NME Magazine

This week's NME is a special issue devoted to the most striking rock photography of 2008.

The NME Photo Yearbook is on sale across the UK from Wednesday December 31 and features 60 pages of eye-watering images. Featuring:

Glasvegas

Amy Winehouse and Dan Black

The Last Shadow Puppets

2008: the year in pictures

Plus advice, anecdotes and war stories from revered photographers, including legendary snapper Pennie Smith:

This week's 100 page Christmas special edition of NME (on sale from Wednesday December 17, complete with free 'Mighty Boosh' wrapping paper) features a choice of two Yule-tastic covers.

Choose between The Mighty Boosh:

And Kings Of Leon:

The mag also comes with four free posters, featuring classic festive images of Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, The Killers and The Libertines.

Plus answers to the following questions:

Why is Kings Of Leon's Nathan Followill fantasising about "Mariah Carey doing fart porn"?

How will Ladyhawke, Florence Welch and Blaine Mystery Jet be spending Christmas?

Which one of 'The Mighty Boosh' has a festive tradition involving a dead wallaby's penis?

What's eating Frank Carter?

Plus!

Christmas round the Jarmans, an anti-Yuletide rant from Charlie Brooker, our giant quiz of the year - and all the usual NME live action, including a report from AC/DC's "transcendent" Los Angeles show.

It's all in the bumper Christmas edition of NME, on sale from Wednesday 17 December.

In this week's special issue of NME, dated December 10, we put the Blur rumours to bed for the final time and confirm in a world exclusive interview that Blur are definitely back.

Plus, find out the answers to the following questions:

ARE Franz Ferdinand still kings of the dance-floor anthem?

HAVE Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn finally buried the hatchet after all these years?

HOW did Brody Dalle’s tight pants inspire Eagles Of Death Metal’s new album?

WHO made the short-list in our top 50 albums of the year?

PLUS

- Win all 50 albums of the year

- Franz Ferdinand secret show reviewed

- Friendly Fires, TV On The Radio, MGMT, Kings Of Leon, Oasis and Laura Marling.

In the new issue of NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday December 3, find out answers to the following teasers.

HAVE Fall Out Boy managed to convince us that rock operas are the way forward?

CAN MGMT be as big as U2's Bono in 2009?

WHAT birthday treats did Jarvis deliver for Rough Trade's 30th birthday?

WHAT has prompted the reformation of The Specials?

HOW do Titus Andronicus manage to revel in a constant state of unhappiness?

PLUS

- Unlikely collaborations as The Killers and Elton John unite for Christmas single.

- Your week ahead planned with the UK's biggest gig guide.

- The Clash, The Kinks, Jarvis Cocker and Little Joy.

In the new issue of NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday November 26, find out answers to the following questions.

What the hell does "Are we human or are we dancer" even mean?

Is there anything more fun than playing Jenga on ecstasy with The Bronx?

Is Glasvegas' festive album a Christmas cracker or a little donkey?

Can electro-mash star Dan Black survive the patronage of gossip-hound Perez Hilton?

Who will be joining Franz at the NME Awards Shows 2009?

In this week's special issue of NME, dated November 19, The Strokes look back over the early years for the very first time and let us in on exactly what the future holds.

HOW did five privileged New York kids end up revolutionising guitar music?

WILL the Klaxons slow down long enough to finish their second album before Christmas?

HOW does Florence manage to fit in a quick cuppa while still onstage performing?

IS having too much money and working hard really a bad thing? Radar stars, Bear Hands explain.

HAVE Guns N'Roses delivered the long-awaited masterpiece we've all been wishing for?

It's all in the new NME, on sale Wednesday November 19.

PLUS

- Franz Ferdinand and Babyshambles play tribute to Jimi Hendrix's ex-drummer, Mitch Mitchell

- Late Of The Pier's series of stand-alone singles
- Vampire Weekend, Klaxons, Oasis and Muse .
-690 gigs listed