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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NETFLIX RELEASES CAREER-SPANNING KYLIE DOCUSERIES

NEW ORDER REOPEN THE VAULTS

DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS ALL SET TO SPREAD THE LOVE

ASHCROFT SHOWS WILL BE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

American Utopia cinema screenings

DAVE WAKELING • HAVING RECENTLY TURNED 70, THE SINGER OF RECALLS HIS FORMATIVE YEARS IN BRITAIN’S SECOND CITY, CREATING ‘SKARMAGEDDON’ WITH HITS LIKE TEARS OF A CLOWN AND MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM AND REVEALS THE REAL MIRACLE BEHIND 2 TONE AHEAD OF THIS YEAR’S DANCE CRAZED TOO UK TOUR

ROCKERS ASH RETURN TO 1977

CUPID STRIKES AGAIN FOR SCRITTI POLITTI

Culture Club welcome 80s icons for arena tour

1 HIT WONDER

“I HOPE PEOPLE DANCE THEIR ARSES OFF”

St Nick’s 12 Dates Of Christmas

TIFFANY • WITH HER HIT I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW ENJOYING A STRANGER THINGS-FUELLED RESURGENCE, SELF-CONFESSED FOODIE TIFFANY HAS NOW BRANCHED OUT WITH AN 80S-THEMED COOKBOOK…

LOST & FOUND

ELTON JOHN RECEIVES TOP IVORS HONOUR

Go West announce London date

Ian Peel’s A to Z of POP • THERE CAN’T BE TOO MANY MUSICAL MOTIFS THAT LINK THE BEATLES WITH BROS, BUT THEY DO AT LEAST SHARE ONE IMPORTANT THING: AN UNFORGETTABLE BREAK INTO A WALTZ

This month in POP JULY 1980 • DEXYS GET REBELLIOUS, ULTRAVOX HEAD TO VIENNA AND THE BAND THAT BECAME NEW ORDER EMERGE

“HUMAN BEINGS ARE ARGUABLY AT A PIVOTAL POINT OF OUR OWN EXTINCTION” • After a traumatic year, Gary Numan is ready to throw himself into the challenge of writing about the impact of AI on mankind’s future. He goes into detail for the first time about his new album, as well as explaining how his wife Gemma’s health troubles and the death of his beloved brother John have affected him. “There are no intelligent people with souls or morals guiding the world,” he tells CP.

FRIEND OR FOE ADAM ANT • ANT’S 1982 DEBUT SOLO ALBUM SECURED HIM A THIRD NO.1 SINGLE, SHOWCASING AN EXPANDED SOUND, DRAWING ON CAJUN RHYTHMS AND THEMES THAT PORTRAY THE NOW RANDY HIGHWAYMAN IN FULL SWING

THE PLAYERS

THE SONGS

THE VIDEOS

“I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A NAUGHTY ALTER-EGO BUT MY CONSERVATIVE SIDE WON’T LET THAT ONE TAKE OVER” • As his 2005 solo debut Electric Blue comes of age and is set to re-emerge as a deluxe reissue, Andy Bell sits down with CP to reflect on four decades of pop hits and misses – and assures us that reports of Erasure’s demise have been wildly exaggerated…

SCISSOR KICKS

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

PETER GABRIEL • AS HE READIES HIS LATEST ALBUM O/I, WE EXAMINE THE SOLO BACK CATALOGUE OF THE FORMER GENESIS FRONTMAN WHO TOOK ART-ROCK TO NEW COMMERCIAL HEIGHTS

THE TURNER PRIZE • While Tina Turner was known for her sensational live performances, her studio work rate is often less celebrated. To mark a new 30th anniversary edition of Wildest Dreams, its producer Trevor Horn and 80s duettist Bryan Adams tell us how Tina was able to nail classic vocals immediately. The pair also reveal her easygoing charm, which led stars to forget to get paid and to startle Horn’s friends.

TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 13 JULY 1991 • BRYAN ADAMS TAKES...