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Soft Cell reunion gig will get album and DVD release

© Getty Soft Cell have a new live

Tom Bailey to revisit iconic Thompson Twins LP on stage

Tom Bailey is set to dip into his

JOHN HUGHES BOXSET COMPILES 80S CLASSICS

Movie soundtrack fans will have the chance to

BIRMINGHAM’S LEGENDS SHINE AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES SHOWS

Duran Duran play for a worldwide audience of

OBITUARY OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

(1948-2022)

Q+A MARIAN GOLD

THE ALPHAVILLE FRONTMAN TALKS SHAKESPEARE, ORCHESTRAS AND WHY HE’S AFRAID TO WRITE MUSIC FOR THE CINEMA

BIRD OF PARADISE

SNOWY WHITE

MADONNA REFUSES TO SIGN BIG MONEY COPYRIGHT DEAL

Madonna has vowed to stay in control of

OBITUARY PAUL RYDER

(1964-2022)

Q+A HOWARD JONES

THE ELECTRO-POP PIONEER IS BACK ON THE ROAD PLAYING SOLD-OUT LIVE SHOWS AND WITH A RAZOR-SHARP NEW STUDIO ALBUM TO BOOT – AND HIS LATEST OFFERING DIALOGUE SAYS WE NEED TO TALK. SO LET’S DO IT…

GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT

ANITA BAKER

SMITH GET HIS WISH WITH CURE REISSUE

As Cure fans hold their breath for the

CONTEMPORARY REFIT FOR WHAM’S SUMMER ANTHEM

Andrew Ridgeley has joined forces with drummar –

IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z of POP

TIS FOR... TV THEMES

POP SEPTEMBER 1982

A HIGH-CLASS SELECTION WITH CULTURE CLUB ON THEIR WAY UP, STEVE MILLER CASTING HIS SPELL, QUEEN’S FINAL STATESIDE TV PERFORMANCE WITH FREDDIE – AND A LARGELY FORGOTTEN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CALIFORNIAN FESTIVAL CURATED BY AN APPLE EXEC…

POPARAZZI

READERS SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE PHOTOS AS THEY GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN PLANET POP Send your Poparazzi pics now to steve.harnell@anthem.co.uk

TOP 10

WEEK ENDING 06 SEPTEMBER 1987

SUPER FAN

DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

KATE BUSH UNVEILS THE DREAMING

13 SEPTEMBER 1982

“INNOVATION IS PROBABLY OUR GREATEST STRNGTH„

GENERALLY A BAND DETERMINED TO LOOK FORWARD, EVEN BLONDIE CAN’T H ELP REVISITING THEIR PAST WHEN FACED WITH A LONG-PLANNED, GIGANTIC BOXSET MARKING THEIR I MPERIAL FIRST PHASE. WITH DEBBIE HARRY, CHRIS STEIN AND CLEM BURKE IN UNUSUALLY REFLECTIVE MOOD, THEY REVEAL THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POP AND PUNK, HOW THEY COULD HAVE KEPT GOING LONGER – AND RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH ORSON WELLES…

MUSIC FOR THE MASSES

DEPECHE MODE

A BRUSH WITH GREATNESS

THE PRODUCER OF LANDMARK MUSIC FOR MADONNA, ALL SAINTS, BLUR, PINK AND BRITNEY SPEARS, MAVERICK MUSICIAN WILLIAM ORBIT ENJOYED AN INFLUENTIAL CAREER AS AN AMBIENT PIONEER, CLASSICAL REINVENTOR AND RAVE MAINSTAY. THEN HE ENDURED A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE AND DRUG-INDUCED BREAKDOWN. AFTER EIGHT YEARS AWAY, WILLIAM IS BACK AND FINALLY READY TO ENJOY HIS SUCCESS. “I’M A POP TART FOR DIVAS” HE REVEALS...

LEVEL 42

CHANNELLING THEIR LIVE PROWESS INTO HITS WAS NO EASY TASK, BUT THE BRITFUNK KINGPINS MANAGED BOTH CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND CHART GLORY

BARING THEIR TEETH

THE REID BROTHERS RETURN WITH A “DON’T BORE US, GET TO THE CHORUS” BITE ON THEIR MOST POLITICAL ALBUM TO DATE. “THE TURBULENCE OF THE TIMES ARE AT LEAST AS GREAT NOW AS THEY WERE IN THE LATE 60S OR EARLY 80S” THEY TELL US…

The Best of Roxy Music

BRYAN FERRY GUIDES US THROUGH THE CAREER-SPANNING COMPILATION OF THE LEGENDARY ART-ROCK INNOVATORS

OUR FRIEND IN THE NORTH

EARLIER THIS YEAR, PAUL HEATON CELEBRATED HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY IN UNIQUE FASHION BY PUTTING £60,000 BEHIND THE BAR IN PUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW BACK WITH HIS LATEST ALBUM ALONGSIDE JACQUI ABBOTT, N.K-POP, HE’S THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING…

It Bites - Once Around The World

THE 80S POP-PROG REVIVAL WASN’T ALL GENESIS AND MARILLION – IT BITES ALSO HIT BIG WITH CALLING ALL THE HEROES AND THEIR SUPREMELY CONFIDENT SECOND STUDIO ALBUM, ONCE AROUND THE WORLD, HAS SINCE BECOME A LOST CLASSIC.

WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS

WHEN COVID DERAILED DEACON BLUE’S 2020 PLANS, RICKY ROSS STAYED HOME AND MADE A SOLO RECORD, SHORT STORIES VOL.2. BUT HE’S ALSO GOT A LONGER TALE TO TELL, THOUGH, IN HIS NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY WALKING BACK HOME. “I’VE SORT OF WRITTEN MY OWN GREATEST HITS,” HE TELLS US.

YACHT ROCK

YOUR AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE SUB-GENRES

TOP 2O GIORGIO MORODER TRACKS

IN AN UNPARALLELED CAREER SPANNING OVER HALF A CENTURY, PEERLESS PRODUCER AND MUSIC MAKER GIORGIO MORODER HAS BEEN THE MASTERMIND BEHIND SOME OF THE MOST DAZZLING MOMENTS IN POP – WE GIVE THE BEST OF THEM A SPIN...

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Erasure return with bold new album Day-Glo (Based

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ERASURE

DAY-GLO (BASED ON A TRUE STORY)

PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTT

N.K-POP

ROBBIE WILLIAMS

XXV

WILLIAM ORBIT

THE PAINTER

HOWARD JONES

DIALOGUE

BETH ORTON

WEATHER ALIVE

THE PROCLAIMERS

DENTURES OUT

BLANCMANGE

PRIVATE VIEW

LIGHTNING SEEDS

SEE YOU IN THE STARS

OLIVER SIM

HIDEOUS BASTARD

SUEDE

AUTOFICTION

YUNGBLUD

YUNGBLUD

PHIL THORNALLEY

NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION

RICHARD MARX

SONGWRITER

JULIAN LENNON

JUDE

RICKY ROSS

SHORT STORIES VOL.2

THE HOUSE OF LOVE

A STATE OF GRACE

TIM BURGESS

TYPICAL MUSIC

YEAH YEAH YEAHS

COOL IT DOWN

EZRA FURMAN

ALL OF US FLAMES

BLONDIE

AGAINST THE ODDS: 1974-1982

ULTRAVOX

RAGE IN EDEN

THE CURE

WISH

DURAN DURAN

MEDAZZALAND/POP TRASH/ASTRONAUT/ RED CARPET MASSACRE/ALL YOU NEED IS NOW

VARIOUS ARTISTS

NOW PRESENTS ELECTRONIC/NOW YEARBOOK ’79/NOW YEARBOOK ’80 EXTRA/NOW 12" 70s

SHAKESPEARS SISTER

HORMONALLY YOURS

THE COMMUNARDS

RED

ALPHAVILLE

ETERNALLY YOURS

SHEENA EASTON

LIVE AT THE PALACE, HOLLYWOOD

DAVID SYLVIAN

BLEMISH/MANAFON

ROXY MUSIC

THE BEST OF

TOYAH

ANTHEM

MATT BIANCO

THE ESSENTIAL: REIMAGINED, RELOVED

THE FINN BROTHERS

FINN

MADNESS

THE DANGERMEN SESSIONS VOLUME ONE

THE BLUETONES

SUPERIOR QUALITY RECORDINGS 2003-2010

ARROW

HOT HOT HOT: THE VERY BEST OF ARROW

BEASTIE BOYS

C HECK YOUR HEAD

PAUL WELLER

22 DREAMS

PAULA ABDUL

FOREVER YOUR GIRL

SPACE

SPIDERS/TIN PLANET

LET’S ROCK SHREWSBURY

QUARRY PARK, SHREWSBURY

ABBA AT 50

CARL MAGNUS PALM

GLAM! WHEN SUPERSTARS ROCKED THE WORLD, 1970-74

MARK PAYTRESS

ELECTRONICALLY YOURS: VOL 1

MARTYN WARE

BOWIE @ 75

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