NME

The New Musical Express is a weekly British music publication launched in 1952. Unlike former competitors such as Melody Maker and Sounds, the NME survives today, although it has moved away from the “inky” newspaper format of earlier years to become more of a glossy magazine.

Although Peel never wrote a regular column for NME, as he did for Disc & Music Echo and Sounds, he was frequently mentioned in its pages.

Covers
According to a Wikipedia list of covers that starts in 1969, Peel appeared on the NME front page four times:
 * 18 Aug. 1979 (interview/feature by Paul Morley)
 * 09 Sept. 1989 (50th birthday)
 * 06 Nov. 2004 (following death)
 * 15 Oct. 2005 (one year after death)

Awards
In 1994, Peel picked up NME’s "Godlike Genius Award". At the NME awards in 2005 he named "Hero Of The Year" and was posthumously given a special award for "Lifelong Service To Music". The same event saw the introduction of the "John Peel Award For Musical Innovation".

Links

 * Wikipedia
 * Official site
 * NME interview, 1979
 * Archived Music Press: NME, 1988-10-08, John Peel's Hitlist
 * Archived Music Press: NME
 * rocklistmusic.co.uk: NME Critic and Readers Lists