Our special 45th Birthday issue of Hot Press is in the shops now – and to celebrate (having sipped on a delicious Slane Irish Whiskey cocktail first!), we're giving away exclusive prints of the stunning cover, signed by Hot Press editor Niall Stokes and art director Eimear O'Connor.

The spectacular cover features some of the iconic artists who have not only graced our pages, but have soundtracked the lives of multiple generations – including Irish legends Rory Gallagher, Bono, Denise Chaila, Dolores O'Riordan and Dermot Kennedy, as well as international heroes like Bob Marley, Prince, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and David Bowie.

To honour the magical mystery tour we’ve all enjoyed in Irish music since the launch of Hot Press in 1977, in the new issue, we revisit a world that spun magnificently and intoxicatingly at 45rpm. We take readers on an extraordinary trip through the intervening years via the music that was our soundtrack – and yours – and the social and political changes we helped to drive.

To be in with a chance of winning one of these special signed cover prints, fill out the form below: