List of NME covers

Full list of NME covers.

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 report on 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 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 and 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 advert 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
*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
*18/12/71 Free
*25/12/71 Alvin Lee of Ten Years After

1972

*05/02/72 Marc Bolan
*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
*15/07/72 David Bowie
*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
*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
*16/12/72 The Who
*23/12/72 The Rolling Stones
*30/12/72 Jimi Hendrix

1973

*13/01/73 Neil Young
*03/02/73 Alice Cooper
*10/02/73 Joan Baez, and Alice Cooper
*17/02/73 Alice Cooper, and Jethro Tull
*24/02/73 Slade
*03/03/73 Paul Simon, and Neil Young and Crazy Horse
*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 The Rolling Stones
*03/11/73 Pink Floyd
*10/11/73 Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
*23/12/73 Mick Jagger

1974

*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 Monty Python
*01/06/74 Van Morrison
*08/06/74 Rick Wakeman
*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 Robert Plant, Black Sabbath, Ian Hunter, and Pete Townshend
*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 The Doobie Brothers, Average White Band, and Gregg Allman
*25/01/75 Suzi Quatro
*01/02/75 Little Feat
*15/02/75 Paul Kossoff
*22/02/75 Elton John
*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
*26/04/75 Frank Zappa
*03/05/75 Man
*17/05/75 Maria Muldaur
*24/05/75 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
*07/06/75 Billy Connolly
*14/06/75 Bryan Ferry
*21/06/75 Brian Wilson
*28/06/75 Neil Young
*12/07/75 Eric Clapton
*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

*17/01/76 Bad Company
*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
*20/03/76 Phil Spector
*03/04/76 Neil Young
*17/04/76 Sweet
*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
*17/07/76 The Who
*24/07/76 The Runaways
*31/07/76 Fleetwood Mac
*14/08/76 Ted Nugent
*21/08/76 Blue Öyster Cult
*11/09/76 Queen
*25/09/76 Bob Dylan
*30/10/76 Rod Stewart
*20/11/76 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
*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
*12/02/77 Pink Floyd's "Animals"
*19/02/77 Eddie & The Hot Rods and 1977 Reader's Honours List
*26/02/77 Led Zeppelin
*26/03/77 Bruce Springsteen
*02/04/77 The Clash
*09/04/77 Thin Lizzy
*16/04/77 The Kinks
*30/04/77 Muddy Waters
*07/05/77 The Jam
*14/05/77 Ian Hunter
*21/05/77 The Ramones
*04/06/77 Gene Simmons, and Dolly Parton
*11/06/77 Britain's Nuclear power stations
*25/06/77 Van Morrison
*02/07/77 Steve Winwood
*09/07/77 Sex Pistols
*16/07/77 Frankie Miller
*30/07/77 Dave Edmunds
*27/08/77 Elvis Presley (following his death)
*03/09/77 Roger Taylor
*10/09/77 Thin Lizzy
*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

1978

*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
*25/02/78 Howard Devoto
*04/03/78 Bryan Ferry
*18/03/78 Nick Lowe
*15/04/78 Ian Dury
*22/04/78 Bob Dylan
*29/04/78 Kraftwerk
*06/05/78 Anti-Nazi League demonstration in London
*13/05/78 X-Ray Spex
*20/05/78 Jonathan Richman
*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
*22/07/78 Record and Tape Piracy
*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
*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
*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
*31/03/79 Human League
*07/04/79 Nicky Tesco of The Members
*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
*18/06/79 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 The 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 7th December, not Saturday 8th)
*15/12/79 Marlon Brando
*22/12/79 Review of the year

1980

*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
*14/06/80 Ian Curtis
*21/06/80 Gang of Four
*28/06/80 Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones
*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 and the Bunnymen
*29/11/80 Cabaret Voltaire
*06/12/80 UB40
*13/12/80 John Lennon (following his death)
*20/12/80 various images (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 and 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 and the Bunnymen
*27/02/82 U2
*06/03/82 ABC
*13/03/82 Haircut 100
*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 Dexy's 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 Ade
*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

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 and 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)
*14/05/83 Siouxsie Sioux
*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
*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 Consumptives
*19/11/83 Debbie Harry
*26/11/83 Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders
*10/12/83 Cocteau Twins
*17/12/83 Animal liberation movement
*24/12/83 special Christmas cover

1984

NME wasn't published in June and July this year due to a NUJ strike.

*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
*20/10/84 Paul Weller
*27/10/84 U2
*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
*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
*09/03/85 Run DMC
*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
*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 DMC
*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
*27/09/86 Trouble Funk
*04/10/86 Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P.
*18/10/86 Courtney Pine
*25/10/86 Voting (themed issue)
*01/11/86 Shinehead
*08/11/86 Youth suicide (almost all-black cover, later voted the worst cover in its history by the NME itself)
*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 The 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 Johnny Marr (then of 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 Metallica
*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
*06/06/87 U2
*13/06/87 Neil Kinnock
*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
*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)
*03/10/87 Pop Will Eat Itself
*10/10/87 Public Enemy
*17/10/87 Los Lobos
*31/10/87 The Fall
*07/11/87 Eurythmics
*28/11/87 Peter Gabriel
*05/12/87 The Cult
*19/12/87 New Order

1988

*16/01/88 Red Hot Chili Peppers
*30/01/88 70s special
*05/03/88 The Madness
*12/03/88 Iron Maiden
*09/04/88 The Wonder Stuff
*16/04/88 Harry Enfield (as Loadsamoney)
*07/05/88 Derek B
*25/06/88 Gary Glitter
*02/07/88 The Pogues
*09/07/88 Pink Floyd
*30/07/88 The House of Love
*13/08/88 Nick Cave
*27/08/88 The Primitives
*24/09/88 The Mission
*26/11/88 Napalm Death
*03/12/88 Neneh Cherry
*17/12/88 Bros

1989

*21/01/89 Def Leppard
*04/03/89 The Adult Net
*18/03/89 Michael Hutchence of INXS
*27/05/89 Tanita Tikaram
*03/06/89 Peter Gabriel
*10/06/89 Lou Reed
*09/09/89 John Peel
*23/09/89 The Cult
*07/10/89 Kate Bush
*18/11/89 The Stone Roses
*23/12/89 The Stone Roses

1990

*06/01/90 The Sundays
*13/01/90 Sinead 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
*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 The 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 The 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

1991

*04/05/91 Neil Young
*06/05/91 James
*15/06/91 Erasure
*22/06/91 Anthrax
*13/07/91 Ice-T
*20/07/91 Blur
*27/07/91 Metallica
*31/08/91 The Cult
*14/09/91 David Bowie
*26/10/91 New Order
*16/11/91 The Happy Mondays
*23/11/91 Nirvana

1992

*08/02/92 Ride
*20/02/92 Suede
*28/03/92 Blur
*23/05/92 Fatima Mansions & Sean Hughes
*20/06/92 Faith No More
*25/07/92 The 100 Greatest Records
*29/08/92 Nirvana
*26/09/92 Madonna
*03/10/92 Manic Street Preachers
*10/10/92 The Orb
*31/10/92 Sinéad O'Connor
*14/11/92 Carter USM

1993

*16/01/93 Tanya Donelly
*23/01/93 Faith No More
*20/02/93 Brett Anderson of Suede
*20/03/93 David Bowie and Brett Anderson of Suede
*27/03/93 Evan Dando of The Lemonheads
*17/04/93 Courtney Love
*24/04/93 PJ Harvey
*01/05/93 Rage Against the Machine
*22/05/93 U2
*29/05/93 The Stone Roses
*05/06/93 The Velvet Underground
*12/06/93 The Cure
*26/06/93 Suede
*03/07/93 Glastonbury Festival
*17/07/93 The Black Crowes
*24/07/93 Nirvana
*25/09/93 Evan Dando of The Lemonheads
*06/11/93 Suede
*20/11/93 Morrissey and Johnny Marr of The Smiths (to mark their tenth anniversary)

1994

*05/03/94 Blur
*12/03/94 Kurt Cobain (in a coma following a drug overdose)
*19/03/94 Paul Weller
*16/04/94 Kurt Cobain (following his death)
*04/06/94 Oasis
*11/06/94 Crowded House
*25/06/96 Blur
*02/07/94 Glastonbury Festival
*09/07/94 Brian Jones
*06/08/94 Oasis
*08/08/94 Blur
*20/08/94 Red Hot Chili Peppers
*22/10/94 Neil Young
*12/11/94 The Black Crowes
*19/11/94 The Stone Roses
*17/12/94 Noel Gallagher
*24/12/94 Michael Stipe of R.E.M.

1995

*07/01/95 Gene
*14/01/95
*21/01/95 Belly
*28/01/95
*04/02/95 Blur
*11/02/95
*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
*29/04/95
*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 Blur
*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
*09/09/95 The Stone Roses, Oasis & The Boo Radleys
*16/09/95 Blur
*23/09/95
*30/09/95 Oasis
*07/10/95 Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave
*14/10/95
*21/10/05 Bono
*28/10/95 Tricky
*04/11/95
*11/11/95 The Beautiful South
*18/11/95 Jarvis Cocker
*25/11/95 David Bowie
*02/12/95
*09/12/95
*16/12/95 Black Grape
*23/12/95 Oasis/Blur/Pulp

1996

*20/01/96 Cast
*27/01/96 Nick Cave
*03/02/96 Noel Gallagher of Oasis
*17/02/96 Oasis
*09/03/96 Bruce Springsteen
*06/04/96 The Stone Roses
*20/04/96 The Stone Roses
*27/04/96 Blur
*04/05/96 Liam Gallagher of Oasis
*11/05/96 Euro 96
*18/05/96 Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds
*25/05/96 Dodgy
*08/06/96 Ocean Colour Scene
*06/07/96 Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters
*13/07/96 Underworld
*27/07/96 Suede
*10/08/96 Oasis
*31/08/96 The Stone Roses
*07/09/96 Oasis
*14/09/96 Metallica
*21/09/96 Oasis
*28/09/96 The Bluetones
*09/11/96 Kula Shaker
*07/12/96 Louise Wener of Sleeper
*14/12/96 Prince
*21/12/96 special design for Christmas issue

1997

*04/01/97 Elastica
*01/02/97 Oasis
*08/02/97 Noel Gallagher of Oasis
*01/03/97 Kula Shaker
*08/03/97 U2
*15/03/97 The Divine Comedy
*22/03/97 The Charlatans
*12/04/97 Daft Punk
*26/04/97 The Seahorses
*03/05/97 Primal Scream
*07/06/97 The Verve
*05/07/97 Glastonbury Festival
*12/07/97 Oasis
*26/07/97 Shaun Ryder
*02/08/97 The Prodigy
*09/08/97 Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters
*30/08/97 Reading Festival
*20/09/97 Oasis
*04/10/97 Oasis
*11/10/97 U2
*25/10/97 Embrace
*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
*20/12/97 Oasis

1998

*03/01/98
*10/01/98 Bernard Butler
*17/01/98 The Verve
*24/01/98
*31/01/98 The Bluetones
*07/02/98 The Verve
*14/02/98
*21/02/98
*28/02/98
*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
*04/04/98
*11/04/98
*18/04/98 Vic Reeves, Neil Tennant and Brett Anderson
*25/04/98
*02/05/98 Jeff Buckley
*09/05/98
*16/05/98
*23/05/08
*30/05/98 The Verve
*06/06/98 Ultrasound
*13/06/98
*20/06/98
*27/06/98 Damon Albarn
*04/07/98 Glastonbury Festival
*11/07/98 The Beastie Boys
*18/07/98 The Verve
*25/07/98 The Beta Band
*04/08/98
*11/08/98
*15/08/98 Embrace
*22/08/98 All Saints
*29/08/98 Robbie Williams (V Festival review)
*05/09/98 Reading Festival
*12/09/98 Marilyn Manson
*19/09/98
*26/09/98 Hole
*03/10/98
*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
*21/11/98 Mercury Rev
*28/11/98 Fat Les
*07/12/98
*14/11/98 Beck
*21/12/98 Manic Street Preachers

1999

*01/01/99
*08/01/99
*15/01/99
*22/01/99 Blur
*30/01/99 "South Park"
*06/02/99
*13/02/99 Blur
*20/02/99 The Happy Mondays
*27/02/99 Blur
*06/03/99 Oasis
*05/03/99
*13/03/99
*20/03/99 Aphex Twin/Chris Cunningham
*27/03/99
*03/03/99
*10/03/99
*17/03/99
*24/03/99
*01/05/99 Marilyn Manson
*08/05/99 The Verve
*15/05/99
*22/05/99
*29/05/99
*05/06/99
*12/06/99 Liam Gallagher of Oasis
*19/06/99
*26/06/99 Glastonbury Festival
*03/07/99 Courtney Love
*10/07/99
*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
*28/08/99
*04/09/99 Blur
*11/09/99 Leftfield
*18/09/99
*25/09/99
*02/10/99
*09/10/99
*16/10/99
*23/10/99
*30/10/99
*05/11/99
*13/11/99 Primal Scream
*20/11/99
*27/11/99 Korn
*04/12/99 Fun Lovin' Criminals
*11/12/99 Oasis
*18/12/99 Oasis

2000

*08/01/00 Slipknot
*15/01/00
*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
*01/04/00
*08/04/00
*15/04/00
*22/04/00
*29/04/00 Ali G
*06/05/00 The Charlatans
*13/05/00
*20/05/00 Doves
*27/05/00
*03/06/00
*10/06/00 Napster
*17/06/00
*24/06/00
*01/07/00 Glastonbury Festival
*08/07/00
*15/07/00 Oasis
*22/07/00
*29/07/00 Queens Of The Stone Age
*05/08/00
*12/08/00 Eminem
*19/08/00
*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
*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

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
*24/02/01
*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
*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
*16/04/02 Doves
*23/04/02 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
*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 the 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 The Pixies
*03/09/05 Carling Weekend
*10/09/05 Ian Brown
*17/09/05 Bloc Party
*24/09/05 The Killers
*01/10/05
*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
*04/04/07 My Chemical Romance
*11/04/07 Noel Gallagher
*17/04/07 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, Nicky Wire and Tom Clarke)
*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 Penate
*01/08/07 Arctic Monkeys
*08/08/07 Pete Doherty
*15/08/07 Tony Wilson (after his death)
*22/08/07 Carling Weekend Preview
*29/08/07 Carling Weekend Review, features image of the The Enemy and Festival crowds
*05/09/07 Kate Nash
*12/09/07 Babyshambles (Issue came with free 7-inch vinyl of Babyshambles demo of the single Delivery)
*19/09/07 Ian Brown
*26/09/07 Klaxons
*03/10/07 The Verve
*10/10/07 Radiohead
*17/10/07 Various bands and artists promoting the free Love Music Hate Racism CD that came free with the issue.
*24/10/07 Oasis
*31/10/07 Foo Fighters Halloween Issue
*07/11/07 Frank Carter The Cool List 2007
*14/11/07 Bloc Party
*28/11/07 Morrissey
*05/12/07 Radiohead
*12/12/07 Albums and Tracks of the year: 2007
*19/12/07 Arctic Monkeys (Christmas Issue)

2008

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