GEORGE MICHAEL

WELCOME

Throughout November, Classic Pop is donating 10p to

Anton Corbijn unveils new Depeche Mode documentary

Depeche Mode’s fans are the focus of the band’s latest

BANANARAMA

SARA DALLIN AND KEREN WOODWARD REFLECT ON THEIR GLORIOUS 2019

ARTHUR’S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)

Given the relative ubiquity of Christopher Cross on

GROHL TEMPTED BY SQUEEZE

Anything Rick Astley can do, Squeeze can do better.

EX-DURAN GUITARIST ON COMEBACK TRAIL

Founding Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor is on the

LOST & FOUND

KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD

GEORGE MICHAEL’S COMPASSIONATE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK REVEALED

The soundtrack to George Michael-inspired movie, Last

THIRD LEXICON OF LOVE ON THE HORIZON

Martin Fry is working on a third Lexicon Of Love album

JEAN-PAUL’ BLUEY’ MAUNICK

THE INCOGNITO BANDLEADER TALKS MUSIC, MAGIC AND DREAMS WITH PAUL KIRKLEY

POP QUIZ

1 Name The Brand New Heavies album that features collaborations

A-HA GET THEIR OWN BACK AT TRUMP’S MIMICRY

When US President Donald Trump borrowed imagery from

POLITICS AND PERSONAL TRAUMA BEHIND BEN WATT’S RETURN

Tragedy and politics inspired the new Ben Watt album

MIDGE URE

JOHN EARLS TALKS TO MIDGE URE ABOUT A NEW BOXSET THAT COVERS THE FORMER ULTRAVOX FRONTMAN’S ENTIRE CAREER

FATBOY INSPIRED BY RUSTY EGAN’S DJ SKILLS

Pop star husband and wife Martin and Shirlie Kemp are

LIS FOR…THE LOST GIG

I’M CURRENTLY READING PRETENDING TO SEE THE FUTURE, RICHARD HOUGHTON’S CHRONICLE OF 40 YEARS OF CONCERTS BY ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK. BUT THERE’S ONE SPECIAL SHOW THAT’S MISSING…

POP ARAZZI

READERS SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE PHOTOS AS THEY GET UP

TOP TEN

WEEK ENDING 13 NOVEMBER 1983

SUPER FAN

DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

MAGNE FURUHOLMEN WHITE XMAS LIES

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS? NOT IF THE A-HA KEYBOARDIST’S WELCOME ANTIDOTE TO FALSE FESTIVE CHEER HAS GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT…

PRINCE 1999: SUPER DELUXE EDITION

HOT ON THE HEELS OF ORIGINALS COMES THIS COLLECTOR’S EDITION REISSUE OF 1999, COMPLETE WITH A TREASURE TROVE OF UNRELEASED TRACKS

BBC RADIO 2 LIVE: FESTIVAL IN A DAY HYDE PARK, LONDON

THE VINTAGE TURNS SHOW THE NEWER ACTS A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS AT RADIO 2’s ANNUAL EVENT, CLIMAXING IN A STELLAR PET SHOP BOYS PERFORMANCE

XPROPAGANDA / D:UEL COLUMBIA THEATER, BERLIN

ONE-HALF OF PROPAGANDA RETEAM IN THEIR HOMELAND FOR AN INTOXICATING EVENING OF DARK, ABRASIVE SYNTH CLASSICS

TANITA TIKARAM HEIMATHAFEN, BERLIN

THE UNDERSTATED SINGERSONGWRITER REMODELS HER BACK CATALOGUE FOR AN ENTRANCED CROWD IN BERLIN

MOMENTS

THE TUBE LAUNCHES ON CHANNEL 4 5 NOVEMBER 1982

POP NOVEMBER 1985

IN OUR ROUND-UP OF NOVEMBER 1985’S BIGGEST MOMENTS

”STOCKHAUSEN OR ABBA? CAN’T WE BE BOTH?”

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK BEGAN AS AN ART PROJECT THAT PLAYED ONE GIG FOR A DARE. FORTY YEARS LATER, ANDY MCCLUSKEY AND PAUL HUMPHREYS’ ART PROJECT HAS SOLD MILLIONS OF RECORDS, SPLIT UP IN A MESS OF BAD DRUGS AND WORSE FINANCES, ONLY TO REFORM STRONGER THAN EVER. “THERE’S STILL AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DRUGS ON OUR TOUR BUS,” THEY TELL CLASSIC POP. “BUT NOW THEY’RE JUST PRESCRIPTION ONES KEEPING US ALIVE.”

SO PETER GABRIEL

TRADING THE ECCENTRIC FOR THE ECLECTIC, WITH SO, PETER GABRIEL’S MULTICULTURAL MUSICALITY TOOK ITS CUES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE ALBUM’S UNIVERSAL INCLUSIVITY TRANSFORMED ITS CREATOR INTO A STAR ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE AND A MUSIC VIDEO MAVERICK

”THIS IS A BIT OF ESCAPISM – IT’S A GOOD-TIME BLUE-EYED SOUL ALBUM”

MICK HUCKNALL IS GIVING FIREBRAND POLITICS A SWERVE ON SIMPLY RED’S FORTHCOMING 12TH STUDIO ALBUM. INSTEAD, HE’S TAKING REFUGE IN AN ARSENAL OF IRRESISTIBLE SOUL-INFUSED FUNKY TUNES.

REVISITING 1999

IT WASN’ T UNT I L PRINCE’S FI F TH ALBUM IN 1982 THAT THE WORL D REAL LY BEGAN TO TAKE NOT ICE OF THE H IGH PRI EST OF POP. NOW, AS 1999 BECOMES THE PURPLE ONE’S FI RST RECORD TO BE AWARDED THE SUPER-DELUX E BOXSE T T REATMENT, JOHN EARLS SPEAKS TO MEMBERS OF THE ICON’S INNER CI RCL E TO ESTABL ISH HOW HE BECAME A BONA FIDE SUPERSTAR…

Keys to the World

As Bruce Hornsby returns to the UK on a wave of renewed acclaim, the piano man tells Douglas McPherson about his constant quest to evolve and how he has a hard time listening to his early albums

THE GEMINI MAN

THEN JERICO AREN’T THE MOST OBVIOUS NAME FOR AN EXPLOSIVE TALE OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ANGER, WINDING UP IGGY POP, REHAB, SHOCKING DISABILITY AND HEARTWARMING REDEMPTION. BUT SINGER MARK SHAW HAS LIVED ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE STORIES IN ALL OF POP…

HOUSE HITS

THE SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE, THE ACID HOUSE REVOLUTION, THE BIRTH OF RAVE CULTURE. CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL, THE LATE 80s WITNESSED THE FLOORFILLING SOUND OF CHICAGO AS IT JACKED ITS WAY TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE UK CHARTS, IMPRESSIVELY WITH BARELY ANY MAINSTREAM SUPPORT.

HEAVY SOUL

IN THE EARLY 1990S, THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE BURGEONING ACID JAZZ SCENE. A QUARTER OF A CENTURY ON, FOUNDER MEMBER ANDREW LEVY TALKS TO FELIX ROWE ABOUT HANGING OUT WITH STEVIE WONDER AND JAMES BROWN AND THEIR REUNION WITH CLASSICERA VOCALIST N’DEA DAVENPORT