

THE LAST FLIGHT

BILLY REEVES

WHEN LORD GOD ALMIGHTY READS THE NEWS

PAUL KELLY

FEVER LONGING STILL

BRONSKI BEAT

THE AGE OF CONSENT

NEW ORDER

BROTHERHOOD

DURAN DURAN

DANSE MACABRE DE LUXE

VARIOUS ARTISTS

NOW YEARBOOK ’77/NOW YEARBOOK EXTRA ’87/NOW VAULT ’84/NOW 12" 80S: 1983 PART 2/ NOW MILLENNIUM ’08-’09

UTAH SAINTS

UTAH SAINTS

THOMPSON TWINS

INTO THE GAP

BRYAN FERRY

RETROSPECTIVE: SELECTED RECORDINGS 1973-2023

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE?

GREEN DAY

AMERICAN IDIOT ★★★★★ WARNER Although George W. Bush

DEPECHE MODE

SPIRIT: THE 12" SINGLES

PHIL MANZANERA

50 YEARS OF MUSIC

MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD

QUIXOTIC

CHINA CRISIS

THE COMPLETE SESSIONS

ALPHAVILLE

FOREVER! THE BEST OF 40 YEARS

DAVID SYLVIAN

EVERYTHING AND NOTHING

GODLEY & CREME

COLLECTED

CLANNAD

LEGEND

SUGABABES

ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES

T-REX

BOLAN BOOGIE: THE BEST OF

CRANES

LOVED

FORWARDS FESTIVAL

DURDHAM DOWN, BRISTOL

THE THE

HUXLEY’S NEUE WELT, BERLIN

SIMON RAYMONDE

IN ONE EAR: ‘COCTEAU TWINS, IVOR AND ME’

MARK BLAKE

DREAMS: THE MANY LIVES OF FLEETWOOD MAC

ELTON JOHN

FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD: MEMORIES OF MY LIFE ON TOUR

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