On sale across the UK from Wednesday July 2, NME's Glastonbury 2008 Special contains answers to the following conundrums…

WAS this year Glastonbury got its groove back?

DID Jay-Z celebrate his Glastonbury headline set by donning his wellies and dragging Beyonce up to the Stone Circle?

HOW did The Verve's new songs go down at Worthy Farm?

IS 'All This Jelly' by gutsy Swedish MC Mapei the best song ever written about sex with fat people?

PLUS!

- The NME verdict on Black Kids' debut album, 'Partie Traumatic'.

- The unspeakably thrilling live return of Franz Ferdinand.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday July 2.

Let us know what you think of the issue at myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what went on behind the scenes at Glastonbury over on the NME's Glastonbury Gossip Blog.

On sale across the UK from Wednesday June 25, the special Glastonbury Preview issue of NME answers the following questions…

HOW epic is The Verve's comeback album going to be?

WHAT surprises have Kings Of Leon got lined up for their headline set at Glastonbury, the most important gig of their lives?

ARE Parisian disco ghouls Zombie Zombie the new Justice?

DOES it get better than watching flying alien sex pandas at Download Festival?

PLUS!

- The latest on Oasis' forthcoming seventh studio album.

- The influences that shaped Hot Chip's 'Made In The Dark'.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday June 25.

Let us know what you think of the issue at myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what bollocks was spoken in the office while we put the issue together over on the NME Office Blog.

Find out answers to the following teasers in the new issue of NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday June 18…

DID Foo Fighters really blow 170,000 fans', ahem, "shit out the door" at Wembley Stadium?

IS Razorlight's new album going to be any cop?

WHAT did Kanye West have to say about Kid Sister, rap's coolest new talent?

HAS Carl Barat finally escaped the shadow of The Libertines with the new Dirty Pretty Things album?

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- Behind the scenes at My Bloody Valentine's first gig in 16 years.

- A host of new regular features, including Roots, where we analyse the influences that shaped recent albums. This week: the roots of Mystery Jets’s ’Twenty One’.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday June 18.

Let us know what you think of the issue at myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what went on in the office while we put the issue together over on the NME Office Blog.

On sale across the UK from Wednesday June 11, the new issue of NME answers the following questions.

WHY was The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding sitting in the rain sobbing (and wearing a green dress) when NME turned up to interview him in London?

WHAT POSSESSED Razorlight to play a gig in The Science Museum’s Aviation Room, surrounded by old aeroplanes?

IS the world ready for “svelte nu-disco with an IQ of 200 and too much mousse in its hair” - as we describe New York’s White Williams in Radar this week?

WHICH hardcore legend once had a side-line writing scripts for pro-wrestling company WCW?

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- The latest on Pete Doherty’s forthcoming solo album.

- Why Pharrell Williams wants to produce the next Strokes album.

- Are Kurt Cobain’s ashes lost forever?

- A host of box-fresh regular features, including Roots, where we analyse the influences that shaped recent albums. This week: the roots of Kings Of Leon’s ’Because Of The Times’.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday June 11.

Let us know what you think of the issue at myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what bollocks was spoken in the office while we put the issue together over on the NME Office Blog.

On sale across the UK from Wednesday June 4, pick up the bumper 95-page NME Festival Guide 2008 to find out answers to the following teasers…

WHY does Kiss’ Gene Simmons advise against drug-taking at festivals (Hint: it has something to do with your “schnackle”)?

WHO would cover stars MGMT book to play their dream festival (and no, it’s not The Outhere Brothers)?

HOW did Dirty Pretty Things’ new songs go down at Nottingham’s Dot To Dot Festival?

WHAT have scuzz-punks Times New Viking got against people with “pussy ears”?

WHO emerged victorious when Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno and The Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding played each at football?

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- The latest on Primal Scream’s stunning forthcoming album, which features guest spots from CSS’ Lovefoxxx and Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme.

- Emo wars! We talk to My Chemical Romance fans protesting outside the offices of the Daily Mail.

- All-new regular features, including Vocals, where each week the most opinionated musicians and writers let rip on a given topic. This week: video director Spike Jonze dissects polemical documentary ‘Heavy Metal In Baghdad.’

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale from Wednesday 4 June.

Let us know what you think of the new issue on myspace.com/nmemagazine. And check out the NME Office Blog to find out what went on behind the scenes while we put the issue together.

Pick up the new-look magazine - more news, more comment, more NME! - and find out answers to the following…

WHICH super-producer joined Kaiser Chiefs onstage at their triumphant homecoming show at Leeds’ Elland Road stadium?

WHY has Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong taken to calling himself the Reverend Strychnine Twitch?

HOW have Arctic Monkeys fans reacted to Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard’s revelation that he once “had to kick Alex Turner in the face”?

COULD party-starting Sheffield DJ Toddla T be the future sound of the North?

PLUS!

- Free with this week’s issue: a souvenir poster pull-out section devoted to Kaiser Chiefs’ mammoth homecoming gig.

- The NME verdict on Coldplay’s forthcoming fourth album, ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’.

- Indie clever-dicks Vampire Weekend discuss the perils of being a ‘buzz band’ – and what it’s like having Alicia Silverstone as a fan.

- A slew of all-new regular features, including Vocals - where the UK’s most opnionated writers and musicians vent their fury – and Roots, where we explore the key influences behind current albums. This week: the roots of CSS’s ‘Cansei De Ser Sexy.’

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale from Wednesday May 28.

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.

In the new-look magazine – featuring more news and more new music than ever before - we answer the following...

WHY has alt-princess Scarlett Johansson been recording owl noises beside a Louisiana swamp?

CAN chart heroes The Ting Tings save the pop charts from lip-synching robots?

WHAT did Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller get up to on the set of their new video?

DID Les Savy Fav’s maniac frontman Tim Harrington really sing into a woman’s crotch (while wearing a Pink Panther costume) at All Tomorrow’s Parties?

IS Get Well Soon the maverick bedroom composer we’ve all been waiting for?

PLUS!

- Exclusive news on former Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson’s new band (and his famous new bandmates).

- The NME verdict on The Pigeon Detectives’ snap second album.

- A whole raft of superb new regulars, including Vocals - where Britain’s most opinionated musicians and journalists vent their fury, and Roots, where we explore the key influences behind current albums. This week: Panic At The Disco’s ‘Pretty. Odd.’

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale now.

Oh - and check out the NME office blog to find out what we got up to while we were putting the issue together.

On the cover: Pete Doherty was released from Wormwood Scrubs last week stepping straight from prison into NME’s car. We’ve got his only interview plus private images from his prison diary. We also find out what’s next regarding new songs, Babyshambles and staying clean - all exclusively in our spanking new-look magazine.

In our bumper edition of News, Ricky ‘Kaiser Chiefs’ Wilson explains why their homecoming gig at Elland Road next week will be too good to miss, despite the fact they will lose money playing there. Make sure you catch our unrivalled coverage of the Kaisers gig on the website and in the mag in the coming weeks.

Noel Gallagher tells us why he’s not worried about Oasis’s tunes being leaked online and former Joy Division drummer, Steven Morris, gives a frank insight into why the band were ‘doomed’ even before Curtis’ suicide in 1980. Plus The Ting Tings reveal the identity of ‘That’s Not My Name’, Agyness Dean plots her music career, Justice deny rumours that they are Daft Punk’s Puppets and Ladytron discuss their secret album. You can also win tickets to the sold out Reading and Leeds festival.

Thom Yorke has been snapped dressed up like Miami Vice’s Don Johnson and The Maccabees fear for their lives in our Gutter section. Drew McConnell makes a guest appearance in our Vocals section and we delve into the musical history and influences of Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis in My Music.

Florence & The Machine, A Place to Bury Strangers and White Lies are all caught on our extended, new music Radar this week and we profile the Holy Mountain record label. White Lies are currently playing the Topman NME New Noise Tour with Crystal Castles, Team Waterpolo and Friendly Fires - get all the reviews, interviews, videos and more on NME.COM. We’ve also got the lowdown from the opening night in Live.

In Features, we ask the likes of Muse, Metallica, Paramore and Johnny Marr (amongst loads of other big names) about their first gigs and we talk to The Subways, ahead of the release of their forthcoming album, about how a love-split and career-threatening surgery nearly sent them over the edge.

The quality of The Ting Tings new album leaves us a little disappointed in Albums, whereas The Futureheads come-back is described as ‘triumphant’. We assess whether Spiritualized, The Zutons and The Young Knives latest singles are worth spending your beer money on and NME’s Hamish McBain looks at the influences behind Lightspeed Champion’s ‘Falling Off The Lavender Bridge’.

In Live, we see if the Radiohead ‘In Rainbows’ world tour has been worth wait the wait as they set-off in America. Plus we review The Pigeon Detectives homecoming gig at the Millennium Square and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds rock the Carling Academy in Glasgow.

And last but not least, we find out what connects David Bowie to Father Ted and The Divine Comedy in 12 Steps and have 636 gigs listed in our guide for your perusal. Buy it now!

On the cover: not only have we launched a brand spanking new-look magazine this week that’s seen us strip everything back to let the words and photography shine through, we’ve also added a whole load of new features to give you even more news, bands and gigs than ever before. Plus, to top it all off, the pièce de résistance is a FREE, 7-inch vinyl copy of Coldplay’s new single, Violet Hill. The 7-inch also features an exclusive track – A Spell A Rebel Yell – that will only ever be released by NME and, if that wasn’t enough, we’ve bagged a world exclusive interview with the band to mark their return. And that’s just for starters.

In News, we have an exclusive date for The Last Shadow Puppets debut live shows, The Mighty Boosh tell us all about their summer festival and their plans to headline the event and we find out why Damon Albarn’s new album will feature 100 musicians and be sung entirely in Mandarin. Plus, Dizzee Rascal placates his fans by explaining why exactly he’s collaborating with Calvin Harris. Scarlett Johannson lets us in on how she got David Bowie to sing backing vocals on her debut album and new to this week’s edition is Nanos– eleven bite-sized chunks of music news full of band, festival and gig gossip.

Sergeant, White Denim and Johnny Foreigner are all caught on our new extended music Radar and we launch our scene profile which, this week, looks at all the up-and-coming fem-punks making waves across the UK.

In Features, Coldplay exclusively tell us about their music revolution. Yannis Philippakis opens up about Foals past, present and future. We discover why Be Your Own Pet has been labelled the most dangerous band in America and see for yourself whether NME’s Alex Miller is scarred for life after an encounter with Black Lips.

We take a look at Santi White’s latest offering to the world of music with her debut album as Santogold and see if her musical past has helped produce something a little bit special. Plus we put the Flight Of The Conchords, Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip and Adem’s new albums through their lyrical paces in Albums.

The festival season has well and truly kicked off and we’ve got all the gossip from the Californian offering, Coachella, as well as the Love Music Hate Racism Carnival in our fair Capital. Blood Red Shoes blaze up Paradiso in Amsterdam and Club NME in Hamburg and Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong continue their tour of student unions, this week landing on Bournemouth.

Finally, it’s time to introduce our new features. My Music asks our favourite musicians about their musical tastes and this week we stick a microphone in the ear of Carl Barat. Billy Bragg is our guest columnist for our first-ever Vocals section. NME’s Hamish McBain traces the influences of Vampire Weekend’s self-titled album in Roots and we discover how Radiohead are inextricably linked to The Cribs, Franz Ferdinand and Nicole Appleton in 12 Steps.

All rounded off with 609 gigs across the UK and Ireland for you to help plan your week’s music fix.

On the cover: we’ve crossed the Atlantic this week to bring you some of the hottest music news from the States. Jane’s Addiction reunite just in time to win the Godlike Geniuses Award at the first-ever stateside NME Awards. We get backstage access and ask who they think deserves the coveted title.

Read the rest of the gossip from the ceremony and see whether the bands that were hotly tipped to win actually did in our NME Awards special. And you can watch all the chaos that ensued from Kelly Osborne spitting at the host to Mark Ronson falling off the stage in our Awards video.

And if that wasn’t enough US gossip, Greenday’s Billi Joe talks Foxboro Hot Tubs, secret live performances and if they can really top American Idiot with their much-anticipated comeback.

In News, CSS’s Lovefoxx talks exclusively about why their bassist quit and why their new album, released July 21, is so disturbing. Chris Martin reveals the secrets behind Coldplay’s forthcoming album. Plus – Lightspeed Champion’s Dev Hynes explains his plans for a Michael Jackson tribute at this year’s Reading and Leeds, Albert Hammond Jr denies that his reggae-tinged solo album spells the end for The Strokes and we find out why music ticket touts are still at large. Make sure you buy next weeks new-look NME for a free seven-inch vinyl from Coldplay, with an exclusive track not available on Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends.

The Envy Corps appear on our Radar this week talking facial paralysis, jail and divorce. In Features, NME’s Sam Richards finds out whether there’s more to Cajun Dance Party than underage shows and exam timetables. We also interview Portishead about their aptly named new album ‘Third’, why it’s taken a decade to hit the road again and get the gritty truth about where they’ve been and if they’ve still got it.

Liam Fray has received a bit of a backlash since The Courteeners featured on our cover and Emily Mackay catches up with the Mancunians backstage as they play a swaggering, homecoming gig to a sell-out crowd at Academy 1 in Manchester. Camden becomes drunker and indier than normal as the annual Crawl comes to town. We also go back across the pond to catch The Raconteurs in Nashville and Tokyo Police Club in New York, including backstage access to Dave Monks from the latter.

Crystal Castles new album is put through its paces this week to see if it lives up to the hype and we give you the chance to see for yourself with five copies of their self-titled album up for grabs. Along with debuts from screen siren herself Scarlett Johansson and 80’s soul enthusiast Sam Sparro getting the NME seal of approval. Make sure you check out Scarlett’s impressive new sounds now on NME.COM.

Oh, and last but not least there’s bound to be something to tickle your musical tastebuds in our comprehensive gig guide with 554 gigs across the UK and Ireland. Buy it now!