Connor Gotto

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Howard Jones announces 40th anniversary Dream Into Action tour

1 week ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

The seminal record – which peaked at No. 2 in the UK and cracked the US Top 10 – delivered global hits including No One Is To Blame and Things Can Only Get Better, which earned a new following after being featured in Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’.
Natalie Imbruglia's Torn named most-played song of 21st century

1 week ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

Lifted from the Australian star’s debut LP, ‘Left Of The Middle’, the track – a cover of the track released by Danish singer Lis Sørensen as Brændt in 1993, before being issued in English by Ednaswap that year – tops Greatest Hits Radio’s latest Top 30 Countdown.
Cyndi Lauper 'humbled' by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

2 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

The Time After Time hitmaker is among the Class of 2025, as announced during Sunday’s (April 27) instalment of ‘American Idol’, with the superstar taking to Instagram to reflect on the news. Name-checking inspirations including Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, Joni Mitchell, and Wanda Jackson, she penned: “Women have made so many important contributions to music and to rock n roll and a win for one of us is a win for all of us.
Mariah Carey to headline Capital Summertime Ball 2025

2 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

The We Belong Together hitmaker will top the bill at London’s Wembley Stadium on June 15, as part of a line-up that also includes Busted Vs McFly, Jessie J, Zara Larsson and others. It marks the star’s first concert in Britain in six years. Also on the Summertime Ball line-up is Lola Young, KSI, Reneé Rapp, and Dasha.
Lady A's Charles Kelley drops two new tracks from second solo LP

2 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

The Lady A star announced the release on his social media pages, revealing the tunes will feature on ‘Songs For A New Moon’, the follow-up to his 2016 debut, ‘The Driver’. “My two new songs, ‘Driving And Listening To Music’ and ‘Run’ will be YOURS this Friday,” he shared on Instagram. “Can’t wait for y’all to hear these… get ready to crank them up in your car. Let’s go!”Charles previously released Can’t Lose You and Here With Me in late March.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor gets Vertigo with dizzying new single

2 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has shared another preview of her forthcoming eighth studio album in the form of new single Vertigo. The track follows recent releases, Freedom Of The Night and Relentless Love, from the upcoming LP, and builds upon the dance-pop-oriented sounds of those tracks. Admitting she’s “dizzy with excitement” ahead of the release, Sophie called the single: “The perfect tune for the weekend!”Listen to Vertigo below.
Take That working with Scouting For Girls star on new material

3 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

The trio – starring Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – are hard at work on the follow-up to 2023’s ‘This Life’, with She’s So Lovely hitmaker Roy helping the group pen material for the record. He told The Daily Star’s Wired column: “I did a writing session with Mark Owen from Take That over here (LA) and it was so inspiring because he’s achieved so much. It’s the biggest boyband to ever come out of the UK, like what more could they achieve?
George Michael lands posthumous Ivor Novello Award nomination

3 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

Eight years after his death, George Michael has been nominated for another Ivor Novello Award. The Careless Whisper hitmaker had strong ties with the organisation, as the only individual songwriter in history to receive the prestigious Songwriter of the Year award three times – in 1985, 1989 and 1997 – the first of which saw him become the youngest ever recipient of an Ivor Novello when was just 21 years old.
Macy Gray hints at September release for first album in seven years

3 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

The I Try hitmaker is hard at work on the follow-up to her 2018 LP, ‘Ruby’, and has teased plans to drop the project in September, when her ‘On How Life Is 25th Anniversary Tour’ reaches the UK. Speaking to The Sun’s Bizarre column, she shared: “We’re probably going to drop a record when we’re in the UK. We’re in the middle of it and we want to drop some songs to see what everybody thinks.
Haim tease fourth album I Quit

3 weeks ago | retropopmagazine.com | Connor Gotto

The trio have been teasing their forthcoming release with the recent singles, Relationships and Everybody’s Trying To Figure Me Out, and during the first of two concerts at Los Angeles’ 1,500-capacity venue The Bellwether they revealed the LP will be released on June 20. In addition to sharing the album news, the group – starring sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim – brought out special guest, pop sensation Addison Rae, to debut the new song, Blood On The Street.