NME Magazine

This week's NME, on sale September 3, is a bumper poster special.

Plus, NME sets the record straight on the following speculations...

DO me a favour and produce our album, Josh? Asks the Arctic Monkeys...

WHERE are Babyshambles' Drew McConnell and The Reverend Jon McClure heading on their bikes?

WHO deserves to be deemed the 'Band Of The Summer'? NME's Festivals Poll 2008 finds out.

THE Followills are are back with a new album and outlook. But, could Kings Of Leon's new-found maturity destroy them?

HOW exactly are tattoo conventions, Test Icicles and a Star Wars obsession driving new band, This City?

HAVE much-hyped poets of street violence, Glasvegas managed to live up to high expectations?

HAVE The Gossip remerged better than before? We find out as they showcase their new material.

PLUS

- Mighty Boosh , Late Of The Pier, Foals, Gallows, Crystal Castles and more free posters.

- Oasis kick off their world tour.

- The View get emotional on their new album.

All in this week's NME, on sale September 3.

Oh, and don’t forget to check out the NME Office Blog to find out what nonsense we talked about in the office while putting the issue together. And let us know what you think of the issue by leaving a comment on our Myspace.

The Reading and Leeds 2008 massive 100-page review special issue is filled to the brim with stage-by-stage coverage, posters, backstage gossip and full band reviews for the UK’s greatest rock-festival.

Plus, NME sets the record straight on the following speculations...

WHAT is the story behind Bloc Party's shock new album release? And how are they finally embracing their geeky reputation?

WHAT exactly can be learnt from playing in venues that smell like toilets? Henry Rollins explains

HOW are punk’s new front-runners Abe Vigoda recutting world music?

WHY are Kasabian so bloody brilliant?

DID The Killers manage to prove themselves as worthy headliners at Reading and Leeds Festivals?

HAVE Friendly Fires delivered the dance-floor anthems we have been hoping for with their self-titled debut album?

PLUS

- Find out what Paul Weller has just discovered in My Music.
- The punters meet their heroes again in the NME Signing Tent. Find your photo at www.nme.com now.
- NME unveils the ten hopes of the near future from Reading and Leeds Festivals and names the bands that crammed the tents to the canvas.
- We share all the fascinating things learnt over the weekend.

Visit www.nme.com for full Reading and Leeds Festival coverage with live reports, all the highlights and exclusive filmed interviews. See headliners Metallica take to the stage.

Plus, Queens Of The Stone Age Glasvegas, Dizzee Rascal, Gallows, Bloc Party and more all backstage. Visit www.nme.com/festivals/video .

HOW did the mighty V Festival go down? And WHO deserves Olympic gold?

WHY have Glasvegas decided to record their follow-up album in a Romanian church in Transylvania?

WILL Frank Carter's love for tattoos delay Watford's stage-butchering punk heroes from returning to the studio?

CAN Brandon Flowers find the plot in time for Reading and Leeds?

"WOULD you like me to punch you in the face?" asks one of Slipknot ...

IS there life for The Automatic post-Pennie?

HOW did the teens measure up at the world’s only successful alternative music Underage Festival?

Plus

- A 15-page Reading And Leeds
guide to the world’s greatest rock festival, including the 15 new bands you must see.
- Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Foals, Slipknot and more.
- Oasis, Franz Ferdinand, Biffy Clyro and Lykke Li deliver the best new singles of the week.
- Foals rip up their sound and start again.

All this and more can be found in the new issue of NME, on sale from Wednesday August 19.

Tell us what you think of the issue at
myspace.com/nmemagazine and find out what happened backstage at V Festival on the NME Blogs.

This week's NME (13/08/08)

Find the answers to the following teasers in the new issue of NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday August 13.

HAVE The Verve blown it with their big comeback album, 'Forth'?

WHO are the bands that have influenced Crystal Castles?

WHY is Mike Skinner of The Streets looking so glum?

HOW did Bloc Party go down at Lollapalooza?

PLUS

- Muse's exclusive South American tour diary, complete with candid private photographs.
- Oasis: the Gallaghers finally go electro.
- My Chemical Romance: Gerard Way tells us why he's taking a break.

All this and more can be found in the new issue of NME, on sale from Wednesday August 13.

Tell us what you think of the issue at
myspace.com/nmemagazine and tap into loads more great stuff, including free downloads, over at the all-new NME Blogs.

Solve these musical conundrums in this week’s NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday August 6...

Why have Kaiser Chiefs gone all weird again for their new Mark Ronson-produced album?

Will Welsh hand-shandy popsters The Joy Formidable be able to spread their merriment to the masses?

What happened when NME got Noel Gallagher to tell them a story about God, Glasto, Heather Mills and of course the new album, ‘Dig Out Your Soul’?

Are Friendly Fires more than just posh fops with a cowbell?

PLUS

- The Killers, TV On The Radio and Kings Of Leon talk about their respective new albums.
- Lykke Li compares herself to Madonna
- The Vines, Noah And The Whale, The Coral and Wild Beasts.

Tell us what you think of the issue at
myspace.com/nmemagazine.

On sale across the UK from Wednesday July 30, NME brings some enlightenment to the following musical queries…

WHY have Queens Of The Stone Age given Arctic Monkeys a kick up the arse?

WHAT is the latest on the Kele Okereke versus John Lydon controversy?

WHO tops NME’s ‘We Love USA’ bands list?

WERE Benicassim, Latitude and Truck festivals worth all the effort?

HOW has Conor Oberst managed to ditch the madness but keep the genius alive for his new album?

PLUS

- Joe Lean reveals why he canned his debut album before it got a release.

- Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil shares his musical inspirations in My Music.

- Win the chance to design Leeds and Reading's festival banner.

Tell us what you think of the issue at
myspace.com/nmemagazine. Plus, get the latest from the NME office via our blog NME Office Blog.