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Scritti Politti psyched up for album anniversary

The pop anniversaries keep on coming with Scritti Politti

New Bros album will have Led Zep vibe claims Luke

A new Bros album is on the way and it will sound like

SUMMER MEGA GIGS UNVEILED FOR DURAN DURAN AND NEW ORDER

Two legendary bands celebrate the return of live music

JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS

I Love Rock’n’Roll is now on every partygoer’s playlist

ANIMAL MAGNETISM OF NEW MARTIN GORE EP

Primates were the source of inspiration behind Martin

NOEL HAS THE CURE FOR YOUR LOCKDOWN BLUES

Is Noel Gallagher about to steal The Cure’s thunder?

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

New Edition creator Maurice Starr was determined to

RISKS PAID OFF FOR BARLOW’S SOLO CHARTTOPPER

It’s taken 30 years but Gary Barlow finally dragged

BONNIE PUTS BEST FOOT FORWARD ON NEW ALBUM

Powerhouse vocalist Bonnie Tyler has announced the

Q+A MARK REILLY

THE MATT BIANCO VOCALIST ON HIS SECOND TEAM-UP WITH JAZZ ENSEMBLE NEW COOL COLLECTIVE AND THE CHANCES OF AN ORIGINAL LINE-UP REUNION

THE POD SQUAD

CHECKING IN WITH OUR FAVOURITE CLASSIC POP-FRIENDLY PODCASTS

ANNIE’S LAMENT FOR ‘DYING PLANET’

A newly-released song by Annie Lennox is intended as

DEBBIE HARRY GOES ALL OUT TO SAVE THE WORLD

Debbie Harry has transformed herself into pop’s answer

PER GESSLE

THE ROXETTE SONGWRITER REVEALS ALL TO CLASSIC POP ABOUT THE BAND’S LATEST EXTENSIVE RARITIES COLLECTION PLUS GIVES US A HINT ABOUT HIS FUTURE PLANS AS A SOLO ARTIST

Bee Gees’ songbook gets a country makeover

Bee Gees great Barry Gibb pays tribute to his late

Shaggy and Sting’s beautiful friendship

A few eyebrows were raised when Sting teamed up with

DEL AMITRI UNVEIL FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN 19 YEARS

Del Amitri have penned an anti-Brexit anthem on their

MORE ROOM FOR CROWDED HOUSE IN MY LIFE SAYS FINN

Neil Finn’s stint touring with Fleetwood Mac has encouraged

STEWART’S ELEMENTAL SONGWRITING ADVICE FOR KATY PERRY

He’s famed as the man behind Eurythmics’ classics

Arab Strap say new LP adventure is dark but fun…

Darkness doesn’t have to be a sombre affair according

80S POP LEGENDS ALL SET TO GET AN ORCHESTRAL MAKEOVER

Pop icons will get the chance to perform with a 60-piece

POP JANUARY 1981

IN OUR ROUND-UP OF JANUARY 1981’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP, THE SPECIALS GET INTO HOT WATER, BLONDIE HIT NO.1 AND DAVID BOWIE EXITS THE ELEPHANT MAN PLAY…

SUPER FAN

DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

POPARAZZI

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

CYNDI , INCIDENTALLY

WITH A STORMING NEW SINGLE AND A REISSUE OF HER GROUNDBREAKING DEBUT ALBUM OUT, CYNDI LAUPER CAN REFLECT ON THE ENTIRETY OF HER WILD CAREER. AS EVER, SHE’LL DO SO IN HER OWN WAY. CLASSIC POP TRIES TO KEEP UP AS THE INIMITABLE STAR DISCUSSES SWEET POTATO DIETS, CLIMATE CHANGE, POLE DANCING, INSPIRING SCHITT’S CREEK, FAME’S CRUELLEST TRICK AND BEING A BEACON OF HOPE…

REMAIN IN LIGHT

AFRO-FUNK MEETS POST-PUNK ON THE LANDMARK FOURTH ALBUM FROM THE EVER-EVOLVING NEW YORK CITY QUARTET, BUT SONIC BOUNDARIES ARE RARELY PUSHED THIS HARD WITHOUT A PRICE TO PAY…

“I think people need to be lifted up right now”

A KEY FIGURE IN THE BRITISH SOUL SCENE, MICA PARIS RETURNS TO HER GOSPEL ROOTS FOR HER FIRST ALBUM IN 11 YEARS. THE POWERHOUSE SINGER TELLS CLASSIC POP OF HER STRUGGLES TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FEEL-GOOD MUSIC.

ABBA

THE HARMONI ES AND H EARTACHE OF THE SWEDISH QUART ET WHO DOMINAT ED THE CHART S I N THE 70S AND B EYOND…

SAMPLE THIS ADVENTURES IN MODERN RECORDING

FROM BUGGLES TO BEASTIES AND KATE BUSH TO KYLIE, SAMPLING CREATED A BOLD NEW SONIC LANDSCAPE WHERE LITERALLY ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE. CLASSIC POP EXPLORES THE PHENOMENON THAT CHANGED THE FACE OF 80S MUSIC.

“WE WERE RELEASING SINGLES LIKE BULLETS”

SHAKIN’ STEVENS TALKS US THROUGH HIS INCREDIBLE CAREER, FROM EARLY DAYS WITH THE SUNSETS TO A DECADE-LONG RUN OF 80S HIT SINGLES, VIA A STARRING ROLE AS ELVIS IN THE WEST END

“IN NO TIME, THE BUZZ ABOUT SPANDAU GREW TO A ROAR”

SPANDAU BALLET PRODUCER RICHARD JAMES BURGESS REFLECTS ON WORKING ON DEBUT ALBUM JOURNEYS TO GLORY AND THE BAND TALK US THROUGH UNSEEN SHOTS BY PHOTOGRAPHER NEIL MATTHEWS FROM THEIR FIRST RECORDING SESSIONS FOR TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT, THEIR TOTP DEBUT AND A PERFORMANCE ON ITV SHOW WHITE LIGHT

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

THE FRIENDSH IP AT THE HEART OF GO WEST IS STILL STRONG AFTER NEARLY FOUR DECADES, DESPI TE TEMPERAMENTAL DIFFERENCES. CLASSIC POP HEARS HOW TWO LADS FROM TWICKENHAM MADE IT TO HOLLYWOOD. AND BACK.

Susanna Hoffs - When You’re A Boy

AS THE MOST PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE BANGLES, SUSANNA HOFFS APPEARED PRIMED FOR SOLO SUCCESS. BUT INSTEAD, HER 1991 DEBUT WHEN YOU’RE A BOY WAS MET WITH A NEAR-UNIVERSAL SHRUG. NOW 30 YEARS ON FROM ITS RELEASE, JON O’BRIEN TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE ALBUM WHICH DERAILED THE CALIFORNIAN’S CAREER.

SMOOTH OPERATOR

EVER SINCE SOUL AND DISCO CLASSICS LIKE NEVER GIVE UP ON A GOOD THING AND GIVE ME THE NIGHT, GEORGE BENSON HAS EPITOMISED LATE-NIGHT SOPHISTICATED LISTENING. OVER AN INCREDIBLE CAREER SPANNING ALMOST 70 YEARS, HE’S BEEN A MASTER CRAFTSMAN IN EVERY GENRE, PLAYING WITH MILES DAVIS, MINNIE RIPERTON AND STEVIE WONDER. NO WONDER CLASSIC POP FOUND IT HARD TO KEEP UP WITH A MASTER WHO HAS NO INTENTION OF SLOWING DOWN…

THE BEST OF 2O2O

OUR PICK OF THE BEST NEW ALBUMS, REISSUES, COMPILATIONS AND BOOKS FROM ACROSS THE PAST 12 MONTHS

THE HOT LIST

WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ON CLASSIC POP ZOOM CATCH-UPS

PAUL MCCARTNEY

MCCARTNEY III

DEACON BLUE

RIDING ON THE TIDE OF LOVE

KEVIN GODLEY

MUSCLE MEMORY

SPEAR OF DESTINY

WORLD SERVICE 35

MATT BIANCO & NEW COOL COLLECTIVE

HIGH ANXIETY

ROSIE CARNEY

THE BENDS

LATE NIGHT FINAL

A WONDERFUL HOPE

LAURA GROVES

A PRIVATE ROAD

SUPERGRASS

LIVE ON OTHER PLANETS

5 BILLION IN DIAMONDS

DIVINE ACCIDENTS

NEW MODEL ARMY

CARNIVAL

BERLIN

STRINGS ATTACHED

DJANGO DJANGO

GLOWING IN THE DARK

GARY BARLOW

MUSIC PLAYED BY HUMANS

MICA PARIS

GOSPEL

BARRY GIBB & FRIENDS

GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS SONGBOOK VOL. 1

LOUIS PHILIPPE & THE NIGHT MAIL

THUNDERCLOUDS

CASPER CLAUSEN

BETTER WAY

MILES HUNT

THE CUSTODIAN 2

DAVID BOWIE

BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES (1995-1999)

EVELYN ‘CHAMPAGNE’ KING

THE RCA ALBUMS 1977-1985

SPANDAU BALLET

40 YEARS – THE GREATEST HITS

ROXETTE

BAG OF TRIX – MUSIC FROM THE ROXETTE VAULTS

TOYAH

SHEEP FARMING IN BARNET

GOLDFRAPP

SEVENTH TREE

DEAD OR ALIVE

INVINCIBLE

MARC ALMOND

THE STARS WE ARE

JIMMY SOMERVILLE

HOME AGAIN

ELVIS COSTELLO

ARMED FORCES

THE DURUTTI COLUMN

CIRCUSES AND BREAD/SEX AND DEATH/REBELLION/SOMEONE ELSE’S PARTY/KEEP BREATHING/LOVE IN THE TIME OF RECESSION

XTC

DRUMS AND WIRES/ORANGES & LEMONS/NONSUCH

SHAKIN' STEVENS

FIRE IN THE BLOOD/SINGLED OUT

MADNESS

ABSOLUTELY

THE POGUES

THE BBC SESSIONS 1984-86

EUROPE

GOLD

BUZZCOCKS

COMPLETE UA SINGLES 1977-1980

THE BLUEBELLS

SISTERS

INDOCHINE

SINGLES COLLECTIONS 1981-2001/2001-2021

THE PASSAGE

PINDROP/DEGENERATES

IAN DURY

HIT ME! THE BEST OF

QUEEN: THE NEAL PRESTON PHOTOGRAPHS

NEAL PRESTON

LET LOVE RULE

LENNY KRAVITZ WITH DAVID RITZ

THE MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY

MARIAH CAREY WITH MICHAELA ANGELA DAVIS

A YEAR WITH SWOLLEN APPENDICES: BRIAN ENO’S DIARY

BRIAN ENO

THE SEX PISTOLS’ FIRST GOODBYE

14 JANUARY 1978