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INDIE music bible NME printed its final magazine after 66 years last week – and Editors admit they won’t miss it one bit.
As a teenager lead singer Tom Smith religiously read the New Musical Express, but hated the way it changed over time.
Tom, whose band released superb new album Violence this week, told me: “The real NME died years ago.
“The way they write about music now is throwaway. They’ve been rude about me personally, and a lot of other musicians.
“Through my teenage years, NME gave me a window into another world, but that NME is long gone.”
He added: “I feel conflicted for saying it, but I don’t care that the NME has now ended.” Tom, 36,