List of NME covers explained
The full list of New Musical Express (NME) cover images and featured artists.
1955
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
- 1969-01-04 Cartoone
- 1969-01-11 Dusty Springfield, and Marmalade
- 1969-01-18 The Troggs
- 1969-01-25 Amen Corner's "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice"
- 1969-02-01 The Doors' "Touch Me"
- 1969-02-08 Cilla Black
- 1969-02-15 Buddah Records' singles
- 1969-02-22 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's "Don Juan"
- 1969-03-01 The Marbles
- 1969-03-08 The Small Faces
- 1969-03-15 John Rowles, Peter Gordeno, and Troy Dante
- 1969-03-22 Scott Walker
- 1969-03-29 Colosseum
- 1969-04-05 advert for Fleetwood Mac's "Man of the World"
- 1969-04-12 Atlantic Records competition
- 1969-04-19 Taste
- 1969-04-26 Humble Pie
- 1969-05-03 Sandie Shaw, and Heathmore
- 1969-05-10 Nana Mouskouri
- 1969-05-17 1969 NME Poll Winner's Concert
- 1969-05-24 Thunderclap Newman
- 1969-05-31 Mike d'Abo, and Tom Jones
- 1969-06-07 Mike Kennedy, and David McWilliams
- 1969-06-14 Amen Corner
- 1969-06-21 Scott Walker
- 1969-06-28 Robin Gibb
- 1969-07-05 The Plastic Ono Band's "Give Peace a Chance"
- 1969-07-12 Yes's "Sweetness"
- 1969-07-19 The Rolling Stones, relating to the death of Brian Jones, and advert for Herb Alpert's Warm
- 1969-07-26 Engelbert Humperdinck
- 1969-08-02 Humble Pie (advert for As Safe as Yesterday is)
- 1969-08-09 Humble Pie
- 1969-08-16 The Nice
- 1969-08-30 Amen Corner
- 1969-09-06 Fat Mattress
- 1969-09-13 Jonathan Kelly
- 1969-09-20 Dusty Springfield (advert for "Am I the Same Girl"), and Barry Ryan (advert for "The Hunt")
- 1969-09-27 advert for The Beatles' Abbey Road
- 1969-10-04 Changes '69 Tour headlining Humble Pie, Love Sculpture, and David Bowie
- 1969-10-11 The Family Dogg
- 1969-10-18 Amen Corner
- 1969-10-25 Humble Pie
- 1969-11-01 John Mayall
- 1969-11-08 Lulu
- 1969-11-15 Amen Corner
- 1969-11-22 Engelbert Humperdinck
- 1969-11-29 Robin Gibb
- 1969-12-06 Clodagh Rodgers
- 1969-12-13 Scott Walker
- 1969-12-20 Seasons greetings from RAK Records (Peter Grant and Mickie Most)
- 1969-12-27 Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, and Scott Walker
1970
- 1970-01-03 Love Affair, King Crimson, and Bonzo Dog Band
- 1970-01-10 Rolf Harris, and Glen Campbell
- 1970-01-17 Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and Led Zeppelin
- 1970-01-24 Fleetwood Mac
- 1970-01-31 Barry Ryan
- 1970-02-07 Judith Durham
- 1970-02-14 Judas Jump
- 1970-02-21 Fleetwood Mac, Ringo Starr, Chicago, and Shocking Blue
- 1970-02-28 Viv Stanshall, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Gene Pitney, and the Cuff Links
- 1970-03-07 The Beatles
- 1970-03-14 Russ Conway
- 1970-03-21 James Wilson, Jackie Trent, and Tony Hatch and the Cherry Children
- 1970-03-28 Buck Owens' Country Music Caravan tour
- 1970-04-04 Ringo Starr's Sentimental Journey
- 1970-04-11 Tom Jones
- 1970-04-18 Maurice Gibb
- 1970-04-25 Paul McCartney
- 1970-05-02 Simon & Garfunkel
- 1970-05-09 Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
- 1970-05-16 Traffic, Mick Jagger, Christie, The Who, and Frank Sinatra
- 1970-05-23 The Who
- 1970-05-30 Les Reed
- 1970-06-06 Barry Gibb
- 1970-06-13 Deep Purple
- 1970-06-20 Raymond Froggatt
- 1970-06-27 Led Zeppelin
- 1970-07-04 Dusty Springfield
- 1970-07-11 Jack Wild
- 1970-07-18 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- 1970-07-25 Hyde Park Festival
- 1970-08-01 The Kinks, Mungo Jerry, Free, and Hotlegs
- 1970-08-08 Isle of Wight Festival
- 1970-08-15 The Moody Blues' A Question of Balance
- 1970-08-22 Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and Free
- 1970-08-29 Bobby Bloom's "Montego Bay"
- 1970-09-05 Isle of Wight Festival review
- 1970-09-12 Humble Pie
- 1970-09-19 Eric Burdon & War, and the Rolling Stones
- 1970-10-03 Jethro Tull, Pentangle, and The Who
- 1970-10-10 T.Rex's "Ride A White Swan", and The Move's "When Alice Comes Back to the Farm"
- 1970-10-24 Advertisement for James Brown's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)"
- 1970-10-31 Tom Jones
- 1970-11-07 Matthews Southern Comfort
- 1970-11-14 Don Fardon, the Hollies, Roger Cook & Kenny Everett
- 1970-11-28 Elvis Presley, and Jimi Hendrix
- 1970-12-05 George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Brian Wilson
- 1970-12-12 Dave Edmunds, McGuinness Flint, and Neil Diamond
- 1970-12-19 Seasonal greetings (Christmas issue)
- 1970-12-26 The Who, and Canned Heat
1971
- 1971-01-02 Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
- 1971-01-09 Paul McCartney
- 1971-01-16 Dave Edmunds, Andy Williams, and Clive Dunn
- 1971-01-23 Jethro Tull, and The Mixtures
- 1971-01-30 Cliff Richard
- 1971-02-06 George Harrison, and Eric Burdon
- 1971-02-13 Elvis Presley
- 1971-02-20 Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
- 1971-02-27 Mick Jagger, and Mungo Jerry
- 1971-03-06 Elton John, and Atomic Rooster
- 1971-03-13 Mick Jagger
- 1971-03-20 Tom Jones
- 1971-03-27 Marc Bolan
- 1971-04-03 John Lennon
- 1971-04-10 Elton John, and Elvis Presley
- 1971-04-17 Neil Diamond
- 1971-04-24 Ringo Starr
- 1971-05-01 The Beatles
- 1971-05-08 Carlos Santana, and Paul McCartney
- 1971-05-15 Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix
- 1971-05-22 Keith Emerson, and Mick Jagger
- 1971-05-29 Ringo Starr
- 1971-06-05 The Rolling Stones
- 1971-06-12 Free
- 1971-06-19 Steve Winwood
- 1971-06-26 Keith Richard of The Rolling Stones
- 1971-07-03 James Taylor
- 1971-07-10 Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 1971-07-17 Sweet
- 1971-07-24 The Who
- 1971-07-31 John Lennon & Yoko Ono
- 1971-08-07 Marc Bolan
- 1971-08-14 Jethro Tull, and Marmalade
- 1971-08-21 Diana Ross
- 1971-08-28 Mick Jagger
- 1971-09-04 Faces
- 1971-09-11 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 1971-09-18 Ten Years After
- 1971-09-25 Led Zeppelin
- 1971-10-02 Neil Diamond
- 1971-10-09 Rod Stewart
- 1971-10-16 The Who
- 1971-10-23 Crosby & Nash
- 1971-10-30 Redbone, and The Hollies
- 1971-11-06 Elton John
- 1971-11-13 Slade
- 1971-11-20 The Supremes, and Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
- 1971-11-27 The Rolling Stones
- 1971-12-04 Isaac Hayes, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- 1971-12-11 George Harrison
- 1971-12-18 Free
- 1971-12-25 Alvin Lee of Ten Years After
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
- 1976-01-03 Is rock 'n' roll ready for 1976?
- 1976-01-10 The Great British Music Festival audience at Olympia
- 1976-01-17 Bad Company
- 1976-01-24 Is rock 'n' roll an old man's game?
- 1976-01-31 The Small Faces
- 1976-02-07 10cc
- 1976-02-14 Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin
- 1976-02-21 Patti Smith
- 1976-02-28 Top 100 NME singles of all time
- 1976-03-06 David Bowie ("Bowie's Back" issue)
- 1976-03-13 Not published due to strike action.
- 1976-03-20 Phil Spector
- 1976-03-27 Bobby Womack
- 1976-04-03 Neil Young
- 1976-04-10 Rock 'n' roll/Teddy Boy revival
- 1976-04-17 Sweet
- 1976-04-24 Charlie Watts
- 1976-05-01 Buffy Sainte-Marie
- 1976-05-08 How to bluff your way thru rock n roll
- 1976-05-15 David Bowie
- 1976-05-22 Nils Lofgren
- 1976-05-29 The Rolling Stones
- 1976-06-05 Roger Daltrey
- 1976-06-12 Helen Mirren
- 1976-06-19 Bob Marley
- 1976-06-26 Bryan Ferry
- 1976-07-03 Eric Clapton
- 1976-07-10 Zen and the art of cool maintenance
- 1976-07-17 The Who
- 1976-07-24 The Runaways
- 1976-07-31 Fleetwood Mac
- 1976-08-07 Eric Clapton
- 1976-08-14 Ted Nugent
- 1976-08-21 Blue Öyster Cult
- 1976-08-28 Not published due to strike action.
- 1976-09-04 Not published due to strike action.
- 1976-09-11 Queen
- 1976-09-18 Eddie and the Hot Rods
- 1976-09-25 Bob Dylan
- 1976-10-02 Dr. Feelgood/Sex Pistols
- 1976-10-09 Marvin Gaye
- 1976-10-16 Bunny Wailer
- 1976-10-23 Patti Smith
- 1976-10-30 Rod Stewart
- 1976-11-06 Independent record labels
- 1976-11-13 Graham Parker
- 1976-11-20 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
- 1976-11-27 Brian Eno
- 1976-12-04 The Kursaal Flyers
- 1976-12-11 Sex Pistols and the fallout from the Bill Grundy interview on Thames Television's Today show
- 1976-12-18 Jackson Browne
- 1976-12-25 The Best albums of the year ... 1966
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
NME was not published in June and July this year due to a NUJ strike.
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
- 2009-01-03 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).
- 2009-01-10 Florence + the Machine (NMEs "10 Tips for 2009" Feature)
- 2009-01-17 Kasabian (Albums of 2009: In The Studio [Part 1])
- 2009-01-24 Lily Allen (Albums of 2009: In The Studio [Part 2])
- 2009-01-31 Franz Ferdinand (Albums of 2009: In The Studio [Part 3])
- 2009-02-07 Effy Stonem, James Cook and Freddie McClair of Skins.
- 2009-02-14 Pete Doherty
- 2009-02-21 Gerard Way
- 2009-02-28 White Lies
- 2009-03-07 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.
- 2009-03-14 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- 2009-03-21 The Prodigy
- 2009-03-28 The Enemy
- 2009-04-04 Kings of Leon
- 2009-04-11 The Horrors
- 2009-04-18 The Stone Roses
- 2009-04-25 Green Day
- 2009-05-02 Brandon Flowers of the band The Killers
- 2009-05-09 Lily Allen
- 2009-05-16 Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers
- 2009-05-23 Arctic Monkeys
- 2009-05-30 Kasabian
- 2009-06-06 Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
- 2009-06-13 Oasis
- 2009-06-20 Ian Curtis
- 2009-06-27 Blur
- 2009-07-04 Michael Jackson
- 2009-07-11 Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro
- 2009-07-18 Kings of Leon
- 2009-07-25 Muse
- 2009-08-01 The Cribs
- 2009-08-08 The Future 50, featuring La Roux
- 2009-08-15 Julian Casablancas
- 2009-08-22 Liam Gallagher
- 2009-08-29 Arctic Monkeys
- 2009-09-05 Oasis
- 2009-09-12 The Beatles – 13 special covers
- 2009-09-19 Muse
- 2009-09-26 Dizzee Rascal
- 2009-10-03 Ian Brown and Jay-Z
- 2009-10-10 Kurt Cobain
- 2009-10-17 Jamie T
- 2009-10-24 Paramore
- 2009-10-31 Kasabian
- 2009-11-07 Arctic Monkeys
- 2009-11-14 Them Crooked Vultures
- 2009-11-21 Ten Years In Music end of decade special
- 2009-11-28 Florence + the Machine
- 2009-12-05 Babyshambles
- 2009-12-12 50 Best Albums Of 2009, featuring Faris Badwan
- 2009-12-19 & 2009-12-26 Simon Cowell
2010
- 2010-01-02 Oasis
- 2010-01-09 The Drums
- 2010-01-16 Albums Of 2010 special
- 2010-01-23 Gerard Way
- 2010-01-30 The xx
- 2010-02-06 The Specials
- 2010-02-13 The Courteeners
- 2010-02-20 Vampire Weekend
- 2010-02-27 The Maccabees
- 2010-03-06 NME Awards
- 2010-03-13 Gorillaz
- 2010-03-20 MGMT
- 2010-03-27 Mumford & Sons
- 2010-04-03 The Libertines
- 2010-04-10 Ten different covers – Jack White, Florence and the Machine, LCD Soundsystem, Rihanna, Kasabian, Laura Marling, Foals, M.I.A., Biffy Clyro, Magnetic Man
- 2010-04-17 Malcolm McLaren
- 2010-04-24 Courtney Love
- 2010-05-01 The Dead Weather
- 2010-05-08 Foals
- 2010-05-15 M.I.A.
- 2010-05-22 Ian Curtis
- 2010-05-29 The Drums
- 2010-06-05 Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian and Russell Brand
- 2010-06-12 The 50 most fearless people in music, featuring Kele Okereke
- 2010-06-19 The Strokes
- 2010-06-26 Glastonbury Festival 2010 Preview (Glastonbury 40th anniversary special)
- 2010-07-03 Glastonbury Festival 2010 Review, featuring Muse
- 2010-07-10 Kings of Leon
- 2010-07-17 Eminem
- 2010-07-24 Klaxons
- 2010-07-31 Arcade Fire
- 2010-08-06 Mark Ronson
- 2010-08-13 Jimi Hendrix
- 2010-08-17 Kings of Leon
- 2010-08-24 The Libertines (Reading and Leeds preview)
- 2010-09-01 The Libertines (Reading and Leeds review)
- 2010-09-08 Oasis
- 2010-09-15 The xx
- 2010-09-22 Carl Barât
- 2010-09-29 David Bowie
- 2010-10-06 Mumford & Sons
- 2010-10-13 The Inbetweeners
- 2010-10-20 Cool List 2010
- 2010-10-27 Elliott Smith
- 2010-11-04 Warpaint
- 2010-11-11 My Chemical Romance
- 2010-11-18 Pulp
- 2010-11-25 Paul Weller
- 2010-12-02 The 50 Best albums of 2010
- 2010-12-09 John Lennon
- 2010-12-16 Beady Eye (Christmas Double Issue)
- 2010-12-30 The 50 Best Albums You've Never Heard (chosen by Dave Grohl, Kasabian and Paul Weller)
2011
2012
- 2012-01-04 100 New Bands You Have To Hear
- 2012-01-11 The Maccabees
- 2012-01-18 Albums of 2012, featuring The Stone Roses, Biffy Clyro, Pete Doherty, The Killers and Lana Del Rey
- 2012-01-25 Lana Del Rey
- 2012-02-01 Noel Fielding
- 2012-02-08 100 Great Albums You've Never Heard
- 2012-02-15 Noel Gallagher
- 2012-02-22 Blur
- 2012-02-29 Sex Pistols
- 2012-03-07 NME Awards 2012 featuring 'Godlike Genius' Noel Gallagher, Kasabian, Florence and the Machine and Jarvis Cocker
- 2012-03-14 The Cure (Reading and Leeds line-up announcement)
- 2012-03-21 Jack White
- 2012-03-28 Plan B
- 2012-04-04 Pete Doherty
- 2012-04-11 Paul Weller and Miles Kane (Heroes Edition)
- 2012-04-18 Arctic Monkeys
- 2012-04-25 John Lydon
- 2012-05-01 2012 Summer Festivals Preview
- 2012-05-08 Alabama Shakes
- 2012-05-15 the Ramones
- 2012-05-22 The Hot List
- 2012-05-29 The Stone Roses
- 2012-06-05 David Bowie
- 2012-06-12 Mumford & Sons
- 2012-06-19 100 Greatest Songs of NME's Lifetime
- 2012-06-26 The Stone Roses
- 2012-07-03 The Stone Roses
- 2012-07-10 Florence + the Machine
- 2012-07-17 The Rolling Stones
- 2012-07-24 Muse
- 2012-07-31 Two Door Cinema Club
- 2012-08-07 Joe Strummer
- 2012-08-14 The Killers
- 2012-08-21 The Vaccines (Reading and Leeds 2012 preview)
- 2012-08-28 Foo Fighters and Green Day (Reading and Leeds 2012 review)
- 2012-09-04 Kurt Cobain
- 2012-09-11 Joy Division
- 2012-09-18 John Lennon
- 2012-09-25 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
- 2012-10-01 Palma Violets
- 2012-10-09 The Libertines
- 2012-10-16 Muse
- 2012-10-23 Mike Skinner
- 2012-10-30 Crystal Castles
- 2012-11-06 The Ultimate Band
- 2012-11-13 Jake Bugg
- 2012-11-20 Alt-J
- 2012-11-27 The Best 50 Tracks and Albums of 2012
- 2012-12-04 The 75 Moments That Defined 2012
- 2012-12-11 & 2012-12-18 Keith Richards (Christmas Double Issue)
- 2012-12-25 The Greatest No. 1 Records in History
2013
2014
2015
2015 relaunch
2016
2017
2018
On March 9, 2018, NME printed its final magazine. The weekly cover star was replaced with an online 'Big Read'.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
On May 29, 2023, NME relaunched with "The Cover", a feature which is exclusively dedicated to global new music discoveries.
2024
References & footnotes
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Notes and References
- Almost all-black cover. Later voted the 'worst cover' in the history of the magazine by NME itself.
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