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Interview by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 14 July 1977

TO STIG Anderson, it's a familiar story. "I've seen it all a hundred times," says Abba's business manager, record company president and lyricist. "First, we ...

Sweet: Did you know, Mrs Connolly, that the little baby you abandoned all those years ago grew up to become a great big star?

Interview by Rosalind Russell, Disc, 5 May 1973

MRS CONNOLLY, where are you? Wherever you are, your son Brian is doing all right thank you. He has just bought a new car and ...

Culture Club Say War — Watch Yourself!

Interview by Max Bell, No. 1, 29 September 1984

CULTURE CLUB ARE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE — 'THE WAR SONG' TO BE EXACT. BUT HOW HIGH IS THE PRICE OF THEIR FAME? AND WILL ...

Rick Astley: Never gonna give him up: How Rick Astley returned from the wilderness

Interview by Paul Sexton, Daily Telegraph, 9 September 2016

OVER COFFEE in a smart London hotel, Rick Astley is explaining his antidote to middle age. "I still play in a band, with a couple of friends. We ...

Kajagoogoo

Interview by Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 3 February 1983

"It's the sound of primal life," according to these five chaps from Leighton Buzzard. "That's just what I was going to say," replies Ian Birch. ...

Avril Lavigne: O Sister, What Art Thou?

Interview by Tim Cooper, The Independent, 11 March 2005

Teenage girls can't resist Avril Lavigne's sulky-teen pose. So Tim Cooper decides to let his daughter interrogate the pop princess. ...

Christina Aguilera: Christina stripped bare

Interview by Tim Cooper, The Evening Standard, 30 October 2003

The video for 'Dirrty' transformed Christina Aguilera overnight from girl next door to sex siren. As she plays Wembley, Tim Cooper talks to her about ...

Brother Beyond

Interview by William Shaw, Smash Hits, 12 August 1987

We present 25 incredible, barmy and completely true facts about the group that Italy knows as "Brother Behind." ...

David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy: Shaun Cassidy, Rock Star

Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 5 March 1978

An overnight sensation No time for an explanation Sensation, yeah, yeah, yeah — Shaun Cassidy, 'Teen Dream' ...

Kylie Minogue: "It's not right if you're a woman who enjoys expressing her sexuality pretending you're not sexual"

Interview by Jude Rogers, New Statesman, 27 March 2014

Jude Rogers talks to the pop princess about gay best friends, life after breast cancer and why she spent New Year alone. ...

George Michael, Wham!: George Talks: His Frankest Interview Ever

Interview by Steve Pafford, Richard Smith, GAY TIMES, July 2007

ALTHOUGH IT'S probably not what George Michael would like to be remembered for, something happened a year ago that summed him up beautifully. George was ...

Kylie Minogue: She Came, She S.A.W., She Conquered

Interview by Stuart Maconie, New Musical Express, 22 August 1992

In the great theme park that is the British Popular Experience, KYLIE MINOGUE represents a national treasure, which is not bad going for an Australian. ...

Kajagoogoo, Limahl: Limahl: I Me Mine

Interview by Helen Fitzgerald, Melody Maker, 9 June 1984

LIMAHL and his ego hold court. Credulous report: Helen FltzGerald ...

Jonathan King: King Prat

Interview by Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian, 9 February 1991

On the titter count he scores high. And he insists on playing the prat because it pays off so handsomely. But the music biz has ...

Hanson: The Kids Are All Bright!

Interview by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 14 June 1997

Their single is catchier than a cold sore and it's everywhere this summer. America's teen-tastic HANSON leapt straight outta nowhere into the Number One spot ...

Dido: Queen of the Road

Interview by Sheryl Garratt, Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2008

Dido is Britain's most successful female artist ever, yet is releasing only her third album since her 1999 breakthrough. She tells Sheryl Garratt about the ...

Spice Girls: Too Hot to Handle

Interview by Chris Heath, Rolling Stone, 10 July 1997

How five British pop tarts built their own world empire ...