NME Magazine 13 May 1978 Buzzcocks Wire Tubes X-Ray Spex Stranglers Pere Ubu The Ramones

NME Magazine 13 May 1978

This Issue Features: X-Ray Spex/Polly Styrene, Pere Ubu, The Ramones, Horselips, The Stranglers.

Full Page Adverts: Nick Lowe, Blue Oyster Cult, Flamin Groovies, Rainbow, Devo.

Gig Reviews: Include the Tubes at New Oxford Theatre, the Motors in Birmingham, Suzi Quatro at Baileys Leicester, Magazine at the Greyhound Croydon, Wire Sheffield University, as well at the 100 Club, the Gladiators Manchester Rafters, Buzzcocks and Penetration at Friars Aylesbury.

Record Reviews: the residents, The Stranglers black and white LP, the only ones, the Gorillaz, the Diamonds.

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New Musical Express magazine (later shortened to NME) was first published in 1952 and ran for 66 years. NME magazine covered most musical genre's from 1950s Jazz to Rocknroll, 1960's Beat and Folk,1970's glam, progressive rock, heavy rock, punk, new wave, acid house, grunge, britpop etc eventually ceasing publication in March 2018 when it moved to an online subscription only. Vintage back issues of NME make great gifts or as music collectibles they make an interesting archive of music history.