Hot Press sharpshooter Graham Keogh captures Neil Young live in Dublin's O2, plus support act Villagers.

We catch all the action from this summer's hard rock extravaganza at The O2.

It's feather boas and eyeliner ahoy as the Manics visit Dublin... (actually, that's just Nicky Wire).

We catch the Bootylicious singer onstage at her weekend shows in The O2, where she impressed with an eye-popping stage show (and check out the glittery swimsuit number!)

Check out the last of the old-format HP before we went skinny in February '08. Our new slimline cover hosted the likes of Glen, Marketa and an Oscar, along with Morrissey, Tom Waits and The Boss.

The Simpsons crash our cover along with Bruce Springsteen, REM, Arcade Fire and The Smiths. Plus, the HP celebrates our 30th birthday with Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Connor, Tommy Tiernan, Damien Dempsey, Christy Moore, and a lovely big cake.

2006 is a colourful year down Hot Press way as Arctic Monkeys burst onto our cover in a haze of yellow, Tommy Tiernan goes red, white and blue, and Franz Ferdinand sport some sunny rainbow tees.

Hot Press gets saucy with a steamy Samantha Mumba shoot. Also, Sinead O'Connor goes wild in Jamaica, Damien Dempsey takes on the world and Andrea Corr fronts our women's issue.

A fresh-faced Snow Patrol grace our cover in 2004, with appearances elsewhere from Tommy Tiernan, Kevin Shields, The Streets (and a banana), plus The Thrills (and a skeleton).

2003's contenders include Damien Dempsey, Kings Of Leon, The White Stripes, The Thrills, Turn, Justin Timberlake and Avril Lavigne.

We go retro in 2002 with special collectors editions featuring Elvis and Rory Gallagher (not together, you understand). And we've covers with The White Stripes, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, and more.

It's 2001: A Cover Odyssey – with Eminem, Marilyn Manson, JJ72, The Manics in Cuba, Shane MacGowan, Radiohead and The Frames' first HP cover.

It's the new millenium but our cover stars aren't looking so cheery. There's serious moodiness from Noel Gallagher, Van Morrison, Bono, Roisin Murphy, Beck, and Billy Corgan. But we think we saw Fran Healy crack a smile...

Garbage's Shirley Manson goes all ghosty for our creepy cover. Plus, David Holmes, The Corrs, Lauryn Hill, Suede, the Manics and more.

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From Primal Scream to Patrick Kielty, and everything in between. On our cover in '98 were Smashing Pumpkins, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, The Verve, R.E.M. and more.

We celebrate our 20th birthday with Radiohead in a cake, while elsewhere we chat to Beck, Depeche Mode, The Prodigy and (cool at the time) Coolio.

We capture the Animals (in the most humane way possible, of course), live on stage in Tripod.

HP snapper Ruth Medjber was front row for Lily Allen's sold-out Academy show.

Check out our shots from Ms. May's recent Dublin appearance in Tripod.

All the action from the St. Patrick's Day Meteor Awards, including live shots of Duke Special, Boyzone, Mundy, Camille O'Sulivan and more!

See Bell X1 as you've never seen them before in this special HP cover shoot... Buy the issue in all newsagents NOW!

In '96 we talked sex, drugs and murder with Nick Cave, while other cover stars include Lou Reed, Ash, Blur, Bjork and the Cranberries... Plus, we remember the sad passing of HP scribe Bill Graham.

Check out our live shots from this year's Choice Music Prize Awards ceremony in Vicar Street, Dublin

Thirty lucky fans were treated to a special acoustic Bell X1 show in the intimate surroundings of Bewley's Cafe Theatre in Dublin last weekend. And HP's Ruth Medjber was there to catch all the action on camera...

Pete Doherty visits Trinity College, where he joined the likes of Johnny Marr and Chris Blackwell in being made an Honorary Patron of the student Philosophical Society.

1995 had us gaga about Courtney love, PJ Harvey, Tindersticks, R.E.M., Blur, Whipping Boy and, em... Star Trek. Plus, our Rory Gallagher memorial issue.

In 1994 the rock 'n' roll year was dominated by the death of Kurt Cobain; while elsewhere we followed the success of The Cranberries, Tori Amos, Bjork and more. Plus, HP gets sexy with some naked cover action from Jerry Fish!

Trinity College was the venue for a very special Cranberries reunion gig, as frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan was made an Honorary Patron of the TCD Philosophical Society.

Kings of Leon at the O2, Dublin, December 19th, 2008