Get the answers to these musical teasers in this week’s NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday July 23…

WHY have the Gorillaz traded monkey business for Opera and ARE they really ready to tackle the West End stage this summer?

IS Andy Burrows the inspiration behind the recent trend of drummers ditching their sticks to go solo?

WILL we share deep-southern wannabes, Mumford And Sons love for all things country, bluegrass and folk?

WHAT happened when NME met controversial Primal Scream frontman, the legend that is Bobby Gillespie?

DOES Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong's debut album warrant all the hype and hysteria surrounding its release?

WHY was Pete Doherty's gig at the Royal Albert Hall last week a right royal Shambles?

PLUS

- NME declares Santogold as the world's most wanted vocalist.

- Find out what Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt thinks we should be listening to in My Music.

- WIN free tickets to V Festival next month.

- Crystal Castles, Cool Kids, Ida Maria, The Coral and F***ed up

Get the answers to these musical mysteries in this week’s NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday July 16…

DID The Verve top their Glasto performance at T In The Park last weekend and WHY did they halt their headline slot mid-set?

HOW on earth did Geri Halliwell play a part in the naming of Oasis's new album?

WHY have a Yeti and Jesus inspired ex-Libertines bassist John Hassall to record ‘lost’ Libertines songs?

WHAT is driving the Glasgow racket-makers, Errors, to get people ‘jiggling’?

WAS Black Kids' gig at Oxford University enough to prove the buzz-haters wrong about the Jacksonville band?

HAVE CSS taken their unitard funbus off the indie circuit for good with their radio-friendly second album?

WHY was The Mighty Boosh Festival like Legoland?

PLUS

-T In The Parkand Oxegen 2008 8-page extravaganza.

-NME finds out what Jason Pierce from Spiritualized has just discovered in My Music.

- NME gets inside the mind of
The Beach Boys mainman Brian Wilson.

-The UK's biggest gig guide - planning your week ahead.

Tell us what you think of the issue at
myspace.com/nmemagazine and find out what went on behind the scenes at T In The Park by reading the NME Office Blog.

On sale across the UK from Wednesday July 9, NME sets the record straight on the following speculations...

ARE Kings Of Leon set to deliver an epic fourth album?

WHAT was the defining moment of Glastonbury 2008?

IS the world ready for new Anglo-Argentinean combo Heartbreak and their Italo-disco?

HOW have departures and fallouts influenced a CSS’s traumatic second album?

DID Radiohead mesmerise the crowd during their stadium-sized Victoria Park spectacular in London last week?

PLUS!

- Carl Barat and co christen NME Radio’s studio with live performances.

- We put a microphone in the ear of The Kooks' Luke Pritchard in My Music.

- NME guides you through T In The Park and puts the must-see bands of the weekend on your radar.

- The Hold Steady's new album confirms their status as one of the world's most vital rock bands.

- NME hails the incredible return of Tricky.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday July 9.

Let us know what you think of the issue at
myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what we've been discussing in the NME office this week in the NME Office Blog.

On sale across the UK from Wednesday July 2, NME's Glastonbury 2008 Special contains answers to the following conundrums…

WAS this year Glastonbury got its groove back?

DID Jay-Z celebrate his Glastonbury headline set by donning his wellies and dragging Beyonce up to the Stone Circle?

HOW did The Verve's new songs go down at Worthy Farm?

IS 'All This Jelly' by gutsy Swedish MC Mapei the best song ever written about sex with fat people?

PLUS!

- The NME verdict on Black Kids' debut album, 'Partie Traumatic'.

- The unspeakably thrilling live return of Franz Ferdinand.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday July 2.

Let us know what you think of the issue at myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what went on behind the scenes at Glastonbury over on the NME's Glastonbury Gossip Blog.

On sale across the UK from Wednesday June 25, the special Glastonbury Preview issue of NME answers the following questions…

HOW epic is The Verve's comeback album going to be?

WHAT surprises have Kings Of Leon got lined up for their headline set at Glastonbury, the most important gig of their lives?

ARE Parisian disco ghouls Zombie Zombie the new Justice?

DOES it get better than watching flying alien sex pandas at Download Festival?

PLUS!

- The latest on Oasis' forthcoming seventh studio album.

- The influences that shaped Hot Chip's 'Made In The Dark'.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday June 25.

Let us know what you think of the issue at myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what bollocks was spoken in the office while we put the issue together over on the NME Office Blog.

Find out answers to the following teasers in the new issue of NME, on sale across the UK from Wednesday June 18…

DID Foo Fighters really blow 170,000 fans', ahem, "shit out the door" at Wembley Stadium?

IS Razorlight's new album going to be any cop?

WHAT did Kanye West have to say about Kid Sister, rap's coolest new talent?

HAS Carl Barat finally escaped the shadow of The Libertines with the new Dirty Pretty Things album?

PLUS!

- Behind the scenes at My Bloody Valentine's first gig in 16 years.

- A host of new regular features, including Roots, where we analyse the influences that shaped recent albums. This week: the roots of Mystery Jets’s ’Twenty One’.

All this and more in the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday June 18.

Let us know what you think of the issue at myspace.com/nmemagazine - and check out what went on in the office while we put the issue together over on the NME Office Blog.