THE LIFE OF BRYAN

WELCOME TO CLASSIC POP

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS A FICKLE MISTRESS. FOR PROOF

POP UP

Brace yourselves for final renditions of Rock Lobster

RANKING ROGER

21 FEBRUARY 1963- -26 MARCH 2019

MYSTIFYING AND ILLUMINATING

Unreleased songs by late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence

GODFATHERS OF POP

From Marc Almond to Robbie Williams via The Lemon Trees

1 HIT WONDER

For the lead singer of one of Australia’s foremost

LOST &FOUND

Richard Marx burst on to the music scene in the United

GODFATHERS OF POP

Andy Bell’s fifth solo album sees the Erasure singer

POP Quiz

1 What was the name of Bryan Adams’ hit duet with Melanie

IAN PEEL’S A TO Z of POP

IF YOU’RE LISTENING TO MUSIC IN A LANGUAGE THAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, CAN IT ACTUALLY ADD TO YOUR ENJOYMENT AND HEIGHTEN THE POP EXPERIENCE?

THIS MONTH IN... POP MAY 1985

IN OUR ROUND-UP OF MAY 1985’s BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP, “IT’S A GIRL!” FOR KEITH ALLEN, PAUL HARDCASTLE REVISITS ‘NAM AND LEO SAYER ADOPTS A RAT

POPARAZI

READERS SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE PHOTOS AS THEY GET UP

No.18 GEORGE MICHAEL AND WHAM!

Q When did you first become a Superfan of your favourite

CLASSIC POP TOP TEN

KIM BUDDIES UP WITH JUNIOR, TOM JONES GOES IT ALONE

CLUB CLASSICS VOL. ONE

EMERGING FROM THE UNDERGROUND SOUND SYSTEM SCENE, JAZZIE B AND HIS COLLECTIVE OF FUNKI DREDS GATHERED TO MAKE AN ALBUM WHICH INCORPORATED A FUSION OF STYLES AND INFLUENCES TO CREATE A STYLISH SONIC SNAPSHOT OF MULTICULTURAL LONDON IN THE LATE 80s

THE TRANSFORMED MAN

HOWARD JONES I S RE TURNING TO HI S ROOTS WI TH HIS N EW SYNTH- POP A LBUM TRANSFORM, AND WI T H I T, H E’S PRODUCED SOME O F H IS MOST M EMORABL E TUNES IN YEARS. WI TH A U K AND US TOUR ON THE HORIZON, A LONG WI TH COL LABORAT IONS WI TH Ü BER- PRODUCER BT, I S THERE ANY THING THAT CAN STOP THIS MAN PUT T ING HI S D REAMS INTO ACT ION? ANDY JONES

haircut one hundred unseen photos

“The Embassy was one of those nights where everything

JAPAN AND DAVID SYLVIAN

INSPIRED BY GLAM AND MYOPICALLY LUMPED IN WITH THE NEW ROMANTICS BECAUSE OF A PROCLIVITY FOR COSMETICS, JAPAN WERE ALWAYS MORE ART THAN POP. THEY QUIT AFTER FIVE ALBUMS, REUNITED FOR ANOTHER, WHILE FRONTMAN DAVID SYLVIAN’S SOLO OEUVRE CONTINUES TO BEWITCH.

THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

WI T H I TS MESSAGE OF UNI T Y, 2 TONE BURNED BRIGHT AS THE EMBERS OF PUNK FADED AND OFFERED HOPE TO A GENERAT ION LOST. FORT Y YEARS ON FROM I TS INCEP T ION, C LASSI C POP TALKS TO I TS PRIME P LAYERS: JERRY DAMMERS, LYNVAL GOLDING AND NEVI L L E S TAPLE OF THE SPECIALS, THE SELECTER’S PAUL INE B LACK AND THE LAT E RANKING ROGER OF THE BEAT, TO TEL L THE TRUE STORY OF A LABEL THAT MORPHED INTO A WHOLE GENRE...

DE LA SOUL 30 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER

THIRTY YEARS AF TER 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING REVOLUTIONISED HIP-HOP, DE LA SOU L ARE STILL HONOURI NG THE CU LTURE AND TAKING THE GENRE FORWARD. WITH THEI R ALBUMS SOON TO BE AVAI LABLE DIGITALLY, A NEW GE NERATION IS LEARN ING ABOUT WHAT THE DAISY AGE SPIRIT REALLY MEANS. AS THE TRIO’S MASEO TELL CLASSIC POP: “THREE BLACK MEN STAYING TOGETHER FOR SO LONG IS BEAUTIFU L AND IMPORTANT.”

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO FLOCK, WE SALUTE YOU

ONE OF THE FEW BRITISH BANDS OF THE 80s TO BE BIGGER IN THE STATES THAN BACK HOME, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS WERE KNOWN TO MANY AS MUCH FOR THEIR SENSATIONAL HAIR AND TECHNICOLOUR IMAGE AS HITS LIKE I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) AND WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU). THEY’VE COME BACK TOGETHER AFTER 30 YEARS FOR AN ORCHESTRAL REWORKING OF THEIR BIGGEST TUNES – AND SINGER MIKE SCORE TELLS CLASSIC POP IT’S ABOUT TIME THE BAND REFORMED PROPERLY…

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

AF TER MOR E THAN 40 YEARS IN THE MUSI C BUSINESS, TOYAH WI L LCOX IS AS CREAT IVELY HUNGRY AS SHE WAS IN HER TEENS. C LASSI C POP CHATS TO THE H IGH PRI ESTESS OF PUNK AND HE R LONG - T IME COL L ABOR ATOR , S IMON DAR LOW, ABOUT THEI R BOLD REIMAGINING OF 2008 ALBUM IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON QUEEN, AND WHY THE MATERIAL DESERVES A SECOND OUT ING...

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MATTHEW RUDD

THE HOST OF FORGOTTEN 80s ON ABSOLUTE 80s RADIO CHECKS OUT THE NEW SINGLE RELEASES, INCLUDING LOUISE, P!NK, CIARA, SHAGGY, KELLY CLARKSON, PETER BOYLE AND SADIE JEMMETT...

HOWARD JONES TRANSFORM

THE KEYBOARD WIZARD’S 11TH ALBUM MAY NOT CONVERT SCEPTICS, BUT LONG-TERM FANS WILL DEFINITELY FIND THAT THINGS JUST GOT BETTER…

STEPHEN DUFFY

THE FORMER DURAN DURAN VOCALIST’S MUCH UNDERRATED 1998

STEVIE NICKS

THINK THAT STEVIE NICKS IS ALL ABOUT FLOWING SKIRTS

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ELECTRICAL LANGUAGE – INDEPENDENT BRITISH SYNTH POP

BOOKS

LUNCH WITH THE WILD FRONTIERS: A HISTORY OF BRITPOP

THE SPECIALS MAX-SCHMELING-HALLE, BERLIN

MERE YARDS FROM WHERE THE WALL ONCE STOOD, THE SPECIALS UNITE BERLIN WITH A DISPLAY AS CELEBRATORY AS IT IS CATHARTIC

GIORGIO MORODER EVENTIM APOLLO, LONDON

ON HIS FIRST EVER EUROPEAN TOUR, THE MAN WHO INVENTED DISCO BRINGS US HIS VERY OWN 1980s SEASIDE SPECIAL

EMIKA ZEISS MAJOR PLANETARIUM, BERLIN

In space, no one can hear you scream. This, perhaps

STEWART COPELAND LIGHTS UP THE ORCHESTRA

It’s a busy time for The Police. Sting’s touring with