Magazine cover 4 : Rolling Stone

This is my 4th analysis of a magazine cover and it is from the magazine Rolling Stone focusing on Mumford and sons.
Colour scheme
Now unlike the other magazine covers this doesn't not consist of predominately 3 colours. However the text is made up of white, yellow and red but only for the text and not the actual image. All four of the members of the band in this photo are wearing dark colours which allows the light coloured text to stand out on top of it.
I do like the contrast of light coloured text on a dark background but I am partial to having a tri-colour scheme as I do quite like the affect it has on how the cover looks as a whole.
Image
This image is of the four Mumford and sons members, Marcus Mumford the lead singer and who the band is named after is at the front and he is the main focus point hence why he is at the front. He is also covering some of the other member's bodies. The image is put in front of the actual name of the magazine which is in the middle but then the image is actually covered by the rest of the text to show the contrast in colour of font on top of the dark coloured image.
I personally do like it when the image is in front or behind the title or text to show which piece is seen as more important and if more value to the overall article in the editors mind.
Text
All of the text is serif which means it has flourishes at the end of each letter and that is done throughout this cover page. The main pieces of information are in white text where as the rest of the text that adds to it is in yellow. This is differentiate between key information and excess information which is not as valuable to the article.
I personally like the variation between the serif and San-serif types of font and is what I want to have on my cover especially to divide the important and then not so important text like this article has done but with the use of different colours and not font.
Layout
The text overlaps some of the image but not very much covers Marcus Mumford as he is the main focus in the image and the other have text over lapping them. However the name of the magazine is overlapped slightly but the title but still visible enough so you can identify the name of the magazine.
Again I like the overlapping look as it does allow the audience to see what the editor thinks is more important compared to something ever on the cover page.