Music

Ahead of their headlining slot at Bestival 2012, Florence And The Machine get into the spirit of the festival's 'Wildlife' theme by donning animal costumes and performing a stunning acoustic cover of Talking Heads' 'Wild Wild Life'.

The View dropped by the NME office and played a bunch of new songs for a tiny invite-only audience. This track, 'Bunker', is one of the sweetest and most affecting things they've ever done.

We catch NME cover stars Weller and Kane on their photo shoot in London, where they discuss meeting each other for the first time, colour co-ordinating for the shoot and working together in the future.

Before he played his biggest show ever at Wembley Arena, Frank Turner went to the empty venue to scope it out. We filmed him playing this track from 'England Keep My Bones', alone on the massive stage.

Awl-right! As they prepare to release their fifth studio album 'Lex Hives', Swedish garage rock legends The Hives show us round some of their favourite haunts in Stockholm.

Continuing our decade-by-decade survey of all the music released in NME's 60-year lifetime, we quiz the likes of Keane, Azealia Banks, Two Door and Little Boots about their highlights of the 80s.

On his NME photo shoot, the PiL frontman talks about their new album 'This Is PiL', why they never repeat themselves musically - and the sexual fears that made him start singing in the first place. Don't miss the interview in NME, on sale 25 April.

We headed down to London's Rough Trade East to chat to performers Little Boots and Keane, and quiz customers on which limited edition released they'd managed to snap up.

We take a cab ride through London with rising hip-hop star A$AP Rocky, and tag along to his NME photo shoot. Don't miss the full interview in the mag, on sale April 25.

Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon - currently gearing up to release a new PiL album, 'This Is PiL' - explains what vinyl meant to him growing up, and why iPods cause social division.