Classic Pop

Classic Pop magazine is the ultimate celebration of great pop and chart music - featuring both the stars of yesteryear and the classic pop-inspired acts breaking today, Classic Pop brings you closer to the genre and music you love. Each issue – with 80s pop at its core – brings you the very best exclusive artist interviews, in-depth features, music news and reviews celebrating the finest acts from the late-70s post-punk scene through to the pop, synth-pop, New Romantic, ska, indie, electronic and guitar greats of the 80s and chart stars of the 90s – plus the best new acts that embrace our classic pop heritage.

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A-HA FRONTMAN DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

SPANDAU BOXSET WILL REVISIT THE BAND’S EARLY YEARS

ROBIN SCOTT TALKS ABOUT POP MUSIC

A time to Shiiine in Minehead

Half-century up for The Damned

Hats off to Montreal quartet

ALISON GOLDFRAPP Q+A • THE SINGER-SONGWRITER IS BACK WITH FLUX, HER SECOND SOLO ALBUM AND FOLLOW-UP TO 2023’S THE LOVE INVENTION. SHE TALKS TO CLASSIC POP ABOUT TOURING WITH SCISSOR SISTERS, STARTING HER OWN RECORD LABEL AND THE COST OF BEING FREE.

DAVID BYRNE REVEALS NEW SOLO ALBUM AND TOUR

DURAN DURAN BRING GHOULISH DELIGHTS TO MANCHESTER

BRIAN ENO AND BEATIE WOLFE PLAY THEIR CARDS RIGHT

Fratellis hit the road to celebrate debut LP

1-HIT WONDER

JUSTIN CURRIE Q+A • A PARKINSON’S DIAGNOSIS IS JUST ONE OF THE SLINGS AND ARROWS LIFE HAS HURLED AT THE DEL AMITRI FRONTMAN RECENTLY. BUT HE AND THE BAND ARE PLAYING ON – AND NOW HE’S WRITTEN ONE OF THE YEAR’S MOST EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC MEMOIRS.

LOST & FOUND

GARY NUMAN A PERFECT CIRCLE: LIVE • CONCERT FOOTAGE DOCUMENTS THE LEGEND’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO HIGH-PROFILE LONDON VENUE

Ian Peel’s A to Z of POP • BEFORE WHAM! THERE WAS THE EXECUTIVE. BEFORE TEARS FOR FEARS, GRADUATE. AND DURING THE EARLY-TO MID-80S POP BOOM, BOTH WORLDS COLLIDED IN THE SAME RECORD SHOPS AT THE SAME TIME.

This month in POP AUGUST 1986 • NUMAN’S FANS TAKE A STAND, MADONNA PREACHES TO THE CONVERTED AND SLIPPERY CUSTOMERS BON JOVI RELEASE THEIR BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM

TOP 5 UK ALBUMS CHART 9 AUGUST 1986

BOXING CLEVER • BRYAN ADAMS IS BACK WITH A FEISTY NEW RECORD, ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES, SOUNDING LIKE A MAN REINVIGORATED. WE CATCH UP WITH HIM DURING HIS EUROPEAN ARENA TOUR TO DISCUSS THE “AWESOME“ MEL C, HANGING OUT WITH IGGY POP, AND REMAINING UNBEATEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

HEAVEN ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE • THE SECOND ALBUM FROM THE GO-GO’S FRONTWOMAN-TURNED-SOLO STAR GAVE HER A HUGE NO.1 SINGLE THAT BECAME A TIMELESS ANTHEM. IT’S A CONFIDENT COMING-OF-AGE STATEMENT, WHICH ENSURED HER ASCENT FROM DIVE BAR TO DIVA.

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L.A. Woman • Belinda Carlisle is revisiting the late-60s and early-70s pop that soundtracked her days growing up in the Golden State for a new 10-song covers album. It’s a record that conjures up “bittersweet memories of a California that doesn’t really exist anymore,” reflects the singer.

JOHNNY MARR • ONE OF THE UK’S MOST REVERED INSTRUMENTALISTS, THE GUITARIST HELPED PROPEL THE SMITHS TO INDIE ROCK GREATNESS BEFORE BUILDING A PROLIFIC COLLABORATIVE BODY OF WORK WHICH EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO AN INCREASINGLY AMBITIOUS SOLO CAREER

“I got to live out my dream. If you aim big enough, you can get there. ” • Having enjoyed looking dapper during Spandau Ballet’s commercial heyday, it should be no surprise that Tony Hadley has a lifelong affiliation with big band music. He’s also got an affinity for singers who value style over technique. As he prepares to get classy on tour later this year, Hadley tells Classic Pop of the joys of being an optimist, the future of...