SOURCE DETAILS Publication: New Musical Express (NME) Date: July 17 1976 Country: United Kingdom Section / Pages: Page 48 – Advertisement Title: Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back – Alice Cooper Goes to Hell This full‑page NME advertisement promotes Alice Cooper’s new album Alice Cooper Goes to Hell and its accompanying single I Never Cry / Go to Hell. The design features Cooper descending a staircase, his shadow stretching behind him, symbolising the theatrical descent central to the

SOURCE DETAILS Publication: New Musical Express  Date: July 17 1976 Country: United Kingdom Section / Pages: Feature column – Page 8 Title: Hunter Opts Out of Suicide Plan This reflective feature by Charles Shaar Murray captures Ian Hunter’s post‑Mott the Hoople transition and his determined rejection of rock ’n’ roll martyrdom. Murray’s provocative headline — “Hunter opts out of suicide plan…” — frames Hunter’s candid discussion of survival, creativity, and purpose after y

SOURCE DETAILS Publication: New Musical Express  Date: July 17 1976 Country: United Kingdom Section / Pages: Album Review Title: Days of Roxy Past This NME review examines Roxy Music’s live album Viva! (Island), released mid‑1976 as a retrospective of the band’s stage years. The piece opens with a wry observation about the album’s sleeve notes and Andy Mackay’s “electric blue but kindly pink” tone, before assessing the record’s balance between nostalgia and performance. The

SOURCE DETAILS Publication: New Musical Express (NME) Date: July 20 1974 Country: United Kingdom Section / Pages: Feature column by Lisa Robinson (New York) Title: Bee’s Knees Bowie Shrugs Off ... This NME feature reports on David Bowie’s American tour and his ability to overcome setbacks with characteristic poise. The article opens by describing Bowie as “The Fragile Artist” yet “A Hearty Trouper,” noting that his tour had progressed smoothly except for one costly mishap.

This New Musical Express issue, dated Week‑ending July 17, 1971, spotlights Sweet on its front cover, marking one of the band’s earliest major appearances in the British music press. The headline “Sweet!” appears boldly alongside a full‑page photograph of the group, capturing their youthful glam‑rock energy just as they were breaking into the UK charts. Publication: New Musical Express Date: July 17 1971 Country: United Kingdom The cover also teases other stories from the is