2000s

From the issue of 21 March 1998 onwards, the paper has no longer been printed on newsprint, and more recently it has shifted to tabloid size: it has full, glossy, colour covers.

In 2000 Steve Sutherland left to become Brand Director of the NME, replaced as editor by 26-year-old Melody Maker writer Ben Knowles. The same year saw the closure of the Melody Maker (which officially merged with the NME) and many speculated the NME would be next as the weekly music magazine market was shrinking - the monthly magazine Select, which had thrived especially during Britpop, was closed down within a week of Melody Maker. In the early 2000s the NME also attempted somewhat to broaden its coverage again, running cover stories on hip-hop acts such as Jay-Z and Missy Elliott, electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin, Popstars winners Hear'say and R&B groups like Destiny's Child, but as in the 1980s these proved unpopular with much of the paper's readership, and were soon dropped.

In 2002 Conor McNicholas was appointed editor. With a new wave of photographers including Dean Chalkley, Andrew Kendall, James Looker and Pieter Van Hattem, and a high turnover of young writers, the paper slowly began to increase in sales. The NME reasserted its position as an influence in new music and helped to introduce bands including The Strokes, The Vines, The Libertines and The White Stripes, alongside less successful bands such as The Von Bondies and The Cooper Temple Clause; this the paper heralded as "The New Rock Revolution". It focused on new British bands such as Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party and the Kaiser Chiefs who emerged as "indie music" continued to grow in commercial success. Later, Arctic Monkeys became the standard-bearers of the post-Libertines crop of indie bands, being both successfully championed by the NME and receiving widespread commercial and critical success.

In December 2005 accusations were made that the NME end-of-year poll had been edited for commercial and political reasons. These criticisms were rebutted by McNicholas, who claimed that webzine Londonist.com had got hold of an early draft of the poll.

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Date:Thu, Feb 03, 2011(19:00)
Venue:O2 ABC Glasgow
Glasgow(UK)

Date :Fri, Feb 04, 2011(19:00)
Venue:Manchester Academy
Manchester(UK)

Date:Mon, Feb 07, 2011(19:00)
Venue:O2 Academy Newcastle
Newcastle Upon Tyne(UK)

Date: Tue, Feb 08, 2011(19:00)
Venue:Rock City Nottingham
Nottingham(UK)

Date: Wed, Feb 09, 2011(19:00)

Venue:O2 Academy Leeds
Leeds(UK)
Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2011(19:00)

Venue:Norwich UEA LCR
Norwich(UK)

Date: Sat, Feb 12, 2011(19:00)

Venue:O2 Academy Birmingham
Birmingham(UK)

Date: Sun, Feb 13, 2011(19:00)
Venue:Cardiff University
Cardiff(UK)
Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2011(19:00)

Venue:O2 Academy Bristol
Bristol(UK)
Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011(19:00)

Venue:O2 Academy Bournemouth
Bournemouth(UK)

Date: Thu, Feb 17, 2011(19:00)

Venue:Brighton Dome
Brighton(UK)

Date: Sat, Feb 19, 2011(19:00)
Venue:O2 Academy Brixton
London(UK)