Classic Pop

THE STYLE COUNCIL

The group on their incredible pop life from Café Bleu to Modernism: A New Decade

”We weren’t born to be pop stars!”

JAMES

“The world needs some uplifting voices right now!”

SIMPLE MINDS

Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill on their lifelong bromance and Once Upon A Time’s 40th anniversary reissue

NEW RELEASES

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Boy George, The Divine Comedy, Richard Ashcroft, Johnny Marr, Starsailor, Say She She, Pop Will Eat Itself, Wet Wet Wet, Tasmin Archer, Joy Crookes, Baxter Dury, Mimi Webb, Chameleons, Ash, Gruff Rhys, Boo Boos, Caity Baser, The...

HOWARD JONES

THE SYNTH ICON ON 40 YEARS OF DREAM INTO ACTION AND WHY HE WAS DETERMINED TO STRIKE A BLOW FOR FREE THINKERS EVERYWHERE

BRYAN ADAMS

The Canadian icon launches his own record label and unveils new album Roll With The Punches

HEAVEN 17 “WE WANTED TO SHOCK PEOPLE WHEN THEY FIRST HEARD US!”

THE SYNTH-POP ICONS UNVEILS NEW MUSIC AND THIER 'ELECTROPOPUMENTARY' PROJECT

WELCOME

You’ll all have no doubt heard the clichéd quote from bands and artists trotted out down the ages that goes along the lines of: “We made this record for ourselves – and if anyone else likes it, that’s a bonus.” The reality in the competitive world of...

WELCOME

We like to think of ourselves as ahead of the curve in the UK when it comes to talentspotting new bands. Perhaps that comes down to something as simple as geography – word can get around pretty sharpish on these moderately-sized shores when...

WELCOME

Pop landmarks don’t come much bigger than Band Aid’s iconic No.1 single Do They Know It’s Christmas?, released in December 1984, or the spectacular Live Aid concerts the following summer in London and Philadelphia. Originally prompted by Michael...

TOM, JOE & ALANNAH SPEAK!

“WE WERE A PERFECT COMBINATION”

Alison Moyet

Her hotly-anticipated return – and a past reimagined “I always had the hardest time with the hits”