Classic Pop (magazine)

Classic Pop

Editor	Steve Harnell
Editor-at-Large	Ian Peel
Former editors	Rik Flynn, Ian Peel
Categories	Music magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Anthem Publishing
Founder	Ian Peel
First issue	October 2012
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	classicpopmag.com

Classic Pop is a bi-monthly^[1] British music magazine, which launched in October 2012.^[2] It was devised and founded by Ian Peel, who was also editor for the first 19 issues. Rik Flynn stepped in as editor until Issue 23 followed by current editor Steve Harnell. Ian Peel remains involved as Founder & Editor-at-Large.^[3]

Launched as a bi-monthly magazine by Anthem Publishing,^[4] Classic Pop had become a monthly magazine by the time Anthem temporarily paused publication of the title in April 2020 due to Covid-19. After a break of three months, which saw Anthem cease publication of sister magazine "Long Live Vinyl",^[5] Classic Pop returned as a bi-monthly publication with occasional special editions (such as "Synthpop Volume 2: Electric Dreams").^[6]

Its overriding philosophy is summed up on one of its occasional series, Five Decades of... which interviews and appraises the work of an influential musician or group who may have been constantly overlooked by other media but who are nonetheless influential and have been consistently active, releasing new music across the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Key Five Decades of... features have included Vince Clarke (Issue 10, pages 54–61), Duran Duran (Issue 1, pages 52–59), Simple Minds (Issue 2, pages 58–65) and Spandau Ballet (Issue 3, pages 50–57).

Classic Pop has also published special one-off editions commemorating the lives of David Bowie, Prince and Michael Jackson, as well as the careers of ABBA, Madonna, Paul McCartney, George Michael and Elton John.