Kerrang! has ridden the wave of rock's resurgence to overtake the NME for the first time in its 21-year history, according to new ABC circulation figures.

The Emap title's sales shot up 63.5% year-on-year to an average 76,841 in the figures for July to December 2001, while the NME's sales stabilised at 70,456. The triumph - announced last Thursday(February 21) - contrasted sharply with that of Live & Kicking, which BBC Magazines says it is now replacing with a new title, ...