WELCOME TO CLASSIC POP

TONY HADLEY AND SPANDAU BALLET FIND THEMSELVES AT A CROSSROADS. SEEMINGLY THERE’S NO GOING BACK FOR EITHER OF THEM NOW. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS HAS LEFT BOTH CAMPS FORGING THEIR OWN FUTURES AND ‘OUR TONE’ IS FIRST OUT OF THE BLOCKS WITH A NEW SOLO ALBUM. IT’S NOT HIS FIRST, OF COURSE, BUT THIS TIME THE BACKDROP THAT FRAMES THE RECORD IS DIFFERENT. THE BAND HE’S LEFT BEHIND ARE NO LONGER ON ICE, THEY’RE ONCE AGAIN A GOING CONCERN

Mamma Mia new ABBA!

They said it would never happen, but the unthinkable

No.41 LIVE IS LIFE OPUS

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

There must be a live show

Eurythmics fans deserve a tour one day believes Dave

Pop Quiz

1 Name the only original member of Kraftwerk still

BURIED TREASURES

Rooting around those boxes of “junk” in your loft may

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

• Almost Persuaded is released on 25 June and reviewed

Nothing Compares 2 Prince

Prince’s unfinished memoir will be released later this

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

Don’t you… forget about Simple Minds

Simple Minds continue to be amazed by the power of

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

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!

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

CLASSIC ALBUM: AUTOBAHN

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.

WHEN POP WENT POLITICAL

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…

POPARAZZI

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

DECLARATION OF STRENGTH

HERALDED AS ‘THE NEW CLASH’ WHEN THEY FIRST EMERGED FROM THE PUB CIRCUIT, THE ALARM WOULD GO ON TO GRACE SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STAGES. HOWEVER, WHILE MIKE PETERS MIGHT’VE SURVIVED THE PUNK ROCK WARS HE REVEALS TO CLASSIC POP HOW MORE SIGNIFICANT BATTLES LAY AHEAD…

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…

Keep the Faith

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

CELEBRATE THE ENDURING LEGACY OF KIRSTY MACCOLL WITH DAYS (1988-1991), A BRAND NEW FIVE-DISC SET

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

No.7 MADONNA ALEX WIDGER, PLYMOUTH, UK

DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

MATTHEW RUDD

THE HOST OF FORGOTTEN 80S ON ABSOLUTE 80S RADIO CHECKS OUT THE LATEST RELEASES FROM THE LIKES OF PALOMA FAITH, GABRIELLE, ANNE-MARIE, PLAN B, NICKELBACK AND A CROONING TONY HADLEY

LILY ALLEN NO SHAME

”I DON’T LIKE MOST PEOPLE/ BUT I’M SCARED, NOT EVIL.” LILY ALLEN OPENS HER HEART ON AN OUTSTANDING, VIBRANT COLLECTION OF WITTY AND TENDER CONFESSIONS

BOW WOW WOW YOUR BOX SET PET – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1980-84

GO WILD FOR THIS TREMENDOUS 3CD SET WHICH ROUNDS UP EVERYTHING BOW WOW WOW RELEASED, FROM ALBUMS AND EPs TO FLEXI-DISCS AND B-SIDES

FIVE STAR FIVE STAR LUXURY – THE DEFINITIVE ANTHOLOGY 1984-1991

THEY’RE NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN THEY SAY IT’S “THE DEFINITIVE ANTHOLOGY” AS THIS EXHAUSTIVE COLLECTION FROM THE ROMFORD QUINTET DIGS DEEP TO STRETCH TO 10 DISCS

KIRSTY MACCOLL DAYS (1988-1991)

A FIVE-DISC TREASURE TROVE THAT TAKES IN KIRSTY MACCOLL’S TIME WITH VIRGIN RECORDS AND COVERS HER MID-CAREER COMMERCIAL BREAKTHROUGH

REISSUES AND BEYOND

FROM THE ULTIMATE BEST OF COLLECTIONS BY MADONNA, A-HA, SPANDAU BALLET AND THE POGUES TO THE SOLE RELEASES FROM EIGHTH WONDER AND HAYSI FANTAYZEE, WE TAKE A LISTEN TO SOME OF THE LATEST ARRIVALS ON THE VINYL BLOCK

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KIM WILDE THE FORUM, BATH

GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY… KIM WILDE RAIDS RICK WAKEMAN’S DRESSING UP BOX FOR A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST COUNTRY