Retro Pop Magazine January 2023 Vorige editie

It’s that time of year again, as we celebrate the biggest releases of 2022 and take a glimpse at what’s to come in the new year!

Leading the pack this month is the legendary Belinda Carlisle, who alongside the long-awaited UK leg of her ‘Decades Tour’ is preparing to unleash her first commercial pop record in more than 25 years!

Our 2023 Preview section has everything you need to know about the next 12 months, from the most exciting upcoming albums to the tours you won’t want to miss. While looking to the future, we also step back in time to 1978 - a monumental year in pop that birthed an electronic revolution through 1983 - and celebrate artists like Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The Human League, and Soft Cell, who are still going strong and have exciting new projects coming up.

As always, we catch up with some of the biggest names in pop: chart-topper Olly Murs tells all about his latest album ‘Marry Me’; UB40’s Robin Campbell celebrates the band’s 45th anniversary; Caro Emerald frontwoman Caroline van der Leeuw tells all about her new solo project The Jordan; The Beautiful South singer Dave Hemingway unveils his new group Sunbirds; and following her surprise return to music, Sam Brown gives an exclusive preview of her forthcoming album.

We also look back over the past year, celebrating the best albums, singles, reissues and everything in between, before looking to the future with a bumper Ones To Watch feature, hearing from five up-and-coming artists who I’m incredibly excited about going into 2023.

There’s plenty more to sink your teeth into - including a behind the scenes look at the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic, ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’, including some special commentary from Boy Meets Girl, who penned one of her biggest hits, How Will I Know.

All that and more in the latest issue of Retro Pop!