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© Sandra Vijandi Divine inspiration strikes as Dexys

OBITUARY CHRISTINE McVIE

12 JULY 1943 – 30 NOVEMBER 2022

DURAN DURAN AND EURYTHMICS INDUCTED INTO ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

© Getty Duran Duran and Eurythmics were both

SOUL GREATS WILL ROLL BACK THE YEARS

Shalamar are to tour their classic album Friends

TIFFANY

THE EX-TEEN ICON TELLS ALL ABOUT HER DIVORCE-INSPIRED NEW STUDIO ALBUM AND LOVE OF TRASHY SCI-FI FLICKS 

MY POP LIFE

THE FAST SHOW AND COLD FEET STAR SHARES HIS LIFELONG MUSICAL OBSESSIONS

DEBBIE GIBSON

SINCE WE LAST CAUGHT UP WITH THE SINGER, SHE’S BEEN JUGGLING MAKING NEW MUSIC, TV, ACTING AND REFLECTING ON HER CAREER IN GENERAL

1 HIT WONDER

I’D RATHER JACK REYNOLDS GIRLS It always felt

SUNROOF ON A ROLL WITH QUICKFIRE ELECTRONICA ALBUM

Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones have teamed up

HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED TO REFORM – SHOW AND REISSUE ANNOUNCED

© Getty Haircut One Hundred members Nick Heyward,

IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z

LIS FOR... LET’S LIST AGAIN

LOST & FOUND

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS SECRET AFFAIR My World was

NATALIE MERCHANT RETURNS WITH EMOTIVE SOLO LP

Natalie Merchant has announced the release of her

MATT GOSS GOES ORCHESTRAL FOR COLE PORTER CLASSICS

Matt Goss is set to return to home

THIS MONTH IN POP JANUARY 1984

MADONNA AIRS HER WORLD TAKEOVER PLAN ON US TV, DEF JAM RECORDS COME TO LIFE, AN EMERGENCY FOR MJ, FRANKIE SAYS RELAX AND PAUL YOUNG TOPS THE UK ALBUMS CHART...

POPARAZZi

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

TOP TEN

WEEK ENDING 21 JANUARY 1989

Acid House

THE TABLOIDS ARE IN A LATHER, BUT IT’S JUST GREAT DANCE MUSIC AT THE END OF THE DAY…

DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

Whendid you first become a superfan of Duran

" WHEREVER IT IS WE GO TO IN THE ETHER, I’LL LOOK BACK WITH ZERO REGRETS

A BEAUTIFUL SINGER WITH THE LOOKS TO MATCH, SEAL ALWAYS SEEMED DESTINED FOR STARDOM. BUT A NEW REISSUE OF HIS SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM IS TIME TO REMEMBER THAT STARDOM ONCE SEEMED LIGHT YEARS AWAY FOR ONE OF THE FINEST VOCALISTS BRITAIN HAS PRODUCED. IN A RARE INTERVIEW, SEAL RECALLS HOW THE STAGE USED TO TERRIFY HIM, WHILE TREVOR HORN REVEALS THEIR UNLIKELY BONDING INFLUENCES. “IT’S BEEN A HELL OF A RUN,” AS SEAL TELLS CLASSIC POP.

THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE

GARY NUMAN

STEERING A NEW COURSE

GAZ COOMBES HAS MATURED FROM THE SCAMP WITH THE SIDEBURNS IN SUPERGRASS TO THOUGHTFUL SOLO ARTIST. FOR HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM, HE TELLS US WHY HE’S LOOKING FORWARDS, NOT BACKWARDS.

ALBUM BY ALBUM ULTRAVOX

ORIGINALLY FRONTED BY JOHN FOXX, ULTRAVOX WERE THE PURE DEFINITION OF A CULT CONCERN BEFORE A CHANGE IN PERSONNEL SPARKED BOTH A MAINSTREAM BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE BAND AND A WHOLE NEW MUSICAL MOVEMENT

2O23 THE YEAR AHEAD

POP’S BIGGEST NAMES ARE GEARING UP FOR A THRILLING YEAR OF COMEBACKS, REUNIONS AND ANNIVERSARIES

SOULTIME

MOO-VING ON UP

AS THE INSPIRAL CARPETS PREPARE FOR AN EMOTIONAL FIRST TOUR SINCE THE TRAGIC DEATH OF DRUMMER CRAIG GILL IN 2016, THE BAND REVEAL ALL ABOUT THEIR DAYS AS OUTSIDERS IN THE HEDONISTIC MADCHESTER SCENE AND HOW THEY WERE ONCE HELD OFF THE NO.1 SPOT IN THE UK ALBUMS CHART BY THE CARPENTERS

Prince - Batman

A CONCILIATORY GESTURE TO TO HIS LABEL WARNER BROS? SELL-OUT OR HEARTFELT? A SPIRITUALLY-MOTIVATED ARTISTIC STATEMENT? EITHER WAY, PRINCE ROUNDED OFF AN EXTRAORDINARY 1980s WITH ARGUABLY HIS FINAL MASTERPIECE, 1989’S BATMAN.

TOP 2O EXTENDED PLAY

WHETHER IT WAS AS A STOPGAP RELEASE OR A SPRINGBOARD FOR AN ENTIRE CAREER, THE EP INVARIABLY OFFERED FANTASTIC VALUE FOR MONEY, AS WELL AS UNLEASHING A PLETHORA OF BRILLIANT SONGS TO BOOT

The Best Of 2022

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

HOT LIST

NEW AND UPCOMING RELEASES THAT HAVE GOT THE CLASSIC POP TEAM TALKING

MADNESS

THE GET UP!

OMD

LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 2022

LADYTRON

TIME’S ARROW

ORBITAL

OPTICAL DELUSION

TIFFANY

SHADOWS

GAZ COOMBES

TURN THE CAR AROUND

ROBERT FORSTER

THE CANDLE AND THE FLAME

MOZART ESTATE

POP-UP! KER-CHING! AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF MODERN SHOPPING

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

KITCHEN DISCO LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM

DAVE ROWNTREE

RADIO SONGS

THE WAEVE

THE WAEVE

HIFI SEAN AND DAVID MCALMONT

HAPPY ENDING

VARIOUS ARTISTS

TO THE MOON AND BACK: A TRIBUTE TO RYUICHI SAKAMOTO

JOAN ARMATRADING

LIVE AT ASYLUM CHAPEL

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

SG LEWIS

AUDIOLUST AND HIGHERLOVE

AVA MAX

DIAMONDS AND DANCEFLOORS

BILLY REEVES

NOSTALGIA OF THE FUTURE

BIRMINGHAM ELECTRIC

COMMUNICATION

AMBER ARCADES

BAREFOOT ON DIAMOND ROAD

VARIOUS

HEAVENLY REMIXES 5&6

NEW ORDER

LOW-LIFE

MICHAEL JACKSON

THRILLER 40

TINA TURNER

BREAK EVERY RULE

IMAGINATION

40 YEARS

YELLO

THE FIRST SIX ALBUMS

VARIOUS ARTISTS

NOW YEARBOOK ‘80-’84: THE FINAL CHAPTER/NOW YEARBOOK ‘80-’84: VINYL EXTRA/NOW YEARBOOK EXTRA ‘85/NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A MASSIVE 80S PARTY/NOW NINETIES DANCEFLOOR

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

TOYAH

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON QUEEN

MARC ALMOND

A LIVE TREASURY OF SONG/OPEN ALL NIGHT

ROBBIE WILLIAMS

LIFE THRU A LENS

DEBBIE GIBSON

BODY MIND SOUL

MARI WILSON

THE NEASDEN QUEEN OF SOUL

THE BLOW MONKEYS

ANIMAL MAGIC

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN

EVERGREEN

JAMIROQUAI

HIGH TIMES: SINGLES 1992-2006

THAT PETROL EMOTION

EVERY BEGINNING HAS A FUTURE: AN ANTHOLOGY

BRYAN FERRY

TAXI

SILVER SUN

SILVER SUN/NEO WAVE

THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS

INSIDE OUT: 1985-90

DANIEL VANGARDE

THE VAULTS OF ZAGORA RECORDS MASTERMIND (1971-1984)

SNAP!

THE MADMAN’S RETURN

ROXY MUSIC

LONDON 02

MARC ALMOND

PALLADIUM, LONDON

XPROPAGANDA

COLUMBIA THEATER, BERLIN

RUNNING UP THAT HILL: 50 VISIONS OF KATE BUSH

NINE EIGHT BOOKS ★★★★ Of all the pop-cultural

ADVENTURES IN MODERN RECORDING: FROM ABC TO ZTT

NINE EIGHT BOOKS ★★★★ Writing an autobiography can

LISTENING TO THE MUSIC THE MACHINES MAKE: INVENTING ELECTRONIC POP 1978-1983

OMNIBUS PRESS ★★★★ Four decades on from synth-pop’s

MOONAGE DAYDREAM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZIGGY STARDUST

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