British reggae icons UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell get ‘Up Close and Personal’ for two UK shows to round off 2024. UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell will play London’s Eventim Apollo on 3 December, and Wolverhampton Civic […]
Online Exclusive – Moseley Folk Festival Review
Picture Credit: Dave Freak Moseley Folk & Arts Festival, Birmingham, 30 August to 1 September 2024 ★★★★☆ Classic Pop heads to a folk festival to find Dexys, Belle And Sebastian, and CMAT all kicking up […]
Pet Shop Boys release Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’
Pet Shop Boys release Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’ featuring four bonus tracks and demos of all the album songs. Following their headline show at BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Preston, Pet Shop Boys have […]
Jamiroquai celebrates the 30th anniversary of The Return Of The Space Cowboy
Jamiroquai celebrates the 30th anniversary of The Return Of The Space Cowboy with vinyl reissue. The second album from the acid jazz and funk collective fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, will be reissued as a […]
Stevie Wonder shares new song
Stevie Wonder shares new song, Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart, his first solo release since 2020. One of the most celebrated and iconic figures in popular music, Stevie Wonder’s call for unity is […]
The story of Joy Division & New Order continues in Transmissions Season 2
Season 2 of Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order, comes to streaming sites. The series, featuring new and exclusive interviews with band members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter […]
Peel Dream Magazine’s Weightless Exercise in Memory Tourism
Peel Dream Magazine – Rose Main Reading RoomTopshelf Records If you’re ever looking to come down from a panic attack, the fourth album from Peel Magazine Dream, Rose Main Reading Room, would be a novel […]
New Order announce Brotherhood ‘Definitive’ boxset
Picture Credit: Anton Corbijn New Order announce Brotherhood ‘Definitive’, a new remastered boxset for their fourth studio album. Available in 2CD, 2DVD and 1LP, Brotherhood is the fourth in the New Order series of limited […]
Johnny Marr shares previously unheard recording
Picture Credit: Jon Shard Delving into the Boomslang-era archive, Johnny Marr shares previously unheard recording of The Way That It Was with his band the Healers. The previously unreleased song, taken from the upcoming special […]
Top 20 cover versions of the 80s
Top 20 80s cover versions Breathing fresh life into old classics or radically reinventing them, we celebrate 20 of the finest 80s cover versions The hit cover version is something of a rarity in today’s […]
Uniform’s ‘American Standard’ Is Brilliantly Devastating
Uniform – American Standard Sacred Bones Some light verse from the pen of Uniform vocalist Michael Berdan: More from Spin: At Oblivion Access, Heaviness Comes in Many Forms The 25 Best Metal Songs of 2017 The […]
Marc Almond – I’m Not Anyone interview
Image Credit: Nick Spanos Marc Almond tells Classic Pop how his move from London to Portugal has reignited his passion for music and led to the new covers album, I’m Not Anyone… Although Marc Almond […]