”FRIEND OR FOE WAS WHAT IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE; A STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN”

WELCOME

Life isn’t about finding yourself – or about finding

DON’T MISS OUT!

Order online today at anthem-publishing.com/pop and

TRY 3 ISSUES FOR £5… FOR £5…

POP-UP

Madonna’s latest album, Madame X, has netted the Queen

1-HIT WONDER

Central Line were one of the leading lights of British

LOST & FOUND

The blithe and brilliant title track on Altered Images’

Q+A

JOHN EARLS TALKS EGOS, CELEBRITY MATES AND SMITHS REISSUES WITH ANDY ROURKE AND FORMER HAPPY MONDAYS AXEMAN KAV

Q+A

POP’S PREMIER SILVER FOX TALKS TO HELEN JEROME ABOUT BEING A RELUCTANT PRODUCER AND COLLABORATING WITH LOS STRAITJACKETS

SUPERFAN

Q When did you first become a Superfan of Kylie and

THIS MONTH IN POP

IN OUR ROUND-UP OF AUGUST 1985’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP, SIMON LE BON IS RESCUED FROM A WATERY GRAVE AND SEAN PENN REVEALS THE LOCATION OF HIS MARRIAGE TO MADONNA

POPARAZZI

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

”A lot of the critics were taken aback when Louie Spence was gyrating in a G-string”

TWENTY YEARS AFTER THEIR FIRST VENTURE INTO MUSICAL THEATRE WITH CLOSER TO HEAVEN, PET SHOP BOYS REUNITE WITH PLAYWRIGHT JONATHAN HARVEY AND ACTRESS FRANCES BARBER FOR A SEQUEL ON THE EDINBURGH FRINGE. DOUGLAS MCPHERSON WENT BACKSTAGE TO MEET THE TEAM

ALBUM BY ALBUM EURYTHMICS

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MAL E- FEMAL E DUO OF AL L T IME MOVED FROM POST - PUNK TO A SOUL FUL SYNTH- POP SOUND THAT THRI L LED MI L L IONS

ODES TO JOY

WITH 2019 MARKING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOY DIVISION’S UNKNOWN PLEASURES, PETER HOOK TELLS JONATHAN WRIGHT ABOUT THE “WONDERFUL OUT-OF-CONTROL EXCITEMENT” OF MAKING ONE OF THE BEST DEBUT ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

SOFT IN PICTURES CELL

RARE AND UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS OF SOFT CELL FEATURE IN A NEW

Interview with the vamp

AS THE SINGER WITH TRANSVISION VAMP, WENDY JAMES WAS THE ENFANT TERRIBLE OF LATE-80s GLAM-POP, AN INTOXICATING BLEND OF PEROXIDE SWAGGER AND TABLOID-BAITING PRONOUNCEMENTS. THREE DECADES ON AND SHE’S LOST NONE OF HER VERVE, TELLING OLIVER HURLEY HOW HER NEW DOUBLE ALBUM IS INSPIRED BY THE STOOGES, THE SHANGRI-LAS AND, ER, STEVE MARTIN…

MY LIFE INVINY LSTEPHEN STREET

THE MUSI C PRODUCER I S BEST KNOWN FOR H IS WORK WI T H THE

MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF

RENAISSANCE MAN WI L L YOUNG TOUCHES DOWN ONCE AGAIN ON

REVIEWS

Our round-up of new singles, plus new albums from Gary

THE WHITE ROOM THE KLF

SUBSIDISED WITH THE PROCEEDS OF AN 80S NOVELTY HIT, THE

SINGLES

THE HOST OF FORGOTTEN 80s ON ABSOLUTE 80s RADIO CHECKS OUT THE NEW SINGLE RELEASES, INCLUDING A WHITNEY HOUSTON REMIX, AN INXS COLLABORATION, KAISER CHIEFS, ADAM LAMBERT AND MORE…

GARY DALY GONE FROM HERE

THE CHINA CRISIS SINGER’S SOLO DEBUT IS AN UNEXPECTED, UNDERSTATED GEM THAT ALSO SERVES TO REMIND US HOW NEGLECTED HIS BAND’S BEEN IN SOME QUARTERS

THE LIGHTNING SEEDS JOLLIFICATION

A RARE CLASSIC POP ALBUM FROM BRITPOP SHOWS WHY, 25 YEARS ON, WE NEED IAN BROUDIE MORE THAN EVER

VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 3

LET’S PARTY LIKE IT’S 1984. A FIRST-TIME RELEASE ON CD FOR THE

BELINDA CARLISLE GOLD / RUNAWAY HORSES (BOXSET EDITION)

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF BELINDA CARLISLE’S

THE KILLERS PYRAMID STAGE

THE VEGAS ROCKERS REDEEM THEMSELVES WITH A POWERFUL SET OF SINGALONG INDIE ANTHEMS

KYLIE MINOGUE PYRAMID STAGE

THE AUSSIE POP ICON BRINGS OUT THE HITS TO JOIN THE RANKS OF GLASTONBURY’S AFTERNOON LEGENDS

SPICE GIRLS STADIUM OF LIGHT, SUNDERLAND

THE SPICE GIRLS ONCE SANG, “WHEN 2 BECOME 1…” BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN 5 BECOME 4…?

TEARS FOR FEARS HAMPTON COURT PALACE

ONE OF BRITAIN’S SWANKIEST CONCERT VENUES GETS EVEN CLASSIER WITH CURT ‘N’ ROLAND

ELTON JOHN CARDIFF CITY STADIUM

AN ALL KILLER, NO FILLER SET FROM THE PIANO MAN WITH ONE OF THE FINEST BACK CATALOGUES IN ALL OF POP

P!NK PRINCIPALITY STADIUM, CARDIFF

AMERICA’S SASSIEST POPSTER LANDS IN THE WELSH CAPITAL FOR A TYPICALLY RAUCOUS SET OF GIRL-POWER CLASSICS