On the cover this week: the judges have spoken, and The Cure will officially be crowned Godlike Geniuses at next year's Shockwaves NME Awards. We catch up with frontman Robert Smith to get his reaction and talk about all sorts from tennis to suicide. We get excerpts from Pete Doherty's new book, as well as rare images from 'Cobain Unseen', plus lots of lovely posters. All in this week's NME, on sale October 29.