NME Magazine 28 January 1978 Boomtown Rats Sex Pistols Frank Zappa John Cooper Clarke

NME Magazine 28 January 1978

Features: John Cooper Clarke, Sex Pistols John Lydon Sacked, Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green, Frank Zappa, Main Feature Boomtown Rats, Dick Heckstall Smith,

Full Page Adverts: Xtc, Talking Heads, Bruford, Chris De Burgh, Ian Dury, Bob Marley Jamming Single, Rush Closer To The Heart, Rubinoos, The Stranglers 5-minutes.

Record Reviews: Patti Smith, Iggy and The Stooges, Be-bop Deluxe, Iggy Pop and James Williamson

Gig Reviews: Talking Heads Sheffield University, The Pleasers, Siouxsie and The Banshees Sandpiper Nottingham, X-Ray Spex/Black Slate/Dead Fingers Talk At The Roundhouse.

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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.