List of NME covers

Full list of NME cover images and featured artists.

1955

23/12/55 Jerry Colonna, Ronnie Aldrich, Harry Roy

1962

04/05/62 Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard
15/06/62 Winnie
29/06/62 Frank Ifield, Danny Williams
06/07/62 Cliff Richard, Kenny Ball, Brenda Lee, Danny Storm
20/07/62 Lena Martell
03/08/62 Bobby Vinton
24/08/62 Big Four 4
31/08/62 Petula Clark, Joe Brown
07/09/62 Shirley Bassey
14/09/62 Eden Kane
12/10/62 Frank Sinatra
02/11/62 Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
09/11/62 Matt Monro
23/11/62 Russ Conway
14/12/62 Cliff Richard

1969

04/01/69 Cartoone
11/01/69 Dusty Springfield, and Marmalade
18/01/69 The Troggs
25/01/69 Amen Corner's "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice"
01/02/69 The Doors' "Touch Me"
08/02/69 Cilla Black
15/02/69 Buddah Records' singles
22/02/69 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's "Don Juan"
01/03/69 The Marbles
08/03/69 The Small Faces
15/03/69 John Rowles, Peter Gordeno, and Troy Dante
22/03/69 Scott Walker
29/03/69 Colosseum
05/04/69 advert for Fleetwood Mac's "Man of the World"
12/04/69 Atlantic Records competition
19/04/69 Taste
26/04/69 Humble Pie
03/05/69 Sandie Shaw, and Heathmore
10/05/69 Nana Mouskouri
17/05/69 1969 NME Poll Winner's Concert
24/05/69 Thunderclap Newman
31/05/69 Mike d'Abo, and Tom Jones
07/06/69 Mike Kennedy, and David McWilliams
14/06/69 Amen Corner
21/06/69 Scott Walker
28/06/69 Robin Gibb
05/07/69 The Plastic Ono Band's "Give Peace a Chance"
12/07/69 Yes's "Sweetness"
19/07/69 The Rolling Stones, relating to the death of Brian Jones, and advert for Herb Alpert's Warm
26/07/69 Engelbert Humperdinck
02/08/69 Humble Pie (advert for As Safe as Yesterday is)
09/08/69 Humble Pie
16/08/69 The Nice
30/08/69 Amen Corner
06/09/69 Fat Mattress
13/09/69 Jonathan Kelly
20/09/69 Dusty Springfield (advert for "Am I the Same Girl"), and Barry Ryan (advert for "The Hunt")
27/09/69 advert for The Beatles' Abbey Road
04/10/69 Changes '69 Tour headlining Humble Pie, Love Sculpture, and David Bowie
11/10/69 The Family Dogg
18/10/69 Amen Corner
25/10/69 Humble Pie
01/11/69 John Mayall
08/11/69 Lulu
15/11/69 Amen Corner
22/11/69 Engelbert Humperdinck
29/11/69 Robin Gibb
06/12/69 Clodagh Rodgers
13/12/69 Scott Walker
20/12/69 Seasons greetings from RAK Records (Peter Grant and Mickie Most)
27/12/69 Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, and Scott Walker

1970

03/01/70 Love Affair, King Crimson, and Bonzo Dog Band
10/01/70 Rolf Harris, and Glen Campbell
17/01/70 Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and Led Zeppelin
24/01/70 Fleetwood Mac
31/01/70 Barry Ryan
07/02/70 Judith Durham
14/02/70 Judas Jump
21/02/70 Fleetwood Mac, Ringo Starr, Chicago, and Shocking Blue
28/02/70 Viv Stanshall, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Gene Pitney, and The Cuff Links
07/03/70 The Beatles
14/03/70 Russ Conway
21/03/70 James Wilson, Jackie Trent, and Tony Hatch and the Cherry Children
28/03/70 Buck Owens' Country Music Caravan tour
04/04/70 Ringo Starr's Sentimental Journey
11/04/70 Tom Jones
18/04/70 Maurice Gibb
25/04/70 Paul McCartney
02/05/70 Simon & Garfunkel
09/05/70 Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
16/05/70 Traffic, Mick Jagger, Christie, The Who, and Frank Sinatra
23/05/70 The Who
30/05/70 Les Reed
06/06/70 Barry Gibb
13/06/70 Deep Purple
20/06/70 Raymond Froggatt
27/06/70 Led Zeppelin
04/07/70 Dusty Springfield
11/07/70 Jack Wild
18/07/70 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
25/07/70 Hyde Park Festival
01/08/70 The Kinks, Mungo Jerry, Free, and Hotlegs
08/08/70 Isle of Wight Festival
15/08/70 The Moody Blues' A Question of Balance
22/08/70 Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and Free
29/08/70 Bobby Bloom's "Montego Bay"
05/09/70 Isle of Wight Festival review
12/09/70 Humble Pie
19/09/70 Eric Burdon & War, and The Rolling Stones
03/10/70 Jethro Tull, Pentangle, and The Who
10/10/70 T.Rex's "Ride A White Swan", and The Move's "When Alice Comes Back to the Farm"
24/10/70 Advertisement for James Brown's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)"
31/10/70 Tom Jones
07/11/70 Matthews Southern Comfort
14/11/70 Don Fardon, The Hollies, Roger Cook & Kenny Everett
28/11/70 Elvis Presley, and Jimi Hendrix
05/12/70 George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Brian Wilson
12/12/70 Dave Edmunds, McGuinness Flint, and Neil Diamond
19/12/70 Seasonal greetings (Christmas issue)
26/12/70 The Who, and Canned Heat

1971

02/01/71 Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
09/01/71 Paul McCartney
16/01/71 Dave Edmunds, Andy Williams, and Clive Dunn
23/01/71 Jethro Tull, and The Mixtures
30/01/71 Cliff Richard
06/02/71 George Harrison, and Eric Burdon
13/02/71 Elvis Presley
20/02/71 Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
27/02/71 Mick Jagger, and Mungo Jerry
06/03/71 Elton John, and Atomic Rooster
20/03/71 Tom Jones
27/03/71 Marc Bolan
03/04/71 John Lennon
10/04/71 Neil Diamond
24/04/71 Ringo Starr
01/05/71 The Beatles
08/05/71 Carlos Santana
15/05/71 Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix
22/05/71 Keith Emerson, and Mick Jagger
29/05/71 Ringo Starr
12/06/71 Free
19/06/71 Steve Winwood
26/06/71 The Rolling Stones
03/07/71 James Taylor
10/07/71 Creedence Clearwater Revival
17/07/71 Sweet
24/07/71 The Who
31/07/71 John Lennon & Yoko Ono
07/08/71 Marc Bolan
14/08/71 Jethro Tull, and Marmalade
28/08/71 Mick Jagger
04/09/71 Faces
11/09/71 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
18/09/71 Ten Years After
25/09/71 Led Zeppelin
02/10/71 Neil Diamond
09/10/71 Rod Stewart
16/10/71 The Who
23/10/71 Crosby & Nash
30/10/71 Redbone, and The Hollies
06/11/71 Elton John
20/11/71 Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
27/11/71 The Rolling Stones
04/12/71 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
11/12/71 George Harrison
18/12/71 Free
25/12/71 Alvin Lee of Ten Years After

1972

01/01/72 T.Rex
08/01/72 Family Curved Air Fleetwood Mac
15/01/72 Cat Stevens
22/01/72 T.Rex
29/01/72 The Rolling Stones
05/02/72 Marc Bolan (the first issue of the NME's transformation into a more contemporary rock weekly)
12/02/72 Chuck Berry
19/02/72 Joe Cocker
26/02/72 Humble Pie, and Viv Stanshall
04/03/72 Neil Young
11/03/72 Marc Bolan
18/03/72 Steve Marriott of Humble Pie
25/03/72 T.Rex
01/04/72 Stephen Stills, and Manassas
08/04/72 Joe Cocker
15/04/72 The Beach Boys
22/04/72 The Rolling Stones
29/04/72 T.Rex
06/05/72 T.Rex
13/05/72 Rod Stewart of The Faces
20/05/72 Mick Jagger, and Wishbone Ash
27/05/72 Janis Joplin, and The Beach Boys
03/06/72 Joe Cocker
10/06/72 Maggie Bell
17/06/72 The Rolling Stones
24/06/72 T.Rex
01/07/72 Jethro Tull
08/07/72 Paul McCartney–Wings
15/07/72 David Bowie
22/07/72 Hawkwind
29/07/72 Ten Years After
05/08/72 Rod Stewart
12/08/72 Stephen Stills
19/08/72 Alice Cooper
26/08/72 Marc Bolan
02/09/72 Slade
09/09/72
16/09/72 Elvis Presley, and Mott the Hoople
23/09/72 Free
30/09/72 John Lennon
07/10/72 Ten Years After
14/10/72 Hawkwind, and Alice Cooper
21/10/72 Curved Air
28/10/72 David Cassidy
04/11/72 T.Rex
11/11/72 Led Zeppelin
18/11/72 Faces
25/11/72 Family
02/12/72 Chuck Berry
09/12/72 Slade
16/12/72 The Who
23/12/72 The Rolling Stones
30/12/72 Jimi Hendrix

1973

06/01/73 Steeleye Span
13/01/73 Neil Young
20/01/73 Eric Clapton
27/01/73 Maggie Bell
03/02/73 Alice Cooper
10/02/73 Joan Baez, and Alice Cooper
17/02/73 T.Rex
24/02/73 Slade
03/03/73 Paul Simon, and Neil Young and Crazy Horse
10/03/73 Faces
17/03/73 David Bowie
24/03/73 Neil Young
31/03/73 Lindisfarne
07/04/73 Faces
14/04/73 David Bowie
21/04/73 Led Zeppelin
28/04/73 Slade, The Rolling Stones, and Joan Baez
05/05/73 Paul Simon
12/05/73 Maggie Bell
19/05/73 David Bowie
26/05/73 Faces
02/06/73 Frank Zappa, and Jimmy McCulloch
09/06/73 Edgar Winter
16/06/73 Wings
23/06/73 Van Morrison
30/06/73 Carole King
07/07/73 David Bowie
14/07/73 David Bowie
21/07/73 The Rolling Stones
28/07/73 Roxy Music
04/08/73 Faces
11/08/73 Lou Reed
18/08/73 Faces
25/08/73 Jethro Tull
01/09/73 Roxy Music
08/09/73 Ten Years After
15/09/73 George Harrison
22/09/73 The Rolling Stones
29/09/73 The Osmonds
06/10/73 Faces
13/10/73 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
20/10/73 James Dean, and Family
27/10/73 David Bowie, and Mick Jagger
03/11/73 Pink Floyd
10/11/73 Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- All issues suspended for a period of nine weeks due to a printers' strike
17/11/73
24/11/73
01/12/73
08/12/73
15/12/73
23/12/73
29/12/73

1974

05/01/74
12/01/74
19/01/74 Bryan Ferry
26/01/74 Rick Wakeman
02/02/74 Brian Eno
09/02/74 Mott the Hoople
16/02/74 Art Garfunkel
23/02/74 David Bowie
02/03/74 Roy Wood
09/03/74 Lou Reed
16/03/74 Gene Simmons of Kiss
23/03/74 Gary Glitter
30/03/74 Elton John
06/04/74 Joni Mitchell
13/04/74 Syd Barrett
20/04/74 Eric Clapton
27/04/74 The Who
04/05/74 Rod Stewart
11/05/74 David Bowie
18/05/74 Sparks
25/05/74 Graham Bond
01/06/74 Van Morrison
08/06/74 Rick Wakeman
15/06/74 Keith Richards
22/06/74 Robin Nash (then producer of Top of the Pops)
29/06/74 Eric Clapton
06/07/74 Elton John
13/07/74 Roxy Music
20/07/74 "Was school ever like this? NME reports the schoolkids' Tommy"
27/07/74 John McLaughlin
03/08/74 Rod Stewart
10/08/74 The Rolling Stones
17/08/74 Roxy Music
24/08/74 Mike Oldfield, and Robert Wyatt
31/08/74 Kevin Ayers
07/09/74 Black Oak Arkansas
14/09/74 Mike Oldfield
21/09/74 The Who
28/09/74 Mott the Hoople
05/10/74 Frank Zappa
12/10/74 Led Zeppelin
19/10/74 Alex Harvey
26/10/74 Faces
02/11/74 Virgin label tour bus
09/11/74 Rory Gallagher
16/11/74 David Bowie
23/11/74 Hawkwind
30/11/74 Yes, Faces, and The Beatles
07/12/74 Bad Company
14/12/74 Status Quo and Eric Clapton
21/12/74 Bryan Ferry
28/12/74 The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Santana, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive

1975

04/01/75 The Rolling Stones
11/01/75 Pink Floyd
18/01/75 Lee Brilleaux, Average White Band, and Gregg Allman
25/01/75 Suzi Quatro
01/02/75 Little Feat
08/02/75 Robert Plant and Paul Rodgers
15/02/75 Paul Kossoff
22/02/75 Elton John
01/03/75 Ian Anderson
08/03/75 John Lennon
15/03/75 David Bowie and Art Garfunkel
22/03/75 Bad Company
29/03/75 The Who
05/04/75 Rick Wakeman
12/04/75 Ringo Starr
19/04/75 Japanese rock
26/04/75 Frank Zappa
03/05/75 Man
10/05/75 Bay City Rollers
17/05/75 Maria Muldaur
24/05/75 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
31/05/75 Wings
07/06/75 Billy Connolly
14/06/75 Dr. Feelgood
21/06/75 Brian Wilson
28/06/75 Neil Young
05/07/75 10cc
12/07/75 Eric Clapton
19/07/75 Bob Marley
26/07/75 Paul McCartney
02/08/75 Rod Stewart
09/08/75 The Who
16/08/75 Steve Marriott
23/08/75 David Bowie
30/08/75 Roxy Music
06/09/75 Alice Cooper
13/09/75 Genesis
20/09/75 Alex Harvey
27/09/75 Jim Morrison
04/10/75 Johnny Cash
11/10/75 Bruce Springsteen
18/10/75 The Who
25/10/75 Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath
01/11/75 Tina Turner
08/11/75 Remember Those Fabulous 60s: The Beat Boom Revisited
15/11/75 Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen
22/11/75 The Rolling Stones
29/11/75 Freddie Mercury
06/12/75 Lowell George
13/12/75 Rockpile 75: Bob Dylan, Lowell George, and David Bowie
20/12/75 Steeleye Span
27/12/75 Peter Gabriel

1976

03/01/76 Is rock 'n' roll ready for 1976?
10/01/76 The Great British Music Festival audience at Olympia
17/01/76 Bad Company
24/01/76 Is rock 'n' roll an old man's game?
31/01/76 The Small Faces
07/02/76 10cc
14/02/76 Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin
21/02/76 Patti Smith
28/02/76 Top 100 NME singles of all time
06/03/76 David Bowie ("Bowie's Back" issue)
13/03/76
20/03/76 Phil Spector
27/03/76 Bobby Womack
03/04/76 Neil Young
10/04/76 Rock 'n' roll/Teddy Boy revival
17/04/76 Sweet
24/04/76 Charlie Watts
01/05/76 Buffy Sainte-Marie
08/05/76 How to bluff your way thru rock n roll
15/05/76 David Bowie
22/05/76 Nils Lofgren
29/05/76 The Rolling Stones
05/06/76 Roger Daltrey
12/06/76 Helen Mirren
19/06/76 Bob Marley
26/06/76 Bryan Ferry
03/07/76 Eric Clapton
10/07/76 Zen and the art of cool maintenance
17/07/76 The Who
24/07/76 The Runaways
31/07/76 Fleetwood Mac
07/08/76 Eric Clapton
14/08/76 Ted Nugent
21/08/76 Blue Öyster Cult
28/08/76
04/09/76
11/09/76 Queen
18/09/76 Eddie and the Hot Rods
25/09/76 Bob Dylan
02/10/76 Dr. Feelgood/Sex Pistols
09/10/76 Marvin Gaye
16/10/76 Bunny Wailer
23/10/76 Patti Smith
30/10/76 Rod Stewart
06/11/76 Independent record labels
13/11/76 Graham Parker
20/11/76 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
27/11/76 Brian Eno
04/12/76 The Kursaal Flyers
11/12/76 Sex Pistols and the fallout from the Bill Grundy interview on Thames Television's Today show
18/12/76 Jackson Browne
25/12/76 The Best albums of the year ... 1966

1977

01/01/77 Genesis
08/01/77 Joe Cocker
15/01/77 Ry Cooder
22/01/77 The Rolling Stones
29/01/77 Joan Armatrading
05/02/77 Television
12/02/77 Pink Floyd's Animals
19/02/77 Eddie and the Hot Rods and 1977 Reader's Honours List
26/02/77 Led Zeppelin
05/03/77 Iggy Pop
12/03/77 Iggy Pop and David Bowie
19/03/77 The Damned
26/03/77 Bruce Springsteen
02/04/77 The Clash
09/04/77 Thin Lizzy
16/04/77 The Kinks
23/04/77 Bob Marley
30/04/77 Muddy Waters
07/05/77 The Jam
14/05/77 Ian Hunter
21/05/77 Ramones
28/05/77 Sex Pistols
04/06/77 Gene Simmons, and Dolly Parton
11/06/77 Britain's Nuclear power stations
18/06/77 The Stranglers
25/06/77 Van Morrison
02/07/77 Murder at a punk festival
09/07/77 Anti-Punk violence
16/07/77 Frankie Miller
23/07/77 Steve Harley
30/07/77 Nick Lowe
06/08/77 Sex Pistols
13/08/77 Willy DeVille of Mink DeVille
20/08/77 Wayne Kramer of the MC5
27/08/77 Elvis Presley (following his death)
03/09/77 Record collecting
10/09/77 Thin Lizzy
17/09/77 Iggy Pop
24/09/77 The Adverts
01/10/77 Rob Tyner of the MC5
08/10/77 Jean-Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers
15/10/77 Ian Dury
22/10/77 Tom Robinson
29/10/77 The Tubes
05/11/77 The Who
12/11/77 David Bowie
19/11/77 Wilko Johnson
26/11/77 Brian Eno
03/12/77 Buzzcocks
10/12/77 The Clash
17/12/77 Wire
24/12/77 Ian Dury and Dave Vanian

1978

07/01/78 Ramones
14/01/78 John Lennon
21/01/78 Power pop
28/01/78 Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats
04/02/78 Blondie, Talking Heads, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen
11/02/78 Tom Robinson Band
18/02/78 Bob Marley
25/02/78 Howard Devoto
04/03/78 Bryan Ferry
11/03/78 Sham 69
18/03/78 Nick Lowe
25/03/78 Elvis Costello
01/04/78 The Jam
08/04/78 Generation X
15/04/78 Ian Dury
22/04/78 Bob Dylan
29/04/78 Kraftwerk^[1]
06/05/78 Anti-Nazi League demonstration in London
13/05/78 X-Ray Spex
20/05/78 Jonathan Richman
27/05/78 Public Image Limited
03/06/78 Wilko Johnson
10/06/78 Peter Gabriel
17/06/78 Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks
24/06/78 Bob Dylan
01/07/78 Stonehenge
08/07/78 Devo
15/07/78 Mick Jones of The Clash
22/07/78 Record and Tape Piracy
29/07/78 Culture (band)
05/08/78 Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones
12/08/78 The Who
19/08/78 Paul Cook & Steve Jones of Sex Pistols
26/08/78 Siouxsie and the Banshees
02/09/78 David Bowie
09/09/78 Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers
16/09/78 Patti Smith
23/09/78 Dave Edmunds
30/09/78 The Pop Group
07/10/78 The Slits
14/10/78 Bruce Springsteen
21/10/78 Andy Partridge of XTC
28/10/78 Elton John
04/11/78 The Jam
11/11/78 Pauline Murray of Penetration
18/11/78 Pere Ubu
25/11/78 Roxy Music
02/12/78 The Clash (the first issue of NME to feature the original version of the current logo, designed by Barney Bubbles)
09/12/78 Giorgio Moroder
16/12/78 Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats
23/12/78 John Lydon

1979

06/01/79 French rock music
13/01/79 Ian Curtis/Bob Last of Fast Product/Here & Now ("Nationwide Ethnic Credibility Special '79")
20/01/79 Gang of Four (band)
27/01/79 Elvis Costello
03/02/79 Kevin Coyne
10/02/79 Jean-Jacques Burnel (of The Stranglers)
17/02/79 Village People
24/02/79 Dennis Brown
03/03/79 Graham Parker
10/03/79 Van Morrison
17/03/79 The Only Ones
24/03/79 Iggy Pop
31/03/79 The Human League
07/04/79 Nicky Tesco of The Members
14/04/79 The Mod revival
21/04/79 Linton Kwesi Johnson
28/04/79 Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks
05/05/79 Ted Nugent
12/05/79 British football
19/05/79 Bryan Ferry (then of Roxy Music)
26/05/79 The New Barbarians
02/06/79 Ian Dury
09/06/79 Dire Straits
16/06/79 Public Image Ltd
23/06/79 The Cramps
30/06/79 Steel Pulse
07/07/79 John Cooper Clarke
14/07/79 Devo
21/07/79 Squeeze
28/07/79 Talking Heads
04/08/79 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
11/08/79 Joy Division
18/08/79 John Peel
25/08/79 The Specials
01/09/79 The Police
08/09/79 The Slits
15/09/79 Feargal Sharkey of The Undertones
22/09/79 Stiff Little Fingers
29/09/79 Debbie Harry of Blondie
06/10/79 Ray Davies of The Kinks
13/10/79 The Clash
20/10/79 Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats
27/10/79 Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69
03/11/79 Paul Weller
10/11/79 Bob Marley
17/11/79 Secret Affair
24/11/79 John Lydon
01/12/79 Richard Jobson
08/12/79 Nick Lowe (although this issue was officially dated to Friday 7 December, not Saturday 8th)
15/12/79 Marlon Brando
22/12/79 Review of the year

1980

05/01/80 Preview of 1980 (though the date on the cover actually states 05/01/79)
12/01/80 Pink Military
19/01/80 The Jam
26/01/80 The Pretenders
02/02/80 Iggy Pop
09/02/80 The Specials
16/02/80 Rockabilly
23/02/80 The Selecter
01/03/80 Joe Ely
08/03/80 The Beat
15/03/80 Tom Petty
22/03/80 Paul Weller of The Jam
29/03/80 Women in Rock
05/04/80 The Teardrop Explodes
12/04/80 The Police
19/04/80 Pete Townshend of The Who
26/04/80 Feargal Sharkey of The Undertones
no NME issues for six weeks due to an NUJ strike
14/06/80 Ian Curtis
21/06/80 Gang of Four
28/06/80 Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones
05/07/80 Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd.
12/07/80 The Human League
19/07/80 Ian Dury and Wilko Johnson
26/07/80 Impressions of Japan (the country, not the band), with lead story on the Yellow Magic Orchestra
02/08/80 The Selecter
09/08/80 Malcolm McLaren
16/08/80 The Beat
23/08/80 NME Consumers Guide 1984
30/08/80 Stray Cats
06/09/80 A Certain Ratio
13/09/80 David Bowie
20/09/80 XTC
27/09/80 The Specials
04/10/80 Madness
11/10/80 Au Pairs
18/10/80 The Pretenders
25/10/80 Toyah Willcox
01/11/80 Captain Beefheart
08/11/80 Talking Heads
15/11/80 Brit funk
22/11/80 Echo & the Bunnymen
29/11/80 Cabaret Voltaire
06/12/80 UB40
13/12/80 John Lennon (following his death)
20/12/80 Christmas issue

1981

03/01/81 Joe Strummer (then of The Clash)
10/01/81 Trans Europe Express cover (music in Eastern Europe)
17/01/81 Wah! Heat
24/01/81 NME 1980 Poll Winners
31/01/81 C81 tape offer
07/02/81 The Police
14/02/81 Bono of U2
21/02/81 Roots reggae
28/02/81 Marvin Gaye
07/03/81 Richard Jobson
14/03/81 John Lydon
21/03/81 Jap Payback - issue on Japanese music
28/03/81 Madness
04/04/81 Michael Jackson
11/04/81 Popeye
18/04/81 The Scars
25/04/81 The Polecats
02/05/81 Girlschool
09/05/81 Clare Grogan of Altered Images and Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice
16/05/81 Bob Marley memorial issue
23/05/81 The Beat
30/05/81 The Treacherous Three (Rap issue)
06/06/81 Prince
13/06/81 Julian Cope of The Teardrop Explodes
20/06/81 James Chance
27/06/81 Defunkt
04/07/81 Kid Creole
11/07/81 Southall riots
18/07/81 ABC
25/07/81 Grace Jones
01/08/81 Spandau Ballet
08/08/81 The Specials
15/08/81 Bob Dylan
22/08/81 Depeche Mode
29/08/81 Blue Rondo a la Turk
05/09/81 Madness
12/09/81 Soft Cell
19/09/81 Kim Wilde
26/09/81 Sting
03/10/81 Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow
10/10/81 The Clash
17/10/81 Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys
24/10/81 British youth
31/10/81 Scritti Politti
07/11/81 Rik Mayall
14/11/81 Mark E. Smith of The Fall
21/11/81 Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire
28/11/81 D.A.F.
05/12/81 Elvis Presley
12/12/81 Coronation Street
19/12/81 Meat Loaf

1982

02/01/82 David Sylvian (then of Japan)
09/01/82 Vic Godard
16/01/82 Adam Ant
23/01/82 James Brown
30/01/82 NME Readers Poll
06/02/82 Kirk Brandon (then of Theatre of Hate)
13/02/82 Fun Boy Three
20/02/82 Ian McCulloch of Echo & the Bunnymen
27/02/82 U2
06/03/82 ABC
13/03/82 Haircut One Hundred
20/03/82 Peter Murphy of Bauhaus
27/03/82 British Electric Foundation
03/04/82 Norman Giscombe
10/04/82 The Beat
17/04/82 Siouxsie and the Banshees
24/04/82 The Associates
01/05/82 Boy George (then of Culture Club)
08/05/82 Eddie the Head of Iron Maiden
15/05/82 Kid Creole and the Coconuts
22/05/82 The Honeymoon Killers
29/05/82 Joe Strummer
05/06/82 The Human League
12/06/82 Rip Rig + Panic
19/06/82 Bryan Ferry
26/06/82 Laurie Anderson
03/07/82 Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners
10/07/82 Bananarama
17/07/82 Talking Heads
24/07/82 Vince Clarke of Yazoo
31/07/82 Torch songs (themed issue)
07/08/82 John Lydon
14/08/82 Alfred Hitchcock
21/08/82 Grandmaster Flash
28/08/82 King Sunny Adé
04/09/82 Scritti Politti
11/09/82 Africa (themed issue)
18/09/82 Gary Kendall bodybuilder
25/09/82 Bow Wow Wow
02/10/82 Southern Death Cult
09/10/82 Musical Youth
16/10/82 The Damned
23/10/82 Ziggy Stardust
30/10/82 Elvis Costello
06/11/82 David Sylvian
13/11/82 NME TV Special
20/11/82 Eddy Grant
27/11/82 Wham!
04/12/82 Simple Minds
11/12/82 Marvin Gaye
18/12/82 Set The Tone
25/12/82 Paul Weller

1983

08/01/83 The Specials
15/01/83 The Fall
22/01/83 Imagination
29/01/83 JoBoxers
05/02/83 Einstuerzende Neubaten
12/02/83 Richard Hell
19/02/83 Blood and Roses and Brigandage
26/02/83 U2
05/03/83 Fun Boy Three
12/03/83 Stray Cats
19/03/83 Echo & the Bunnymen
26/03/83 Nick Cave
02/04/83 Madness
09/04/83 Tracie Young
16/04/83 David Bowie
23/04/83 Orange Juice
30/04/83 Boy George (then of Culture Club)
07/05/83 Jeffrey Lee Pierce of Gun Club
14/05/83 Siouxsie Sioux
21/05/83 Pete Murphy of Bauhaus
28/05/83 Alison Moyet (then of Yazoo)
04/06/83 Death Cult
11/06/83 Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera
18/06/83 Wham!
25/06/83 Grace Jones
02/07/83 Eddie and Sunshine
09/07/83 Curtis Mayfield
16/07/83 Cabaret Voltaire
23/07/83 New Order
30/07/83 Mary Jane Girls
06/08/83 Video game arcades
13/08/83 Test Dept
20/08/83 Ryuichi Sakamoto
27/08/83 General Public
03/09/83 Frank Bruno with the JoBoxers
10/09/83 Virginia Astley
17/09/83 Depeche Mode
24/09/83 Big Country
01/10/83 Tom Waits
08/10/83 Elvis Costello
15/10/83 Delinquents! The outsiders guide to life inside
22/10/83 SPK
29/10/83 The Assembly (Feargal Sharkey and Vince Clarke)
05/11/83 Frankie Goes to Hollywood
12/11/83 The Immaculate Consumptive
19/11/83 Debbie Harry
26/11/83 Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders
03/12/83 The Police
10/12/83 Cocteau Twins
17/12/83 Animal liberation movement
24/12/83 Christmas issue

1984

NME was not published in June and July this year due to a NUJ strike.

07/01/84 Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera
14/01/84 Billy Bragg
21/01/84 Madness
28/01/84 Aswad
04/02/84 The Smiths
11/02/84 Yoko Ono
18/02/84 NMEdia issue
25/02/84 The Clash
03/03/84 Mad axemen and guitar heroes (Heavy Metal issue)
10/03/84 The Style Council
17/03/84 Foetus
24/03/84 Culture Club
31/03/84 Hugh Masekela
07/04/84 Marvin Gaye (following his death)
14/04/84 Soul issue
21/04/84 The Three Johns
28/04/84 Bananarama
05/05/84 Nena
12/05/84 Nick Cave
19/05/84 Bronski Beat
26/05/84 Pete Burns of Dead or Alive
04/08/84 Rik Mayall
11/08/84 Mike Scott of The Waterboys
18/08/84 Heaven 17
25/08/84 Sade
01/09/84 Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown
08/09/84 War on Pop issue (a polemical piece by Ian Penman)
15/09/84 Henry Rollins
22/09/84 Boy George
29/09/84 David Bowie
06/10/84 Robert De Niro
13/10/84 ZTT & The Art of Noise
20/10/84 Paul Weller
27/10/84 U2
03/11/84 The Redskins
10/11/84 Annie Lennox
17/11/84 ZZ Top
24/11/84 Charlie Nicholas (footballer then at Arsenal F.C.)
01/12/84 Chaka Khan
08/12/84 Cocteau Twins
15/12/84 Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees
22/12/84 Frankie Goes to Hollywood

1985

05/01/85 The Triffids
12/01/85 Frank Sinatra
19/01/85 John Blake
26/01/85 Spitting Image
02/02/85 Smiley Culture
09/02/85 Eddie Murphy
16/02/85 No cover artist as such (but main articles were about The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Ramones)
23/02/85 Morrissey
02/03/85 Shelagh O'Hara Brookside soap
09/03/85 Run-D.M.C.
16/03/85 James
23/03/85 Los Lobos
30/03/85 Alison Moyet
06/04/85 The Long Ryders
13/04/85 Lloyd Cole
20/04/85 ABC
27/04/85 Neil Kinnock
04/05/85 Can music survive in the video age?
11/05/85 Elvis Costello
18/05/85 "Watching the Detectives" themed issue
25/05/85 Free EP (no cover star as such, but lead story about Jimmy Somerville)
01/06/85 Paul Weller (then of The Style Council)
08/06/85 Morrissey
15/06/85 Sting
22/06/85 Bono
29/06/85 Jimmy White
06/07/85 R.E.M.
13/07/85 Miles Davis
20/07/85 Live Aid
27/07/85 Theresa Russell
03/08/85 Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout
10/08/85 Madness
17/08/85 The Pogues
24/08/85 Propaganda
31/08/85 Everything But The Girl
07/09/85 The June Brides
14/09/85 The Jesus and Mary Chain
21/09/85 J.G.Thirlwell
28/09/85 Bobby Womack
05/10/85 Boxing and soul (article by Stuart Cosgrove)
12/10/85 Fanzines
19/10/85 Tom Waits
26/10/85 Matt Dillon
02/11/85 Fine Young Cannibals
09/11/85 South Africa
16/11/85 New Order
23/11/85 Computer crimes
30/11/85 The 100 Greatest albums ever made
07/12/85 Cameo
14/12/85 Robert Wyatt
21/12/85 Del Boy and Rodney from Only Fools and Horses

1986

04/01/86 The Cramps
11/01/86 Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry
18/01/86 Billy Bragg and Junior (Red Wedge issue)
25/01/86 Easterhouse
01/02/86 Punk - Ten Years On
08/02/86 John Lydon
15/02/86 Big Audio Dynamite
22/02/86 Keith Richards
01/03/86 Comics
08/03/86 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
15/03/86 Mantronix
22/03/86 Absolute Beginners
29/03/86 The Shop Assistants
05/04/86 Hipsway
12/04/86 Samantha Fox
19/04/86 Test Dept
26/04/86 Prince (blurred image)
03/05/86 Sade
10/05/86 Barry McGuigan
17/05/86 Boy George
24/05/86 Janet Jackson
31/05/86 The Mighty Lemon Drops
07/06/86 Morrissey
14/06/86 Why British black music has no chance - polemical piece by Paolo Hewitt
21/06/86 Sonic Youth
28/06/86 George Michael
05/07/86 The Jesus and Mary Chain
12/07/86 Matt Johnson of The The
19/07/86 Run-D.M.C.
26/07/86 Zodiac Mindwarp
02/08/86 Jam and Lewis
09/08/86 Chicago house
16/08/86 Mick Hucknall of Simply Red
23/08/86 David Sylvian
30/08/86 Daley Thompson
06/09/86 Dwight Yoakam
13/09/86 The Yo Boys (article about hip hop by Paolo Hewitt)
20/09/86 Sex (themed issue), also a free EP - Phil Oakey of The Human League
27/09/86 Trouble Funk
04/10/86 Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P.
11/10/86 Big Audio Dynamite
18/10/86 Courtney Pine
25/10/86 Voting (themed issue)
01/11/86 Shinehead
08/11/86 Youth suicide (themed issue)^[2]
15/11/86 Cilla Black
22/11/86 Swing Out Sister
29/11/86 Sly and Robbie
06/12/86 Elvis Presley (though the cover story in this issue, written by Stuart Cosgrove, was actually a criticism of the US military presence in Britain using Presley's image as symbolic, not an article about Presley himself)
13/12/86 Madonna
20/12/86 Pet Shop Boys

1987

03/01/87 Robbie Coltrane
10/01/87 The Style Council
17/01/87 Beastie Boys
24/01/87 Julian Cope
31/01/87 Hot House
07/02/87 Free EP given away - no cover star
14/02/87 The Smiths
21/02/87 The Bhundu Boys
28/02/87 Terence Trent D'Arby
07/03/87 Paula Yates
14/03/87 U2
21/03/87 Speed metal issue
28/03/87 The Weather Prophets
04/04/87 Salt-n-Pepa
11/04/87 Baby Amphetamine
18/04/87 Rhythm Kingdom issue
25/04/87 Deacon Blue
02/05/87 Shane MacGowan
09/05/87 Def Jam
16/05/87 Suzanne Vega
23/05/87 The Housemartins
30/05/87 The Blow Monkeys and Curtis Mayfield
06/06/87 U2
13/06/87 Neil Kinnock
20/06/87 George Michael
27/06/87 Trouble Funk
04/07/87 Terence Trent D'Arby
11/07/87 Steal It - The Pop Theft Epidemic
18/07/87 Bruce Springsteen
25/07/87 Grebo
01/08/87 Hue and Cry
08/08/87 The Jesus and Mary Chain
15/08/87 The Primitives
22/08/87 The Stupids
29/08/87 Summer special
05/09/87 Michelle Shocked
12/09/87 That Petrol Emotion
19/09/87 The Motorcycle Boy (an infamous issue in which this little-known indie band were elevated to the cover after a themed issue on censorship was itself censored, and Stuart Cosgrove sacked)
26/09/87 Lloyd Cole
03/10/87 Pop Will Eat Itself
10/10/87 Chuck D and Eric B
17/10/87 Los Lobos
24/10/87 The Sugarcubes
31/10/87 The Fall
07/11/87 Eurythmics
14/11/87 Coldcut
21/11/87 Yargo
28/11/87 Peter Gabriel
05/12/87 The Cult
12/12/87 Krush
19/12/87 New Order

1988

02/01/88 The Pogues
09/01/88 Renegade Soundwave
16/01/88 Red Hot Chili Peppers
23/01/88 Sweet Tee
30/01/88 70s special
06/02/88 The Wedding Present
13/02/88 Morrissey
20/02/88 Sting
27/02/88 Bomb the Bass
05/03/88 The Madness
12/03/88 Iron Maiden
19/03/88 T'Pau
26/03/88 James Brown
09/04/88 The Wonder Stuff
16/04/88 Harry Enfield (as Loadsamoney)
23/04/88 Terence Trent D'Arby
30/04/88 Nasty Rox Inc
07/05/88 Derek B
14/05/88 Liverpool F.C.
21/05/88 The Housemartins
28/05/88 Billy Bragg
04/06/88 UB40
11/06/88 Pop Will Eat Itself
18/06/88 Roddy Frame and Joe Strummer for Amnesty International
25/06/88 Gary Glitter and The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
02/07/88 The Pogues
09/07/88 Pink Floyd
16/07/88 Acid house
23/07/88 Hothouse Flowers
30/07/88 The House of Love
06/08/88 The Psychedelic Furs
13/08/88 Nick Cave
20/08/88 The Proclaimers
27/08/88 The Primitives
03/09/88 Björk of The Sugarcubes
10/09/88 That Petrol Emotion
17/09/88 Mark E. Smith
24/09/88 The Mission
01/10/88 Bananarama
08/10/88 Public Enemy
15/10/88 Pet Shop Boys
22/10/88 U2
29/10/88 Sinéad O'Connor
05/11/88 Todd Terry
12/11/88 Zeke Manyika
19/11/88 Acid House crackdown
26/11/88 Napalm Death
03/12/88 Neneh Cherry
10/12/88 Various artists ("Work Is A Four Letter Word - the dodgy pasts of your favourite artists")
17/12/88 Bros
24/12/88 Harry Enfield

1989

07/01/89 Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff, Andrea of The Darling Buds and Guy Chadwick of The House of Love
14/01/89 The Wedding Present
21/01/89 Def Leppard
28/01/89 New Order
04/02/89 Jim Kerr of Simple Minds
11/02/89 Morrissey
18/02/89 Elvis Costello
25/02/89 Mark E. Smith, Shane MacGowan and Nick Cave
04/03/89 The Adult Net
11/03/89 Sonic Youth
18/03/89 Michael Hutchence of INXS
25/03/89 Matt Johnson of The The
01/04/89 Fine Young Cannibals
08/04/89 Robert Smith of The Cure
15/04/89 The Triffids
22/04/89 Stevie Wonder
29/04/89 Pop Will Eat Itself
06/05/89 The Wonder Stuff
13/05/89 Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs
20/05/89 The Football/Rock connection
27/05/89 Tanita Tikaram
03/06/89 Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour
10/06/89 Lou Reed
17/06/89 Danny Wilson (band)
24/06/89 Tone Loc
01/07/89 The Pogues
08/07/89 Simple Minds
15/07/89 Beastie Boys
22/07/89 Birdland
29/07/89 Fuzzbox
05/08/89 Michael Stipe
12/08/89 Eurythmics
19/08/89 Pet Shop Boys and Liza Minnelli
26/08/89 Ian McCulloch
02/09/89 The Sugarcubes
09/09/89 John Peel's 50th birthday
16/09/89 Morrissey
23/09/89 The Cult
30/09/89 Jesus and Mary Chain
07/10/89 Kate Bush
14/10/89 Terence Trent D'Arby
21/10/89 De La Soul
28/10/89 Debbie Harry
04/11/89 Wendy James
11/11/89 Revenge
18/11/89 The Stone Roses
25/11/89 The Beautiful South
02/12/89 Shaun Ryder and Tony Wilson
09/12/89 Neneh Cherry
16/12/89 U2
23/12/89 The Stone Roses

1990

06/01/90 The Sundays
13/01/90 Sinéad O'Connor
20/01/90 Mark E Smith of The Fall
27/01/90 Lloyd Cole
03/02/90 Guy Chadwick of The House of Love
10/02/90 Birdland
17/02/90 Depeche Mode
24/02/90 Lemmy of Motörhead and Fuzzbox
03/03/90 Inspiral Carpets
05/03/90 Carl Andrew O'Brien of Born This Day
10/03/90 Travel issue
17/03/90 The Stone Roses
24/03/90 Jazzie B of Soul II Soul
31/03/90 Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays
07/07/90 Beats International
14/04/90 Lenny Kravitz, and Slash
21/04/90 My Bloody Valentine
28/04/90 Billy Idol
05/05/90 The Wonderstuff
12/05/90 The Beautiful South
19/05/90 John Barnes and Bernard Sumner of New Order
26/05/90 Vic Reeves
02/06/90 The Hothouse Flowers
09/06/90 They Might Be Giants
16/06/90 Northside
23/06/90 Happy Mondays
30/06/90 The Beloved
07/07/90 Tim Booth of James
14/07/90 Flowered Up
21/07/90 Frank Black of The Pixies
28/07/90 Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream
04/08/90 New Order
11/08/90 Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout
18/08/90 Electronic
25/08/90 The Farm
01/09/90 World Party
08/09/90 Adamski
15/09/90 Tim Burgess of The Charlatans
22/09/90 Pet Shop Boys
29/09/90 Mike Scott of The Waterboys
06/10/90 Happy Mondays
13/10/90 The Soup Dragons
20/10/90 Lush
27/10/90 Robert Smith of The Cure
03/11/90 Public Enemy
10/11/90 The Inspiral Carpets
17/11/90 Betty Boo
24/11/90 Donovan and Trevor and Simon
01/12/90 Julee Cruise
08/12/90 The Mission
15/12/90 The Beautiful South
22/12/90 Shaun Ryder and Bez

1991

05/01/91 EMF
12/01/91 KLF
19/01/91 PWEI
26/01/91 Jesus Jones
02/02/91 The Charlatans
09/02/91 Dee Lite
16/02/91 Happy Mondays
23/02/91 R.E.M.
02/03/91 Carter USM
09/03/91 The Clash
16/03/91 Inspiral Carpets
23/03/91 R.E.M.
30/03/91 Ned's Atomic Dustbin
06/04/91 James
13/04/91 The Wonder Stuff
20/04/91 Johnny Marr
27/04/91 Gary Clail
04/05/91 Neil Young
11/05/91 James
18/05/91 Morrissey
25/05/91 Pet Shop Boys
01/06/91 Sinéad O'Connor
08/06/91 The Shamen
15/06/91 Erasure
22/06/91 Anthrax
29/06/91 Billy Bragg
06/07/91 The Wedding Present
13/07/91 Ice-T
20/07/91 Blur
27/07/91 Metallica
03/08/91 The Farm
10/08/91 Teenage Fan Club
17/08/91 The Wonderstuff
24/08/91 Neds Atomic Dustbin
31/08/91 The Cult
07/09/91 EMF
14/09/91 David Bowie
21/09/91 Carter USM
28/09/91 Primal Scream
05/10/91 Frank Black
12/10/91 Chapterhouse
19/10/91 Morrissey
26/10/91 The Other Two (Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert from New Order)
02/11/91 The Charlatans
09/11/91 My Bloody Valentine
16/11/91 Happy Mondays
23/11/91 Nirvana
30/11/91 Tony Wilson
07/12/91 Vic & Bob
14/12/91 The Wonderstuff
21/12/91 EMF and Carter USM

1992

04/01/92 Teenage Fanclub
11/01/92 Kingmaker
18/01/92 LFO
25/01/92 James
01/02/92 Teenage Fanclub
08/02/92 Ride
15/02/92 Manic Street Preachers
22/02/92 Curve
29/02/92 The KLF
07/03/92 Beautiful South
14/03/92 The Senseless Things
21/03/92 U2
28/03/92 Blur
04/04/92 PJ Harvey
11/04/92 Carter USM
18/04/92 The Cure
25/04/92 Mega City Four
02/05/92 Superchunk
09/05/92 Morrissey (NME's 40th birthday issue)
16/05/92 The Levellers
23/05/92 The Fatima Mansions & Sean Hughes
30/05/92 Manic Street Preachers
06/06/92 The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
13/06/92 U2
20/06/92 Faith No More
27/06/92 Carter USM
04/07/92 Sonic Youth
11/07/92 Cud
18/07/92 Spiritualized
25/07/92 Indie special, and The 100 Greatest Independent Records
01/08/92 Lollapalooza
08/08/92 Ice-T
15/08/92 Babes In Toyland
22/08/92 Morrissey
29/08/92 Nirvana
05/09/92 Suede
12/09/92 The Frank and Walters
19/09/92 The Sundays
26/09/92 Madonna
03/10/92 Manic Street Preachers
10/10/92 The Orb
17/10/92 Bob Mould
24/10/92 Kingmaker
31/10/92 Sinéad O'Connor
07/11/92 Therapy?
14/11/92 Carter USM
21/11/92 Rob Newman & David Baddiel
28/11/92 Nick Cave & Shane McGowan
05/12/92 Ice Cube
12/12/92 The Wedding Present
19/12/92 Suede

1993

02/01/93 Michael Stipe of R.E.M.
09/01/93 Back to the Planet
16/01/93 Tanya Donelly
23/01/93 Faith No More
30/01/93 Julian Cope
06/02/93 Saint Etienne
13/02/93 Frank Black
20/02/93 Brett Anderson of Suede
27/02/93 The Shamen
06/03/93 The Charlatans
13/03/93 Ice-T
20/03/93 David Bowie and Brett Anderson of Suede
27/03/93 Evan Dando of The Lemonheads
03/04/93 Bob Mould
10/04/93 New Order
17/04/93 Courtney Love
24/04/93 PJ Harvey
01/05/93 Rage Against the Machine
08/05/93 Convoy Clampdown - an anti-Criminal Justice Bill special
15/05/93 Stereo MC's
22/05/93 U2
29/05/93 The Stone Roses
05/06/93 The Velvet Underground
12/06/93 The Cure
19/06/93 Teenage Fanclub
26/06/93 Suede
03/07/93 Glastonbury Festival
10/07/93 Manic Street Preachers
17/07/93 The Black Crowes
24/07/93 Nirvana
31/07/93 Orbital
07/08/93 The Breeders
14/08/93 Björk
21/08/93 New Order
28/08/93 Carter USM
04/09/93 Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins
11/09/93 The Wonderstuff
18/09/93 Vic & Bob
25/09/93 Evan Dando of The Lemonheads
02/10/93 Michael Jackson
09/10/93 The Levellers
16/10/93 Jamiroquai
23/10/93 Senser
30/10/93 The Orb
06/11/93 Suede
13/11/93 Rob Newman & David Baddiel
20/11/93 Morrissey and Johnny Marr of The Smiths (to mark their tenth anniversary)
27/11/93 John Lydon and Leftfield
04/12/93 James
11/12/93 Ice-T
18/12/93 The Boo Radleys
25/12/93 Björk and Evan Dando

1994

08/01/94 Elastica
15/01/94 Therapy?
22/01/94 Primal Scream
29/01/94 The Smashing Pumpkins
05/02/94 Justine Frischmann, Thom Yorke and Brett Anderson
12/02/94 The 10th anniversary of Creation Records
19/02/94 Cypress Hill
26/02/94 Elvis Costello
05/03/94 Blur
12/03/94 Kurt Cobain (in a coma following a drug overdose)
19/03/94 Paul Weller
26/03/94 Morrissey
02/04/94 Nick Cave
09/04/94 Jarvis Cocker of Pulp and Jo Brand
16/04/94 Kurt Cobain (following his death)
23/04/94 Courtney Love
30/04/94 The Levellers
07/05/94 Evan Dando
14/05/94 Snoop Doggy Dogg
21/05/94 Pet Shop Boys
28/05/94 Manic Street Preachers
04/06/94 Oasis
11/06/94 Crowded House
18/06/94 Rage Against the Machine
25/06/94 Blur
02/07/94 Glastonbury Festival
09/07/94 Brian Jones
16/07/94 The Wonderstuff
23/07/94 S*M*A*S*H
30/07/94 Lollapalooza
06/08/94 Oasis
13/08/94 Bob Mould
20/08/94 Red Hot Chili Peppers
27/08/94 Primal Scream
03/09/94 Suede
10/09/94 Paul Weller
17/09/94 R.E.M.
24/09/94 The Cranberries
01/10/94 Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers
08/10/94 Blur
15/10/94 The Prodigy
22/10/94 Neil Young
29/10/94 Suede
05/11/94 Green Day
12/11/94 The Black Crowes
19/11/94 The Stone Roses
26/11/94 Therapy?
03/12/94 Chuck D and Ice Cube
10/12/94 Beastie Boys
17/12/94 Noel Gallagher and Justine Frischmann
24/12/94 Michael Stipe of R.E.M.

1995

07/01/95 Gene
14/01/95 Suede
21/01/95 Belly
28/01/95 PJ Harvey
04/02/95 Blur
11/02/95 Elastica
18/02/95 Faith No More
25/02/95 Elton John
04/03/95 The Stone Roses
11/03/95 Prince
18/03/95 The Boo Radleys
25/03/95 East 17
01/04/95 Tricky
08/04/95 Nirvana
15/04/95 Supergrass
22/04/95 Björk
29/04/95 Hole
06/05/95 The Prodigy
13/05/95 Paul Weller
20/05/95 Therapy?
27/05/95 Dodgy
03/06/95 Rod Stewart
10/06/95 Elastica
17/06/95 Blur
24/06/95 Robert Smith of The Cure
01/07/95 Glastonbury Festival
08/07/95 Keith Richards
15/07/95 Neil Young
22/07/95 R.E.M.
29/07/95 The Cranberries
05/08/95 Black Grape
12/08/95 Blur and Oasis
19/08/95 Foo Fighters
26/08/95 Blur
02/09/95 Green Day
09/09/95 The Stone Roses, Oasis & The Boo Radleys
16/09/95 Blur
23/09/95 Pulp
30/09/95 Oasis
07/10/95 Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave
14/10/95 Ash
21/10/05 Bono
28/10/95 Tricky
04/11/95 Tim Burgess of The Charlatans
11/11/95 The Beautiful South
18/11/95 Jarvis Cocker
25/11/95 David Bowie
02/12/95 Madonna
09/12/95 Radiohead
16/12/95 Black Grape
23/12/95 Oasis/Blur/Pulp

1996

06/01/96 Ash
13/01/96 The Bluetones
20/01/96 Cast
27/01/96 Nick Cave
03/02/96 Noel Gallagher of Oasis
10/02/96 Rocket From The Crypt
17/02/96 Oasis
24/02/96 Pulp
02/03/96 Pulp
09/03/96 Bruce Springsteen
16/03/96 Garbage
23/03/96 The Prodigy
30/03/96 Black Grape
06/04/96 The Stone Roses
13/04/96 The Bluetones
20/04/96 The Stone Roses
27/04/96 Blur
04/05/96 Liam Gallagher of Oasis
11/05/96 Manic Street Preachers
18/05/96 Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds
25/05/96 Dodgy
01/06/96 Bis
08/06/96 Ocean Colour Scene
15/06/96 Sex Pistols
22/06/96 Electronic
29/06/96 Ash
06/07/96 Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters
13/07/96 Underworld
20/07/96 Björk
27/07/96 Suede
03/08/96 Robbie Williams
10/08/96 Oasis
17/08/96 Pulp
24/08/96 R.E.M.
31/08/96 The Stone Roses
07/09/96 Oasis
14/09/96 Metallica
21/09/96 Oasis
28/09/96 The Bluetones
05/10/96 Chemical Brothers
12/10/96 Manic Street Preachers
19/10/96 Suede
26/10/96 Garbage
02/11/96 Baby Bird
09/11/96 Kula Shaker
16/11/96 Fugees
23/11/96 Spice Girls
30/11/96 Snoop Doggy Dogg
07/12/96 Louise Wener of Sleeper
14/12/96 Prince
21/12/96 Noel and Liam Gallagher as part of a special wrapping paper style design for Christmas issue

1997

04/01/97 Elastica
11/01/97 Blur
18/01/97 Depeche Mode
25/01/97 Reef
01/02/97 Oasis
08/02/97 Noel Gallagher of Oasis
15/02/97 The Drugs Issue
22/02/97 Space
01/03/97 Kula Shaker
08/03/97 U2
15/03/97 The Divine Comedy
22/03/97 The Charlatans
29/03/97 Supergrass
05/04/97 Cast
12/04/97 Daft Punk
19/04/97 Orbital
26/04/97 The Seahorses
03/05/97 Primal Scream
10/05/97 Mansun
17/05/97 Placebo
24/05/97 Spiritualized
31/05/97 The Charlatans
07/06/97 The Verve
14/06/97 Ocean Colour Scene
21/06/97 Radiohead
28/06/97 The Prodigy
05/07/97 Glastonbury Festival
12/07/97 Oasis
19/07/97 Shaun Ryder
26/07/97 Paul Weller
02/08/97 The Prodigy
09/08/97 Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters
16/08/97 Blur
23/08/97 The Verve
30/08/97 Reading Festival
06/09/97 Primal Scream
13/09/97 Mark Morrison
20/09/97 Oasis
27/09/97 Mansun
04/10/97 Oasis
11/10/97 U2
18/10/97 Ash
25/10/97 Embrace
01/11/97 Goldie
08/11/97 Pulp
15/11/97 Metallica
22/11/97 The Charlatans & The Verve
29/11/97 Blur
06/12/97 The Fast Show
13/12/97 Radiohead
20/12/97 Oasis
27/12/97 Oasis

1998

03/01/98 Ian Brown
10/01/98 Bernard Butler
17/01/98 The Verve
24/01/98 Stereophonics
31/01/98 The Bluetones
07/02/98 The Verve
14/02/98 Cornershop
21/02/98 Primal Scream
28/02/98 Space
07/03/98 Madonna
14/03/98 Tony Blair (an attack on New Labour policy using the slogan "Rock and Roll takes on the Government")
21/03/98 Aphex Twin
28/03/98 Pulp
04/04/98 Lo Fidelity Allstars
11/04/98 Massive Attack
18/04/98 Vic Reeves, Neil Tennant and Brett Anderson
25/04/98 Fatboy Slim
02/05/98 Jeff Buckley
09/05/98 Nick Cave
16/05/98 Super Furry Animals
23/05/08 Embrace
30/05/98 The Verve
06/06/98 Ultrasound
13/06/98 Burning Guitar
20/06/98 Mansun
27/06/98 Damon Albarn
04/07/98 Glastonbury Festival
11/07/98 Beastie Boys
18/07/98 The Verve
25/07/98 The Beta Band
01/08/98 Manic Street Preachers
08/08/98 Placebo
15/08/98 Embrace
22/08/98 All Saints
29/08/98 Robbie Williams (V Festival review)
05/09/98 Reading and Leeds Festivals
12/09/98 Marilyn Manson
19/09/98 Manic Street Preachers
26/09/98 Hole
03/10/98 PJ Harvey
10/10/98 Stereophonics
17/10/98 Alanis Morissette
24/10/98 R.E.M.
31/10/98 Oasis
07/11/98 Robbie Williams
14/11/98 Beck
21/11/98 Mercury Rev
28/11/98 Fat Les
05/12/98 Massive Attack
14/11/98 Beck
21/12/98 Manic Street Preachers

1999

02/01/99 Gomez
09/01/99 Idlewild
16/01/99 Placebo
23/01/99 Courtney Love and Michael Stipe
30/01/99 South Park
06/02/99 Ian Brown
13/02/99 Blur
20/02/99 Happy Mondays
27/02/99 Blur
06/03/99 Oasis
13/03/99 Brett Anderson
20/03/99 Aphex Twin/Chris Cunningham
27/03/99 Cerys Matthews of Catatonia
03/04/99 Mogwai
10/04/99 Stereophonics
17/04/99 Armand Van Helden and Fatboy Slim
24/04/99 Cast
01/05/99 Marilyn Manson
08/05/99 The Verve
15/05/99 Supergrass
22/05/99 Super Furry Animals
29/05/99 Gay Dad
05/06/99 The Chemical Brothers
12/06/99 Liam Gallagher of Oasis
19/06/99 Beta Band
26/06/99 Glastonbury Festival
03/07/99 Courtney Love
10/07/99 Eminem
17/07/99 Marilyn Manson
24/07/99 Godspeed You! Black Emperor
31/07/99 Travis
07/08/99 The Charlatans
14/08/99 Oasis
21/08/99 Mel C
28/08/99 Manic Street Preachers
04/09/99 Blur
11/09/99 Leftfield
18/09/99 Death In Vegas
25/09/99 Manic Street Preachers
02/10/99 Campag Velocet
09/10/99 Manic Street Preachers
16/10/99 Beck
23/10/99 Mick Head of Shack
30/10/99 The Halloween Project ("…in search of rock's worst nightmares")
06/11/99 Embrace
13/11/99 Primal Scream
20/11/99 Beastie Boys
27/11/99 Korn
04/12/99 Fun Lovin' Criminals
11/12/99 Oasis
18/12/99 Oasis
25/12/99 Richard Ashcroft

2000

08/01/00 Slipknot
15/01/00 Terris
22/01/00 Asian Dub Foundation
29/01/00 Rage Against the Machine
05/02/00 NME Awards Preview
12/02/00 Paul McCartney and Shaun Ryder
19/02/00 Oasis
26/02/00 Kelis
04/03/00 AC/DC
11/03/00 Embrace
18/03/00 Cannabis
25/03/00 Coldplay
01/04/00 Cypress Hill
08/04/00 Stereophonics
15/04/00 Ken Livingstone
22/04/00 Eminem
29/04/00 Ali G
06/05/00 The Charlatans
13/05/00 Anarchy in the UK (after the May Day violence in Trafalgar Square)
20/05/00 Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian
27/05/00 Doves
03/06/00 Travis
10/06/00 Napster
17/06/00 Richard Ashcroft
24/06/00 Radiohead
01/07/00 Glastonbury Festival
08/07/00 Coldplay
15/07/00 Oasis
22/07/00 Craig David
29/07/00 Queens of the Stone Age
05/08/00 Bloodhound Gang
12/08/00 Eminem
19/08/00 Richard Ashcroft
26/08/00 Oasis
02/09/00 Limp Bizkit
09/09/00 Marilyn Manson
16/09/00 Slipknot
23/09/00 At the Drive-In
30/09/00 Muse
07/10/00 Moby & Kelis
14/10/00 U2
21/10/00 Fatboy Slim
28/10/00 The Live Issue
04/11/00 Damon Albarn
11/11/00 Wu-Tang Clan
18/11/00 Amen
25/11/00 Kelly Jones
02/12/00 David Bowie
09/12/00 "The Pictures They Didn't Want You To See"
16/12/00 Badly Drawn Boy
23/12/00 Christmas issue

2001

06/01/01 32 New Stars For 2001
13/01/01 Manic Street Preachers
20/01/01 JJ72
27/01/01 "Sex, Drugs & Rock Journalism
03/02/01 Amen, Starsailor, JJ72 & Alfie (NME Tour)
10/02/01 Hip hop Special
17/02/01 NME Awards special - Bono, Noel and Liam Gallagher
24/02/01 Popstars
03/03/01 Manic Street Preachers
10/03/01 Stereophonics
17/03/01 Gorillaz & Daft Punk
24/03/01 Britain's Youth
31/03/01 Missy Elliott
07/04/01 Miami Dance Conference
14/04/01 Starsailor
21/04/01 "We Love NY"
28/04/01 Destiny's Child
05/05/01 Mogwai
12/05/01 Basement Jaxx
19/05/01 Radiohead
26/05/01 Air
02/06/01 Pulp
09/06/01 The Strokes
16/06/01 Outkast
23/06/01 Travis
30/06/01 Super Furry Animals
07/07/01 Aaliyah
14/07/01 Roger Sanchez
21/07/01 Spiritualized
28/07/01 Summer 2001 Riots
04/08/01 Mercury Rev
11/08/01 The White Stripes
18/08/01 The Charlatans
25/08/01 The Strokes
01/09/01 Eminem (Reading and Leeds Festivals review)
08/09/01 Slipknot
15/09/01 Courtney Love
22/09/01 Starsailor
29/09/01 Oasis
06/10/01 Aphex Twin
13/10/01 Gorillaz
20/10/01 Andrew WK
27/10/01 "Guitar Britain"
03/11/01 The White Stripes
10/11/01 Muse
17/11/01 Cannabis (New Laws)
24/11/01 So Solid Crew
01/12/01 Courtney Love
08/12/01 Top 50 Albums of the Year
15/12/01 NME Review of the Year

2002

05/01/02 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
12/01/02 Jay-Z
19/01/02 Travis, Ryan Adams & Starsailor
26/01/02 Jimmy Eat World (emo special)
02/02/02 The Hives
09/02/02 Richard Ashcroft & The Chemical Brothers
16/02/02 Oasis
23/02/02 Kylie Minogue
02/03/02 The Strokes
09/03/02 The Strokes & Kylie Minogue
16/03/02 The Streets
23/03/02 System of a Down
30/03/02 The Lostprophets
06/04/02 Oasis
13/04/02 Doves
20/04/02 Oasis (50th Birthday issue)
27/04/02 Hundred Reasons
04/05/02 The Hives
11/05/02 Eminem
18/05/02 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
25/05/02 The Osbournes
08/06/02 The Libertines
15/06/02 Oasis
22/06/02 The Prodigy
29/06/02 Coldplay
06/07/02 Glastonbury Festival
13/07/02 Oasis
20/07/02 The Vines
27/07/02 The Coral
03/08/02 Radiohead
10/08/02 Queens of the Stone Age
17/08/02 The Music
24/08/02 The Strokes
31/08/02 The White Stripes
07/09/02 Coldplay
14/09/02 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
21/09/02 Oasis
28/09/02 The Cooper Temple Clause
05/10/02 The Datsuns
12/10/02 The Vines
19/10/02 The Libertines
26/10/02 Queens of the Stone Age
02/11/02 The White Stripes
09/11/02 Nirvana
16/11/02 The Strokes
23/11/02 Foo Fighters
30/11/02 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
07/12/02 The Streets
14/12/02 Oasis
21 & 28/12/02 Coldplay

2003

04/01/03 Radiohead
11/01/03 Joe Strummer
18/01/03 Eminem
25/01/03 The Datsuns
01/02/03 Kelly Osbourne
08/02/03 The Vines
15/02/03 Courtney Love
22/02/03 Coldplay & Oasis
01/03/03 The White Stripes
08/03/03 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
15/03/03 Oasis
22/03/03 Avril Lavigne
29/03/03 Interpol
05/04/03 The White Stripes
12/04/03 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
19/04/03 Hot Hot Heat
26/04/03 Coldplay
03/05/03 Radiohead
10/05/03 The Music
17/05/03 Blur
24/05/03 Radiohead
31/05/03 The Strokes
07/06/03 AFI
14/06/03 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
21/06/03 Eminem, 50 Cent & Dr. Dre
28/06/03 The Polyphonic Spree
05/07/03 Glastonbury 2003/Radiohead
12/07/03 Kings of Leon
19/07/03 The Flaming Lips
26/07/03 The Coral
02/08/03 The Darkness
09/08/03 Keith Richards
16/08/03 The Strokes
23/08/03 Jet/Reading & Leeds Festival (Preview)
30/08/03 The Darkness/Reading & Leeds Festival (Review)
06/09/03 The Cooper Temple Clause
13/09/03 Muse
20/09/03 The Strokes
27/09/03 The White Stripes
04/10/03 The Darkness
11/10/03 Kings of Leon
18/10/03 The Libertines
25/10/03 The Strokes
01/11/03 The Distillers
08/11/03 Kylie Minogue
15/11/03 The Beatles
22/11/03 "Rock N Roll Riot"
29/11/03 Cool List 2003
06/12/03 Radiohead
13/12/03 Nirvana
20/12/03 The Libertines

2004

03/01/04 Oasis
10/01/04 Franz Ferdinand
17/01/04 Sid Vicious
24/01/04 Funeral for a Friend
31/01/04 The Coral
07/02/04 Courtney Love
14/02/04 Outkast
21/02/04 The Distillers, Franz Ferdinand & Radiohead
28/02/04 The Vines
06/03/04 Jet
13/03/04 The Libertines
20/03/04 The Strokes
27/03/04 Franz Ferdinand
03/04/04 Scissor Sisters
10/04/04 Kurt Cobain
17/04/04 Morrissey
24/04/04 The Vines
01/05/04 Franz Ferdinand
08/05/04 Muse
15/05/04 Radiohead
22/05/04 Franz Ferdinand & Morrissey
29/05/04 Pixies
05/06/04 The Hives
12/06/04 Razorlight
19/06/04 Morrissey
26/06/04 Glastonbury Festival preview
03/07/04 Paul McCartney (Glastonbury Festival review)
10/07/04 Liam Gallagher
17/07/04
24/07/04 The Libertines
07/08/04 The Streets
14/08/04 Franz Ferdinand
28/08/04 The White Stripes
04/09/04 Carl Barat
11/09/04 The White Stripes
18/09/04 1001 Rock Facts
25/09/04 Marilyn Manson
02/10/04 The White Stripes
09/10/04 Goldie Lookin Chain
16/10/04 Babyshambles
23/10/04 Kings of Leon
30/10/04 Scissor Sisters
06/11/04 John Peel (after his death)
13/11/04 The Strokes
20/11/04 Green Day
27/11/04 Pete Doherty (Cool List 2004)
04/12/04 Kasabian
11/12/04 The Best of 2004 (Albums, Tracks and DVDs)
18/12/04
25/12/04 U2

2005

08/01/05 Franz Ferdinand
15/01/05 Bloc Party
22/01/05 The Killers
29/01/05 Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers (10th Anniversary of his disappearance)
05/02/05 Razorlight
12/02/05 The Others
19/02/05
26/02/05 Shockwaves NME Awards 2005
05/03/05 New Order
12/03/05 The Bravery
19/03/05 Kaiser Chiefs
26/03/05 Gwen Stefani
09/04/05 Kasabian
16/04/05 Bloc Party
23/04/05 Coldplay
30/04/05 Oasis
07/05/05 Foo Fighters
14/05/05 The Killers
21/05/05 Foo Fighters
28/05/05 The White Stripes
04/06/05 Oasis
11/06/05 Pete Doherty
18/06/05 Green Day
25/06/05 Glastonbury Festival (Preview)
02/07/05 Glastonbury Festival (Review)
09/07/05 Live 8 Souvenir issue
16/07/05 Kaiser Chiefs & Foo Fighters
23/07/05 Babyshambles
30/07/05 Franz Ferdinand
06/08/05 Kaiser Chiefs
13/08/05 The Magic Numbers
20/08/05 Oasis
27/08/05 Pixies
03/09/05 Carling Weekend
10/09/05 Ian Brown
17/09/05 Bloc Party
24/09/05 The Killers
01/10/05 The Strokes
08/10/05 Babyshambles
15/10/05 John Peel
22/10/05 Kaiser Chiefs
29/10/05 Arctic Monkeys
05/11/05 Little Britain
12/11/05 The White Stripes
19/11/05 Green Day for 'Gigs of the Year'
26/11/05 Cool List 2005
03/12/05 Albums of the Year: 2005
10/12/05 Oasis
17/12/05 The Strokes
24/12/05 Morrissey

2006

04/01/06 Richard Ashcroft
11/01/06 Dirty Pretty Things
18/01/06 Arctic Monkeys
25/01/06 100 Greatest British Albums Ever
01/02/06 Arctic Monkeys
08/02/06 The Ordinary Boys
15/02/06 Maxïmo Park and Arctic Monkeys
22/02/06 Morrissey
01/03/06 NME Awards Special - Ian Brown and Arctic Monkeys
08/03/06 The Strokes
15/03/06 The Streets
22/03/06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
29/03/06 Kasabian
05/04/06 Radiohead
12/04/06 Primal Scream
19/04/06 Fall Out Boy
26/04/06 Arctic Monkeys
03/05/06 The Raconteurs
10/05/06 Heroes
17/05/06 Razorlight
24/05/06 Radiohead
31/05/06 Foo Fighters
07/06/06 The Smiths
14/06/06 Soundtrack of the Summer
21/06/06 The Kooks
28/06/06 The Killers
05/07/06 Kasabian
12/07/06 Lily Allen
19/07/06 Syd Barrett
26/07/06 Pete Doherty
02/08/06 Oasis
09/08/06 The Horrors
16/08/06 Radiohead
23/08/06 Arctic Monkeys
30/08/06 Reading and Leeds Festival
06/09/06 Kasabian
13/09/06 War on Emo
20/09/06 Nirvana
27/09/06 Jarvis Cocker
04/10/06 Klaxons
11/10/06 The Automatic
18/10/06 Panic! at the Disco
25/10/06 My Chemical Romance
01/11/06 Mike Skinner and Pete Doherty
08/11/06 Oasis
15/11/06 U2 and Green Day
22/11/06 Muse
29/11/06 Carl Barat
06/12/06 Albums of the Year: 2006
13/12/06 The Killers
20/12/06 The Good, the Bad and the Queen

2007

03/01/07 Arctic Monkeys
10/01/07 The View
17/01/07 James Brown (after his death)
24/01/07 My Chemical Romance
31/01/07 Bloc Party
07/02/07 Kaiser Chiefs
14/02/07 Oasis (3 Special Edition Covers Available)
21/02/07 Arcade Fire
28/02/07 The Gossip
07/03/07 NME Awards
14/03/07 NME Awards (With Free DVD)
21/03/07 Arctic Monkeys (Issue Came With Free Stickers)
28/03/07 The Twang
07/04/07 My Chemical Romance
14/04/07 Noel Gallagher
21/04/07 The Libertines
25/04/07 Arctic Monkeys
02/05/07 The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever
09/05/07 The White Stripes
16/05/07 The Clash
23/05/07 Festival Special (Lovefoxxx & Klaxons)
30/05/07 Beth Ditto
06/06/07 The White Stripes (Issue came with free 7-inch vinyl of The White Stripes single Rag and Bone)
13/06/07 Muse (Issue came with free compilation CD of some of Muse's favourite bands)
20/06/07 Glastonbury 2007 (Tom Meighan of Kasabian, Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers and Tom Clarke of The Enemy)
27/06/07 Glastonbury 2007 Lindsey Inman (Includes free posters of the Glastonbury Festival weekend)
04/07/07 Johnny Borrell, lead singer of band Razorlight
11/07/07 The View
18/07/07 The Enemy
25/07/07 Kate Nash & Jack Peñate
01/08/07 Arctic Monkeys
08/08/07 Pete Doherty
18/08/07 Tony Wilson (after his death)
25/08/07 Carling Weekend Preview
01/09/07 Carling Weekend Review, features image of the The Enemy and Festival crowds
08/09/07 Kate Nash
15/09/07 Babyshambles (Issue came with free 7-inch vinyl of Babyshambles demo of the single Delivery)
22/09/07 Ian Brown
29/09/07 Klaxons
06/10/07 The Verve
13/10/07 Radiohead
20/10/07 Various bands and artists promoting the free Love Music Hate Racism CD that came free with the issue.
27/10/07 Oasis
03/11/07 Foo Fighters (Halloween issue)
10/11/07 Frank Carter The Cool List 2007
17/11/07 Bloc Party (Issue came free with CD of remixes of their single Flux)
24/11/07 The Mighty Boosh
01/12/07 Morrissey
08/12/07 Radiohead
15/12/07 The Top 100 Albums and Tracks of the Year 2007
22 - 29/12/07 Arctic Monkeys (Christmas Issue)

2008

05/01/08 Matt Bellamy, of the band Muse: The Guitar Issue (Free chords and lyrics)
12/01/08 Foals (New Noise 2008)
19/01/08 Pete Doherty (New Albums of 2008)
26/01/08 The Cribs
02/02/08 Lightspeed Champion
09/02/08 Manic Street Preachers
16/02/08 The Wombats
23/02/08 Beth Ditto and Jarvis Cocker
01/03/08 Manic Street Preachers: 'Godlike Geniuses' 2008
08/03/08 Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons and The Mighty Boosh (NME Awards 2008)
15/03/08 Muse
22/03/08 Panic! at the Disco
29/03/08 The Last Shadow Puppets
05/04/08 Brandon Flowers, of the band The Killers
12/04/08 The Courteeners
19/04/08 The Enemy
26/04/08 Crystal Castles(The Future 50)
03/05/08 Green Day
10/05/08 Coldplay (Issue came with free 7-inch vinyl of Coldplay's Single 'Violet Hill' and a B-Side of 'A Spell A Rebel Yell')
17/05/08 Pete Doherty
24/05/08 Scarlett Johansson
31/05/08 Kaiser Chiefs (Free posters)
07/06/08 MGMT (Festival Guide 2008)
14/06/08 The Mighty Boosh
21/06/08 Glasvegas
28/06/08 Kings of Leon: Glastonbury 2008 Preview
05/07/08 Jay-Z: Glastonbury 2008 Review
12/07/08 CSS
19/07/08 The Verve: T in the Park and Oxegen 2008 Review
26/07/08 Primal Scream
02/07/08 Vampire Weekend: Top 25 American bands
09/08/08 Noel Gallagher
16/08/08 Muse
23/08/08 Brandon Flowers of the band The Killers (Reading And Leeds Festival 2008 preview)
30/08/08 Rage Against the Machine( Reading And Leeds Festival 2008 review)
06/09/08 Kings of Leon (Special Free Poster Section and Festival Poll 2008)
13/09/08 Late of the Pier
20/09/08 Oasis (included a free Oasis CD-ROM to accompany the album Dig Out Your Soul)
27/09/08 Fucked Up
04/10/08 Glasvegas
11/10/08 Crystal Castles
18/10/08 The Cribs
25/10/08 The Last Shadow Puppets
01/11/08 The Cure
08/11/08 Oasis
15/11/08 The Mighty Boosh
22/11/08 The Strokes
29/11/08 The Killers
06/12/08 MGMT
13/12/08 Blur and the Top 50 Albums & Tracks of 2008
20/12/08 to 27/12/08 The Mighty Boosh and Kings of Leon. 100 page Christmas Special with four free posters.

2009

03/01/09 Photo Yearbook Special, with cover featuring James Allan of Glasvegas, Scarlett Johansson, Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon, Liam Gallagher of Oasis, Katie White of The Ting Tings, Brandon Flowers of The Killers and Alex Turner of The Last Shadow Puppets (and Arctic Monkeys).
10/01/09 Florence and the Machine (NME's "10 Tips for 2009" Feature)
17/01/09 Kasabian (Albums of 2009: In The Studio [Part 1])
24/01/09 Lily Allen (Albums of 2009: In The Studio [Part 2])
31/01/09 Franz Ferdinand (Albums of 2009: In The Studio [Part 3])
07/02/09 Effy Stonem, James Cook and Freddie McClair of Skins.
14/02/09 Pete Doherty
21/02/09 Gerard Way
28/02/09 White Lies
07/03/09 NME Awards Special, with cover featuring Brandon Flowers of The Killers, Robert Smith of The Cure, Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh, Pete Doherty and Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT.
14/03/09 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
21/03/09 The Prodigy
28/03/09 The Enemy
04/04/09 Kings of Leon
11/04/09 The Horrors
18/04/09 The Stone Roses
25/04/09 Green Day
02/05/09 Brandon Flowers of the band The Killers
09/05/09 Lily Allen
16/05/09 Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers
23/05/09 Arctic Monkeys
30/05/09 Kasabian
06/06/09 Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
13/06/09 Oasis
20/06/09 Ian Curtis
27/06/09 Blur
04/07/09 Michael Jackson
11/07/09 Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro
18/07/09 Kings of Leon
25/07/09 Muse
01/08/09 The Cribs
08/08/09 The Future 50, featuring La Roux
15/08/09 Julian Casablancas
22/08/09 Liam Gallagher
29/08/09 Arctic Monkeys
05/09/09 Oasis
12/09/09 The Beatles - 13 special covers
19/09/09 Muse
26/09/09 Dizzee Rascal
03/10/09 Ian Brown and Jay-Z
10/10/09 Kurt Cobain
17/10/09 Jamie T
24/10/09 Paramore
31/10/09 Kasabian
07/11/09 Arctic Monkeys
14/11/09 Them Crooked Vultures
21/11/09 Ten Years In Music end of decade special
28/11/09 Florence and the Machine
05/12/09 Babyshambles
12/12/09 50 Best Albums Of 2009, featuring Faris Badwan
19/12/09 & 26/12/09 Simon Cowell

2010

02/01/10 Oasis
09/01/10 The Drums
16/01/10 Albums Of 2010 special
23/01/10 Gerard Way
30/01/10 The xx
06/02/10 The Specials
13/02/10 The Courteeners
20/02/10 Vampire Weekend
27/02/10 The Maccabees
06/03/10 NME Awards
13/03/10 Gorillaz
20/03/10 MGMT
27/03/10 Mumford & Sons
03/04/10 The Libertines
10/04/10 Ten different covers - Jack White, Florence and the Machine, LCD Soundsystem, Rihanna, Kasabian, Laura Marling, Foals, M.I.A., Biffy Clyro, Magnetic Man
17/04/10 Malcolm McLaren
24/04/10 Courtney Love
01/05/10 The Dead Weather
08/05/10 Foals
15/05/10 M.I.A.
22/05/10 Ian Curtis
29/05/10 The Drums
05/06/10 Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian and Russell Brand
12/06/10 The 50 most fearless people in music, featuring Kele Okereke
19/06/10 The Strokes
26/06/10 Glastonbury Festival 2010 Preview (Glastonbury 40th year anniversary special)
03/07/10 Glastonbury Festival 2010 Review, featuring Muse
10/07/10 Kings of Leon
17/07/10 Eminem
24/07/10 Klaxons
31/07/10 Arcade Fire
06/08/10 Mark Ronson
13/08/10 Jimi Hendrix
17/08/10 Kings of Leon
24/08/10 The Libertines (Reading and Leeds preview)
01/09/10 The Libertines (Reading and Leeds review)
08/09/10 Oasis
15/09/10 The xx
22/09/10 Carl Barât
29/09/10 David Bowie
06/10/10 Mumford and Sons
13/10/10 The Inbetweeners
20/10/10 The Cool List, 2010
27/10/10 Elliott Smith
04/11/10 Warpaint
11/11/10 My Chemical Romance
18/11/10 Pulp
25/11/10 Paul Weller
02/12/10 The 50 Best albums of 2010
09/12/10 John Lennon
16/12/10 Beady Eye (Christmas Double Issue)
30/12/10 The 50 Best Albums You've Never Heard (chosen by Dave Grohl, Kasabian and Paul Weller)

2011

06/01/11 New Music 2011 Special - Two different covers - The Vaccines and Viva Brother
13/01/11 Albums of 2011 Special
20/01/11 White Lies
29/01/11 Glasvegas
01/02/11 Screamadelica - Primal Scream - The 50 Druggiest Albums Ever
07/02/11 The White Stripes
15/02/11 The Strokes
21/02/11 Liam Gallagher
28/02/11 NME Awards 2011
08/03/11 Sex Pistols - 100 Gigs You Should Have Been At
15/03/11 The Vaccines
22/03/11 Muse (Reading and Leeds festival line-up announcement)
29/03/11 Beady Eye
06/04/11 Arctic Monkeys
13/04/11 Foo Fighters
18/04/11 Lady Gaga
26/04/11 Tyler The Creator
03/05/11 Friendly Fires
10/05/11 The Libertines
17/05/11 Creation Records
24/05/11 Syd Barratt
31/05/11 Kasabian
08/06/11 Arctic Monkeys
14/06/11 The Smiths
21/06/11 Bono
29/06/11 Glastonbury 2011
09/07/11 Jim Morrison
16/07/11 Foo Fighters
23/07/11 Noel Gallagher
26/07/11 Amy Winehouse
02/08/11 The Horrors
09/08/11 The Clash
16/08 11 UK Riots Special Report
23/08/11 Muse (Reading and Leeds preview)
30/08/11 Jarvis Cocker (from Pulp) and Julian Casablancas (from The Strokes) - Reading and Leeds review
06/09/11 Nirvana (Nevermind 20th Anniversary Special)
13/09/11 Bombay Bicycle Club
20/09/11 Kasabian
27/09/11 Noel Gallagher
04/10/11 Manic Street Preachers
11/10/11 Florence and the Machine
18/10/11 The Stone Roses
25/10/11 The Stone Roses
02/11/11 Arctic Monkeys
09/11/11 Liam Gallagher
16/11/11 The Vaccines
23/11/11 The Cool List 2011
30/11/11 Amy Winehouse
07/12/11 The Best Albums and Tracks of 2011
14/12/11 - 21/12/11 Noel Fielding & Kasabian (Double Christmas Issue)
28/12/11 The Beatles

2012

04/01/12 100 New Bands You Have To Hear
11/01/12 The Maccabees
18/01/12 Albums of 2012, featuring The Stone Roses, Biffy Clyro, Pete Doherty, The Killers and Lana Del Rey
25/01/12 Lana Del Rey
01/02/12 Noel Fielding
08/02/12 100 Great Albums You've Never Heard
15/02/12 Noel Gallagher
22/02/12 Blur
29/02/12 Sex Pistols
07/03/12 NME Awards 2012 featuring 'Godlike Genius' Noel Gallagher, Kasabian, Florence and the Machine and Jarvis Cocker
14/03/12 The Cure (Reading and Leeds line-up announcement)
21/03/12 Jack White
28/03/12 Plan B
04/04/12 Pete Doherty
11/04/12 Paul Weller and Miles Kane
18/04/12 Arctic Monkeys
25/04/12 John Lydon
01/05/12 2012 Summer Festivals Preview
08/05/12 Alabama Shakes
15/05/12 The Ramones
22/05/12 The Hot List
29/05/12 The Stone Roses
05/06/12 David Bowie
12/06/12 Mumford and Sons
19/06/12 100 Greatest Songs of NME's Lifetime
26/06/12 The Stone Roses
03/07/12 The Stone Roses
10/07/12 Florence and the Machine
17/07/12 The Rolling Stones
24/07/12 Muse
31/07/12 Two Door Cinema Club
07/08/12 Joe Strummer
14/08/12 The Killers
21/08/12 The Vaccines (Reading and Leeds 2012 preview)
28/08/12 Foo Fighters and Green Day (Reading and Leeds 2012 review)
04/09/12 Kurt Cobain
11/09/12 Joy Division
18/09/12 John Lennon
25/09/12 NME 60th Anniversary Special - 8 covers available: Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller, Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher, Patti Smith, The Killers, Manic Street Preachers and John Lydon
01/10/12 Palma Violets
09/10/12 The Libertines
16/10/12 Muse
23/10/12 Mike Skinner
30/10/12 Crystal Castles
06/11/12 The Ultimate Band
13/11/12 Jake Bugg
20/11/12 Alt-J
27/11/12 The Best 50 Tracks and Albums of 2012
04/12/12 The 75 Moments That Defined 2012
11/12/12 & 18/12/12 Keith Richards (Christmas Double Issue)
25/12/12 The Greatest No. 1 Records in History

2013

02/01/13 Palma Violets and Haim (New Music Special)
08/01/13 Liam Gallagher
15/01/13 David Bowie
22/01/13 Foals
29/01/13 Biffy Clyro
05/02/13 Hurts
12/02/13 Johnny Marr
19/02/13 The Cribs
26/02/13 David Bowie
05/03/13 NME Awards 2013, featuring 'Godlike Genius' Johnny Marr
12/03/13 Reading Festival 2013 Preview, featuring Green Day, Biffy Clyro and Eminem
19/03/13 Dave Grohl
26/03/13 Peace
02/04/13 The Stone Roses and Shane Meadows
09/04/13 Karen O
16/04/13 The Soundtrack of Our Lives, featuring Frank Turner
23/04/13 Vampire Weekend
30/04/13 The Vaccines
07/05/13 The 100 Greatest Britpop Songs
14/05/13 Daft Punk
21/05/13 Josh Homme
28/05/13 Miles Kane
04/06/13 Liam Gallagher
11/06/13 The Who
18/06/13 The Killers
25/06/13 Glastonbury Festival 2013 Preview
02/07/13 Arctic Monkeys (Glastonbury Festival 2013 Review)
09/07/13 Bobby Gillespie
16/07/13 Jay-Z
23/07/13 Babyshambles
30/07/13 Arctic Monkeys

References & footnotes

^ Pascal Bussy (1 September 2004), Kraftwerk, p. 109, ISBN 978-0-946719-70-9
^ Almost all-black cover. Later voted the 'worst cover' in the history of the magazine by NME itself.

[1] Pascal Bussy (1 September 2004), Kraftwerk, p. 109, ISBN 978-0-946719-70-9

[2] Almost all-black cover. Later voted the 'worst cover' in the history of the magazine by NME itself.

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