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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MIDGE RESCHEDULES LIVE SHOWS ON MEDICAL GROUNDS

SPANDAU: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

SOFT CELL GO DELUXE FOR SEMINAL ALBUM

TFF’s Curt Smith sees double

Quatro revs up for 2026 spring gigs

Three-date jaunt for Trevor Horn

TANITA TIKARAM • ALMOST FOUR DECADES SINCE ANCIENT HEART, TANITA TIKARAM IS BACK WITH HER 10TH ALBUM. SHE EXPLAINS WHY LIAR (LOVE ISN’T A RIGHT) REPRESENTS A SEQUEL – OF SORTS – TO HER DEBUT.

1-HIT WONDER

CHRISSIE HYNDE DOUBLES UP WITH STAR NAMES

DEPECHE MODE HIT CINEMA SCREENS

CAST • JOHN POWER REFLECTS ON A MONUMENTAL YEAR FOR HIS BAND AND REVEALS ALL ABOUT THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM, AMPING UP THE CROWDS AT THE CURRENT OASIS REUNION SHOWS – AND IF THE LA’S WILL GET THEIR OWN VICTORY LAP ANY TIME SOON…

LOST & FOUND

SPLIT ENZ ANNOUNCE ARCHIVAL BOXSET

WOLFE AND ENO’S HITS FROM THE NONG

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN • WITH LAST YEAR’S GLASGOW EYES, THEIR FIRST TOP 10 ALBUM SINCE 1988 COMPILATION BARBED WIRE KISSES, AND AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN STORES, A GENTLER BUT STILL UNCOMPROMISING JESUS AND MARY CHAIN HEADLINE NOVEMBER’S SHIIINE ON WEEKENDER. JIM REID LOOKS BACK AT THEIR LEGACY.

GENE ARE SPREADING THE REUNION LOVE

ORCHESTRAL CELEBRATION OF KATE CLASSICS

Suede hit the road for epic UK tour

Ian Peel’s A to Z of POP • THE 7” IS POP’S DEFINITIVE FORMAT. AND THE 12” IS THE BEDROCK OF THE CLASSIC POP ERA. BUT THE 10” PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, TOO…

Win tickets to Shiiine on weekender • We’ve teamed up with Shiiine On Weekender to offer one lucky reader the chance to win an incredible prize package for the ultimate 90s celebration at Butlins Minehead, from 14-17 November

This month in POP OCTOBER 1987 • THE BOSS UNVEILS A UK CHART-TOPPER, GEORGE MICHAEL RELEASES HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL SONG AND THE BEE GEES BREAK A RECORD

TOP 5 UK ALBUMS CHART 10 OCTOBER 1987 • 10 OCTOBER 1987

“YOU DON’T JUST WANT TO BE LOVED, YOU ALSO WANT TO BE HATED. AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.” • Spandau Ballet were a band in a hurry – but the music industry had other ideas. Now, as a new early-years boxset highlights their New Romantic reign, Gary Kemp, John Keeble and Steve Norman tell us of the race to be first to bring the Blitz scene to Top Of The Pops.

HAPPY FAMILIES BLANCMANGE • A SOLID, EXCITING SYNTH-POP DEBUT THAT HELD SUCH PROMISE FOR THE DUO, YET REMAINED ENIGMATIC. BEHIND THE OBVIOUS INFLUENCES IS A RECORD THAT SHIMMERS WITH GREATNESS.

THE SONGS

THE PLAYERS

THE VIDEOS

Back to the Beginning • Rising to fame with her siblings in 80s pop phenomenon Five Star, Deniece Pearson now takes complete control on her second solo album, Free Queen See. The soulful star reveals all about the thrill of reclaiming lost time as an independent woman, the magic of her lucky number seven and channelling the spirit of Bob Marley…

DAVID BOWIE • AS A NEW BOXSET SCOOPS UP HIS FINAL ALBUMS, WE TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE LEGENDARY SINGER-SONGWRITER’S DIVERSE POST-70S OUTPUT

COMING SOON…

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