Currently stocked in a number of the Virgin shops, Hot Press will be increasing both the number of outlets which stock the title and the volume available throughout the chain's shops, beginning with the issue that hits the stands on June 3, which features Irish superstars The Corrs on the cover.

"One of the most common email queries we get in to hotpress.com is a simple one 'where can I buy Hot Press in Britain?' " explains Hot Press' Marketing Manager Jane O'Brien. "While we've got a huge network of newsagents that stock Hot Press, being in prime positions within the Virgin network is a great step forward because it means we're much more widely available in one of the natural homes of the British music buyer"

Additional Virgin stores in which Hot Press becomes available include the Virgin Megastores in Bluewater, Brighton, Bristol, Bromley, Glasgow (Buchanan St), Cardiff, Cribbs Causeway (near Bristol), Croydon, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Milton Keynes and Newcastle, as well as Oxford Street London, Piccadilly Circus, London and Piccadilly Entertainment Store, London.

"Stay tuned for more developments," Jane O'Brien adds. "With the continual growth and popularity of hotpress.com internationally, there is a lot of interest in Hot Press Magazine at the moment, and we are anticipating further developments."