Pop Spotlight

How an opportunistic meeting of a pop prophet in waiting and a fledgling powerhouse vocalist led to Upstairs At Eric’s – a stripped-back synth-pop masterclass that remains timeless A helping of creative tension is often […]

Review: Dead Or Alive – Youthquake Reissue (Demon) ★★★★☆ Turning Pete Burns from a cult figure to a star was traumatic for everyone involved. But, now 40 years on, Youthquake is mostly a testament to […]

Picture credit: Mark Seliger A 25th anniversary edition of Britney Spears’ Oops!… I Did It Again will be released on Friday 16 May. In 1999,  Britney reached international superstar status with the massive chart-topping commercial […]

Picture credit: Tom Jackson Pulp return with More, their first new album in almost 24 years. “This is the first Pulp album since We Love Life in 2001,” says frontman Jarvis Cocker. ”Yes: the first […]

Picture Credit: Munachi Osegbu Sparks MAD! tour comes to the UK this June and July. Legendary pop pioneers Sparks continue to break new ground and are releasing their brand new album MAD! in May followed […]

Image credit: Toni François Depeche Mode announce new cinematic film titled Depeche Mode: M. Featuring interstitials and archival footage from the band’s Mexico City shows on the 2023-24 Memento Mori Tour. The feature-length film, conceptualised and […]

In Classic Pop issue 93 we meet Sparks – brothers Ron and Russell Mael – for an exclusive cover feature as they take us inside their stunning new album MAD! We also catch up with […]

Picture credit: Westenberg The Divine Comedy reveal details of 13th album, Rainy Sunday Afternoon. A lot has happened to Neil Hannon since the last The Divine Comedy studio album, Office Politics, in 2019. Their entire back […]

The All Seeing I’s Dean Honer, Richard Barratt and Jason Buckle – Picture Credit: Rankin A new animated video sees Jarvis Cocker narrate his liner notes for the reissue of Pickled Eggs & Sherbet by […]

The Farm release Moment In Time, their first new music of 2025, and celebrate with a surprise hometown show. Lifted from Let The Music (Take Control), their first album in more than 30 years, the […]

Win a pair of tickets worth £480 in our Bearded Theory Festival 2025 competition The multi award-winning Bearded Theory festival returns to the idyllic grounds of Catton Park in Derbyshire for its 16th year this […]

A family ticket worth £1,370 is up for grabs in our Camp Bestival 2025 competition The UK’s favourite family festival is heading back to Dorset’s Lulworth Castle from 31 July to 3 August with a […]