Front cover idea

I think the most important part to start with is the Masthead, it needs to stand out and be in bold, capital font, and be in an appropriate colour for the background, and to make it noticeable. It will fit from one side to the other to leave no spaces. The main image will then be placed underneath the Masthead, this will fill nearly all the front cover, but with space to put other features and information on, either underneath or inbetween the pictute will be a caption saying the important information about that artist/band which will appeal to the audience. In the bottom right corner the bardcode will be placed including the issue number, date and price of the magazine. The rest of the space left in the magazine will be for extra information such as other bands featured, free posters and chances to win competitions.