In the magazine this week...

- So, Alex, when did you lose your virginity? Arctic Monkeys' toughest and most revealing interview ever

- Libertines reunion part two: "There's a little light that you can't extinguish." Pete and Carl finally speak

- Free with NME! Check out The White Stripes' special seven-inch single offer

- NME gallery: the best rock photography of the week, including Bloc Party smiling!

- The View

- And, a demented chicken gone wrong - aka Bjork

- This week's Radar buzz, er, lady is nu-folk songstress Remi Nicole

- Hadouken! New rave innovators or grindie pretenders? Join the debate/massive argument

- Album reviews for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Polytechnic, Dinosaur Jr, Help She Can't Swim and more

- Kaiser Chiefs conquer America! Well, they'll give it a go anyway

- Jack Penate conquers Sheffield! Well... No, actually he did

- Don't forget our ace new column about backstage goings on

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The Best Band Name Of The Week Award goes to: Geoffrey Oi!cott (playing at Fenton, Leeds on Saturday April 28). For more information on 588 gigs happening this week, go to page 58 of the magazine

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Don't miss next week
NME and Xfm present: the greatest indie anthems of all time

In the magazine this week...

- Time for heroes: Pete'n'Carl perform on stage together for the first time in three years. NME has exclusive access to the reunion of the decade

- NME News Gallery. Check out the best rock photography from last week

- The secrets behind The White Stripes' new album. NME takes a look into Jack White's lyric book to discover the inspiration behind the new record

- Radar: How young!?! Cajun Dance Party reveal their ages and a clutch a great tunes on the world

- Track By Track: Bright Eyes, aka, Conor Oberst discusses the inspiration behind the songs on new album Cassadaga

- Vive Les Libertines! NME investigates the Arcadian uprising going on in Paris

- She really is the bomb… New Young Pony Club's Tahita Bulmer prepares to drag music into the future

- “We’re still one of those bands that will piss blood onstage for you.” Manic Street Preachers talk to NME about returning to their vitriolic best

- Brilliant cola-bomb trick alert! Coventry lad-rockers The Enemy hit the streets of Amsterdam... and promptly run away scared after encountering the red light district. Great cola-bomb, though

- The Maccabees, Nine Inch Nails, Switches, Oppenheimer, The Kissaway Trail, Asian Dub Foundation, and loads more albums reviewed

- NME witnesses the absolutely bonkers homecoming gig for The View. Plus, The Enemy, The Rumble Strips and New Young Pony Club at Xfm’s Big Night Out, and Adventures In The Beetroot Field

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The Best Band Name Of The Week Award goes to: Ghost Bitch (playing at the Glasgow Barfly, Sunday April 22). For more information on 584 gigs happening this week, go to page 66 of the magazine

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Don’t miss NME next week: Arctic Monkeys unmasked. Their most revealing interview… ever

In the magazine this week...

- Mono bruv! Noel's solo album is on the way

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- Arctic Monkeys' second album: the verdict

- The Twang name debut album

- Wiv a lil' bit o' bloomin' luck! Rock's uber anglophiles Meg and Jack unveil their bonkers new Landan look, plus more great pictures from the NME news gallery.

- Including Josh Homme looking really bored!

- NME comment: why Keith Richards basically owns rock'n'roll

- Peter Robinson Vs Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

- Radar: south-London troubadour Jack Penate pours his heart out

- Cool As Folk – the new breed of singer-songwriters coming to serenade you

- Webpage roulette: 10 NME readers try to buy Glasto tickets in NME Towers

- Art rocks: why so many new art-punk bands like The Maccabees are picking up the paint brush

- Bright Eyes: Conor Oberst is plagued with demons

- Album reviews this week: Shitdisco, Mark Ronson, Efterklang and more

- Live: Kasabian at the Royal Albert Hall. Plus, Cajun Dance Party and Fall Out Boy

- The Best Band Name Of The Week Award goes to: Monkey Swallows The Universe (playing at the Norwich Arts Centre on Thursday, April 12). For more information on 586 gigs happening this week, go to page 58 of the magazine

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Don't miss next week...

No sleep 'til Hackney - we spend an evening (or five) on the road with Pete Doherty

In the magazine this week...

My Chemical Romance write for NME: The untold story of their UK tour, in their words

Glastonbury: "We definitely want Noel." Michael Eavis takes the Oasis guitarist up on his offer to play the festival

Don't forget NME's fantastic new Gallery pages - the pick of the week's best rock photography. This week includes: Oasis in Russia...

... and Courtney Love smoking a fag!

Favourite worst wet dream: severed cocks and sperm - the story behind Arctic Monkeys' new album artwork revealed

In the studio: the class of 2007. The Enemy, Shitdisco, The Rumble Strips and The Pigeon Detectives polish off their debut albums

Plus, Peter Robinson Vs DJ Mark Ronson

What rock'n'roll has taught me: Keith Richards - "I snorted my father's ashes." Riiiiight. It should really be called: What Keith Richards Taught Rock'n'Roll

Radar: This week's buzz band are South By Southwest darlings Foals

How Mumm-Ra upstaged seven other bands on the NME tours by punching girls and sword fighting

This week's long players under scrutiny are Bright Eyes' Cassadaga, a Simian Mobile Disco mix CD, Fields' debut, and more

Live: The Horrors scare the crap out people/get laughed at in Liverpool and Manchester. And Good Shoes also shit themselves up north. Plus, Razorlight (again!), Biffy Clyro, The Twang, Hadouken! and The Wombats

The Best Band Name Of The Week Award goes to: Bag Of Piss (playing at the 12 Bar Club, London on Wednesday, April 4). For more information on 530 gigs happening this week, go to page 66 of the magazine