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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HIGH TIME FOR BLONDIE’S RETURN

O\I O\I! – GABRIEL’S BACK WITH FOLLOW-UP

ERASURE ARE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH

NANAS SET TO TURN UP THE HEAT

Sugababes enter new era

THE DARKNESS • BACK WITH A COMPREHENSIVE RETROSPECTIVE CROCK OF HITS, CLASSIC POP MEETS THE DARKNESS’ FRONTMAN JUSTIN HAWKINS AS THE BAND PREPARES FOR THEIR UPCOMING UK ARENA TOUR

1 HIT WONDER

TALKING HEADS SHOW NO FEAR WITH REISSUE

Fresh spin on Communards’ classic cover

SOPHIE GREY • CLASSIC POP JOINS ‘RETRO ELECTRO’ CHANTEUSE SOPHIE GREY ON A JOURNEY BACK TO THE FUTURE AS SHE PREPARES TO SUPPORT TREVOR HORN AND HIS BAND ON TOUR ACROSS THE UK THIS DECEMBER

LOST & FOUND

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD FOR SLEEPER

Electric Summer Sessions revealed

Ian Peel’s A to Z of POP • THREE ICONIC BASS GUITARS HAVE SPENT DECADES MISSING IN ACTION… BUT THEY’VE ALL BEEN RECENTLY REDISCOVERED

This month in POP DECEMBER 1981 • ROD STEWART GOES GLOBAL, ABBA REVISIT THE NO.1 SPOT AND THE HUMAN LEAGUE PROVIDE A DARING FESTIVE CHART-TOPPER

“IT WAS THRILLING TO WATCH IN REAL TIME – THIS EMERGENCE OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR” • AS GEORGE MICHAEL: THE FAITH TOUR HITS CINEMAS AND RECORD STORES, CO-DIRECTORS DAVID AUSTIN – THE ICON’S LIFELONG BEST FRIEND – AND ANDY MORAHAN RECALL A HEADY MOMENT IN TIME WHEN WHAM!’S FORMER YOUNG GUN BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST POP STARS ON THE PLANET

CLASSIC ALBUM THE LUXURY GAP HEAVEN 17 • THE SHEFFIELD SYNTH-POPPERS’ SECOND ALBUM IS A LUSCIOUS PRODUCTION THAT COMBINES PROGRAMMED MACHINES WITH THE HUMAN TOUCH. THE LANDMARK 1983 LP BROUGHT THEM LONG-OVERDUE CHART SUCCESS ON THEIR OWN TERMS.

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“PETE WAS PART OSCAR WILDE, PART DUKE OF WELLINGTON” • You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) gave Stock Aitken Waterman their first No.1 single. That’s not the only reason the producers are grateful to Dead Or Alive. With an incoming reissue of their second album together, Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know, the trio tell us why Pete Burns was such a special talent – but why the experience left them vowing never to work with bands again.

SPANDAU BALLET • FROM KILTED BLITZ KIDS TO SUAVE SOUL BOYS AND BEYOND, THE BAND’S JOURNEY TO GLORY TRANSCENDED THE CLUB SCENE THAT SPAWNED THEM TO ACHIEVE POP BRILLIANCE AND GRANTED THEM A TICKET TO THE WORLD

SUPER FAN • DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA

Masters of FUNK • If you only know Level 42 through the hits, a new album collecting together many of their early instrumental tracks showcases an entirely different side to the Brit-funk legends. Founder members Mark King and Mike Lindup reflect on the group’s beginnings and their future live plans…

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COMMERCIAL BREAKS • A DECADE AFTER WILDFLOWER ENDED THE 16-YEAR WAIT FOR NEW MUSIC FROM THE AVALANCHES, THE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTIVE MARK THE ANNIVERSARY WITH THEIR STELLAR NEW ALBUM, NO BAD MEMORIES. IN A RARE...