THE TEARDROP EXPLODES

WELCOME

It won’t have escaped your attention that a rather

POP-UP

Musicians who performed with Talk Talk have announced

SIMON LE BON RAVES ABOUT MEETING HIS CHILDHOOD HERO

Duran Duran have earned some of the best reviews of

1-HIT WONDER

With its Indian instrumentation and western pop rhythms

SOFT CELL PONDER PLANS FOR MUSICAL FUTURE

Synth-pop icons Soft Cell may have played their final

CURE SON COMES TO DAD’S AID IN JAPAN

The Cure found an able deputy for bassist Simon Gallup

LOST & FOUND

Living Colour, an outstanding quartet from New York

ROBBIE DIGS DEEP FOR GLITZY VEGAS SHOWS

Robbie Williams may have sold out his first Las Vegas

TWO NEW DELIVERIES FOR IMBRUGLIA

Natalie Imbruglia will deliver not one but two bundles

Q+A MARK ROGERS

WHAT HAS THE LEAD SINGER OF HOLLYWOOD BEYOND BEEN UP TO THESE PAST THREE DECADES? WILL SIMPSON FINDS OUT

POP Quiz

2 Duran Duran recently played a US show to celebrate

”WITHOUT JOHN PEEL, THE BUNNYMEN WOULDN’T EXIST”

Read our review of The John Peel Sessions 1979-1983

FOOD BANK PLAN FOR SQUEEZE TOUR

Squeeze’s forthcoming 27-date Difford And Tilbrook

IAN PEEL’S A TO Z of POP

I IS FOR … INTERLUDE

GODFATHERS of POP

THE NEW ORDER FRONTMAN TALKS ELECTRONIC, DENTISTS

Prince estate wins legal battle against bootlegging label

Prince estate wins legal battle against bootlegging

TREVOR HORN HAD TO GET PHYSICAL WITH MCCLAREN

Trevor Horn has never been shy of using technology

MANI’S QUIET LIFE AFTER THE ROSES END

Stone Roses bassist Mani doesn’t miss the rock’n’roll

SUPER FAN

DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

THIS MONTH IN POP

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

TOP 10: 6 SEPTEMBER 1981

CLIFF GETS WIRED FOR SOUND, ADAM ANT LOOKS BACK TO THE PAST (AGAIN), ELO HOLD ON TIGHT AND ANEKA GOES FULL MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

POPARAZZ

READERS SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE PHOTOS AS THEY GET

CLASSIC POP MOMENT

No.56 MADONNA STEALS THE SHOW AT THE FIRST MTV VIDEO

”I’M A MIXTURE OF DRIVE, THE DESIRE FOR PERFECTION AND A STAGGERING LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE”

”I’M A MIXTURE OF DRIVE, THE DESIRE FOR PERFECTION

SIGN O’ THE TIMES PRINCE

AFTER DISBANDING THE REVOLUTION IN 1986, PRINCE

Q+A CAT GLOVER

THE CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER AND SINGER TALKS TO CALUM

2019: a space odyssey

EVEN BY DURAN DURAN’S STANDARDS, FLYING 300 DRONES

TRY 3 ISSUES FOR £5

ALBUM BY ALBUM: BLUR

LED BY THE VERSATILE SONGWRITING OF DAMON ALBARN

GOING LIVE

KIM WILDE HAS RARELY TAKEN A CONVENTIONAL APPROACH

Rise of the Machines

INTRODUCING THE PIONEERING DEVICES THAT SHAPED 80s

“THERE’S NO DELIVEROO. SO AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED, I LIVE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE NOW.”

“THERE’S NO DELIVEROO. SO AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED,

FLEXIBLE FRIENDS

NEIL MACKENZIE MATTHEWS’ NEW PHOTO BOOK SNAP COMPILES

BEAUTIFUL CHAOS

NOT ONLY ARE THE PSYCH EDELIC FURS GETTING THEM

REVIEWS

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

MATTHEW RUDD

THE HOST OF FORGOTTEN 80s ON ABSOLUTE 80s RADIO

CHARLI XCX

CHARLI

KIM WILDE

ALIENS LIVE

BON IVER

i,i

THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES

TBNH

CHRISSIE HYNDE

VALVE BONE WOE

KEANE

CAUSE AND EFFECT

BAT FOR LASHES

LOST GIRLS

IGGY POP

FREE

SALAD

THE SALAD WAY

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER

DIESEL PARK WEST

LET IT MELT

JENNY HVAL

THE PRACTICE OF LOVE

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

ROLL WITH ME

METRONOMY

METRONOMY FOREVER

LE CYGNE NOIR

SHADOW OF A WRECKING BALL

PIXIES

BENEATH THE EYRIE

M83

DSVII

MAXI PRIEST

IT ALL COMES BACK TO LOVE

PREFAB SPROUT

SWOON/FROM LANGLEY PARK TO MEMPHIS/JORDAN: THE COMEBACK/ A LIFE OF SURPRISES: THE BEST OF

MORRISSEY

THE BEST OF MORRISSEY

GOLDIE

SATURNZ RETURN (21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

GOLDFRAPP

BLACK CHERRY

THE CULT

SONIC TEMPLE 30

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

THE JOHN PEEL SESSIONS 1979-1983

JANET JACKSON

CONTROL: THE REMIXES/RHYTHM NATION 1814/JANET/THE VELVET ROPE/ALL FOR YOU

BILLY OCEAN

REMIXES AND RARITIES

JIMMY SOMERVILLE

MANAGE THE DAMAGE

MOLOKO

DO YOU LIKE MY TIGHT SWEATER?

LALAH HATHAWAY

IT’S SOMETHIN’: THE VIRGIN YEARS

IAN GITTINS

DEPECHE MODE: FAITH & DEVOTION

VIVIEN GOLDMAN

REVENGE OF THE SHE-PUNKS

MICK HOUGHTON

FRIED & JUSTIFIED: HITS, MYTHS, BREAK-UPS AND BREAKDOWNS IN THE RECORD BUSINESS 1978-98

NEW ORDER

CANONS MARSH AMPHITHEATRE, BRISTOL

JOY DIVISION ORCHESTRATED

ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON

kd lang

THE FORUM, BATH

JENNY LEWIS

SWX, BRISTOL

STEVIE WONDER

HYDE PARK, LONDON

SOLIHULL SUMMER FEST

TUDOR GRANGE PARK, SOLIHULL

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

ROBIN 2, BILSTON