NME have just revealed their first cover since going free and oh boy, their readers are not at all happy.
Featuring Rihanna in a world exclusive interview, the magazine posted the picture on their Facebook page and the comments are equal parts ridiculous and hilarious.
Look NME, real music is only music performed by bands playing their own instruments. Got it?
Real music fans don’t want to read about pop stars who shift millions of singles and albums and inspire people around the world and can get you up on the dancefloor quicker than you can say ‘Let’s get readdddddy to rumble’.
Rihanna is an outrage.
‘It’s good that it’s free, because no real music fan would ever buy a magazine with Rihanna on the cover (unless it was Playboy maybe),’ read one pretty misogynistic comment.
‘We want real music that’s what you are for!’ said another, while a third said probably the meanest thing the New Music Express… Read the full story