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Classic Pop issue 91 is on sale now!
In the new issue of Classic Pop, as a 40th anniversary version of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? is released, we meet the latest incarnation’s producer Trevor Horn and co-songwriter of the 1984 […]
A Lexicon Of Life – Martin Fry Interview
More than 40 years since becoming a star, Martin Fry tells his life story in A Lexicon Of Life. Alongside his battles with cancer and alcoholism, Martin reveals to Classic… You have reached your monthly […]
Classic Pop Reader Survey 2025
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Simple Minds share new single Your Name In Lights
Simple Minds share new single, Your Name In Lights, lifted from the soundtrack to the documentary, Everything Is Possible. Released to celebrate the BBC premiere of the acclaimed Simple Minds documentary Everything Is Possible, the […]
Win A Signed Copy Of David Gray’s New Album
Classic Pop is thrilled to offer its readers an exclusive chance to win one of three signed copies of David Gray’s new album, Dear Life. Due for release on 17 January, Dear Life is the […]
Robbie Williams releases re-recorded version of Angels
Robbie Williams has released a re-recorded version of Angels, which is featured on the soundtrack of his musical biopic Better Man. Written by Robbie and collaborator Guy Chambers, Angels originally featured on the former Take […]
Top 40 pop soundtracks – the definitive movie playlist
From thrillers to chillers, sci-fi to rom-coms, cinema would be nothing without music – here Classic Pop picks the Top 40 Best Movie Soundtracks We’ve looked at all eras of classic pop to chart the […]
Album Insight: Pet Shop Boys – Elysium
One of the most controversial albums in the Pet Shop Boys catalogue, Elysium was the peak of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe trying an LP that wasn’t solely about the importance of pop… The closest […]
Top 40 80s debut albums
We take a look at the best debut albums of the 80s… Debut albums are often the purest example of any artist’s work. It can be the result of years of dreaming, planning and writing, […]
Classic Album: Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Initially ignored in the UK, Talk Talk’s second album, It’s My Life, marked the first signs of a shifting trajectory. But it stands up on its own merits as a fine synth-pop record. Throughout life, […]
Interview: Richard Coles remembers the Communards
Rev Richard Coles on the Communards After more than a decade as TV’s go-to vicar, it’s easy to forget how influential Rev Richard Coles was alongside Jimmy Somerville in political pop mavericks Communards. It seems […]