NME Magazine

In NME this Christmas...


A Supermassive double issue!

[cover]

- You're invited to NME's Alternative Christmas Party... Starring: The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Pete and Kate, Kaiser Chiefs, Green Day, The Gossip and loads more


- Plus! Free giant 2007 calendars of My Chemical Romance and The Libertines!


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And in NME Ireland...


- Radiohead tipped to headline Oxegen festival!


- The coolest gang in town Republic Of Loose light up Christmas in Dublin.


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- Don't miss the ultimate gig guide for the festive period




[news]

- Super-producer Nigel Godrich launches his TV show


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- Noel Gallagher sets a date for Oasis to split... but also says they're ready to start a new album


- Yet more acts sign up for the ShockWaves NME Awards Shows, including Amy Winehouse, The Gossip and Larrikin Love


- "Klaxons? I thought that was a venereal disease." Peter Robinson Vs Ricky Tomlinson


[features]

- Radar: the Christmas buzz band are Dustin's Bar Mitzvah. Plus the Radar review of the year


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- The Killers... on releasing a Christmas single, making up with their emo enemies and an amazing 2006


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- An Xmas message from Kasabian and a card from Yeah Yeah Yeahs



- Season's Bleatings - Who wants a pimped-out hearse or a "Christmas banger"? Find out what the rock stars want for Christmas


- Courtney Love on crappy Christmases past, and knowing Lily Allen when she was 11! When Lily was 11, not Courtney


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- Xmas with Pete and Kate


- "David Cameron: you are a donut!" In Gob We Trust. The funniest things rock stars said this year


- Kaiser Chiefs festive survival guide


- Girls Aloud. The acceptable face of pop?


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- The supermassive NME Christmas Quiz!


- Merry Christmas from The Gossip and The Kooks. Or The Cocks, as they're known in The Netherlands


- 2006: the year in lists


[reviews]

- Kaiser Chiefs, Sufjan Stevens, The Insomniacs Ball, live


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The Worst Band Name Of Christmas goes to: Bumsnogger, supported by Mel Gimpsuit (playing at Nottingham Rock City on Saturday, December 23. For more information on 690 gigs happening over the festive period, go to page 94 of the magazine


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Happy Christmas, and remember: NME is for life, not just for giant calendars