NME Magazine 19-26 December 1981 Christmas issue Talking Heads Billy Fury Meatloaf The Cure

NME Magazine 19-26 December 1981

This Issues main Features: David Byrne 3 page interview, Meatloaf 3 Page interview, and Billy Fury 3 page interview, Four page article on fashion.

Full page portraits/photos of Kim Wilde, Kraftwerk, Mel Brooks, Ellen Foley, Annabella Lwin, Flying Lizards, Julian cope, Grace Jones.

Full Page Adverts: Thin Lizzy Renegade, UB40 tour, Madness It Must Be Love.

Record Reviews: Sex Pistols/some product, the Heartbreakers live at Max's, AC/DC Highway to Hell, 

Gig Reviews: Echo and the Bunnymen in Liverpool, The Cure in Glasgow, the Jam at Michael Sobell Sports Centre, Rolling Stones in New York, misty in Roots at School of Oriental and African Studies

Record Reviews: None in this issue.

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.