Black Francis has been looking for his mind for 40 years now.
The band will trace it on their 40th-year milestone tour around
the world.
All dates HERE.
Let’s have a look back.
MELODY MAKER
1988
ROCKPOOL
1989
NME
1991
NME
2004
LOUDER THAN WAR
2019
Scottish power pop heavyweights FRANZ FERDINAND became instant heroes in the UK
with their debut single Take Me Out (more than 1,28 billion streams on Spotify) and
their Eponymous Debut LP in 2004. Five albums followed, with last year’s Human Fear
as the most recent one.
So how did they look on magazine covers, then and now?
NME (UK)
2004
INSIDE ENTERTAINMENT (Canada)
2009
RICHMOND MAGAZINE
The real Franz Ferdinand.
2014
THE HERALD ARTS (UK)
With Amercican pop legends Sparks.
They released a collaborative album, named FFS.
2014
BOUNCE (UK)
2024
Yep, still their wildest thrill!
Kirsty MacColl (1959-2000)
Shane MacGowan (1957-2023)
Ireland’s Own Magazine
Xmas special 2018
Unforgettable
Legendary British music weekly NME with its
Xmas issue of the iconic year of 1966 stuffed
with iconic albums.
Xmas mag covers from the past
MICHAEL STIPE
Xmas issue NME
December 1994
Legend goes that Stipe lost his religion after seeing that NME Christmas cover.
11 December 2025
Nirvana‘s late legend KURT COBAIN and KIM DEAL (Pixies / Breeders) on the
1993 Xmas cover issue of British music weekly Melody Maker (legendary British
music weekly from 1926-2000)
28 March 2025
Australian punk rock turbo AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS are as hot
as ever, after last year’s pyrotechnics album Cartoon Darkness.
After appearing on several magazine covers this past year, Rolling Stone is now featuring them on its new AU/NZ issue. Amyl doesn’t really looks like, well, the Amyl we all know and love. Right?
Great magazine covers from the past
SIOUXSIE SIOUX
and STEVEN SEVERIN
19 April 1986
Melody Maker
Legendary music weekly
Timeless classic.
