Pop Spotlight

Elton John has unveiled a new video for his seasonal classic Step Into Christmas, starring Cara Delevingne. The new video reimagines what it was like behind the scenes for the now iconic original 1973 visual, […]

We’ve got your festive playlist covered, pop fans. Here are our top 25 Christmas songs from your favourite classic pop artists that’ll have you wishing it was Christmas every day… 25. Coventry Carol – Alison […]

Review: Thompson Twins – Into The Gap 40th Anniversary Reissue (BMG) ★★★★☆ For its 40th birthday, Thompson Twins’ biggest commercial moment receives a thorough 3CD set filling in all the gaps of a band relishing […]

As pop and politics clashed to fight for sexual liberation and queer visibility, some distinctive and brave new voices emerged as the loudest, whatever the repercussions… here we look at 1984 – The Year Pop […]

Review: Tears For Fears –  Songs For A Nervous Planet (Concord) ★★★★☆ As if Curt and Roland’s first ever official full live album isn’t enough, there’s an additional bonus EP of four brand new songs […]

Review: Kylie Minogue – Tension II (BMG) ★★★★☆ Sequel albums are rare, yet Kylie justifies her decision to return to the studio with Tension II – an intense nine-song blast of new material to sit […]

Review: The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Polydor/Fiction) ★★★★★ Some albums need more time to surface. Now, after 16 years, The Cure are back to break your heart with an age-appropriate masterpiece that […]

Check out our Classic Pop Christmas Flash Sale… Make their Christmas magical with gifts they’ll love – save 25% on anything in our online shop, including all back issues, and of course our special editions […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]