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Classic Pop’s team will only get one chance to celebrate our 100th issue, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to highlight some pivotal moments that have got us to this point. Many of you have be

JOHN LYDON WITH PHIL MEARS “This pic of myself and John Lydon was taken at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Greater Manchester, as part of his I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right spoken word tour on

To quote Madonna’s 2005 global smash Hung Up, “Time goes by so slowly”, and no-one is more aware of that sentiment at the moment than the Queen Of Pop’s devoted fanbase as they eagerly await her new a

We all laughed at Alan Partridge when he said his favourite Beatles album was “The Best Of The Beatles”. But might he secretly have had a point? In the streaming age, the hits compilation has become a

The past 12 months have seen some fabulous releases. Prima ’s books editor Nina Pottell looks back at her favourites and the ones you may have missed…

When Blur won four trophies at the BRIT Awards on 20 February 1995, the band changed forever. Britpop, or whatever you want to call that scene, had entered the mainstream. After the success of Parklif