13th August - 26th August 1997
Credits
13th August - 26th August 1997
Volume 19 - Number 17 - Issue 488
Cover Photo - Chris Buck / Outline
Price - 99p Pages - 80
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This issue had a 9p price increase
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Interviewers
Kirstin Watson - Will Smith
Alex Needham - How To Be A Spice Girl
Kirstin Watson - Upside Down
Alex Needham - Boyzone
Alex Needham - James Hurst
John Hindmarch - Alan Fitzsimons (Page 79)
Photographers
Rex - Robbie Williams (Page 3)
Katz - Will Smith Page 14-15)
All Action / Alpha / Big / Retna / Rex - Spice Girls
(Page 18-20)
Phillip Ollerenshaw / Idols - Boyzone (Page 24-25)
Tom Howard - Brian Littrell (Page 30)
Neil Makenzie Matthews - Peter Andre (Page 31)
Tom Howard - Damage (Centre Spread)
Idols - Mark Owen Page 34-35)
Tom Howard - OTT (Page 40-41)
Idols - Suede (Page 42)
Idols - Ginuwine (Page 48)
Idols - Ben Unwin (Page 50)
Tom Howard - Hanson (Page 51)
David Titlow - James Hurst (Page 58-59)
Idols - Kate Richie (Page 73)
All Action / Big Pictures / Retna / Wenn - Various
(Page 76-77)
Tom Howard - Alan Fitzsimons (Page 79)
Issue Information
Front Cover:
Spice Girls
Centre Spread:
Damage
Back Cover:
Advert
Interviews
Will Smith
How To Be A Spice Girl
Boyzone
Lyrics
Mark Owen - I Am What I Am
Clock - U Sexy Thing
Olive - Outlaw
OTT - All Out Of Love
Suede - Film Star
Code Red - Is There Someone Out There
Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do
Ginuwine - When Doves Cry
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Smash Hits talks to Mark Owen
Posters
Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys)
Peter Andre
Ben Unwin
Hanson
General
Planet Pop:
New Arrivals:
Robbie Williams
Spice Girls
911
3T
Eternal
Backstreet Boys
Michelle Gayle
Oasis
Boyzone
Robyn
Andrez
Clock
Fab
Ant and Dec
Code Red
Olive
Peter Andre
Mark Morrison
Ronan Keating
OTT
Kavana
Mark Owen
The Wu-Tang Clan
Fab
Radish
Idha
Chumbawamba
Nelson's Column
Band Watch:
Peter Andre
Boyzone
Ant and Dec
Damage
911
Mark Owen
North and South
Eternal
Robbie Williams
3T
Michael Jackson
Oasis
Backstreet Boys
OTT
Kavana
Hanson
Louise
Prodigy
Spice Girls
Peter Andre
Brian Harvey
Robbie Williams
Goldie
911
Shed Seven
The Charlatans
Black Grape
Damon Albarn
Jamiroquai
Scooby Doo
N-Tyce
Kavana
Fab
Orange Orange
MN8
Code Red
Boyzone
Will Smith
Not The Biscuit Tin
James Hurst (North and South)
The Hit Files
Number 22: Alan Fitzsimons​
Fact File
Kate Richie
Reviews
Singles:
Kavana
All Saints - I Know Where It's At
No Mercy - Kiss You All Over
Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do
Cast - Live The Dream
Jon Bon Jovi - Queen Of New Orleans
SWV - Someone
My Life Story - Duchess
Sola Ama - You're The One I Love
Trigger - Chameleon
Livin' Joy - Deep To You
Alibi - Sexual Healing
Albums:
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (Helen Solomon)
Super Furry Animals - Radiator (Alex Needham)
Videos:
101 Dalmatians
Grace Of My Heart
TV:
Eastenders
You'll Never Believe It
Neighbours
Friends
Boy Meets World
Home Improvement
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Soap Spy:
Neighbours
Coronation Street
Family Affairs
Hollyoaks
Brookside
Home and Away
Films:
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Grosse Pointe Blank
Romy and Micelle High School Reunion
Memorabilia
Ultimate Spice Girls Kit - One Of Five Spice Girls Masks
Spice Girls Pendent and Spice Girls Tattoos
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Adverts
Alison Limerick -Put Your Faith In Me Single
Echobelly - The World Is Flat
N-Trance - Mind Of The Machine Single
Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do Single
Shola Ama - You're The One I Love Single
Mark Owen - I Am What I A Single
OTT- all Out Of Love Single
Livin' Joy - Deep In You Single
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys Album
Alibi - Sexual Healing Single
Suede - Film Star Single
No Mercy - Kiss You All Over Single
Sneaker Pimps - Post Modern Sleaze Single
Symposium - Fairweather Friend Single​
Spice Power - Video
Idha - Troublemaker Album
Hits Zone Compilation Album
All Saints - I Know Were It's At Single