Arcade Fire and Foals lead the way in the nominations for this year’s NME Awards, with the latter being up for each of the night’s main prizes – Best British Band, Best Album, Best Track and Best Live Band.
Arcade Fire are also in the running for major awards, joining the Mercury-nominated Foals in the Best Live Band section, along with Best International Band, Best Album and Best Video nominations.
Beady Eye are the most high profile group to be in with a chance of picking up the Best New Band award, but will face stiff competition from the likes of The Drums, Two Door Cinema Club, and the brilliantly maverick Everything Everything. Both fans and detractors of Liam Gallagher‘s Pretty Green clothing range appear to have had their say, with the former Oasis frontman nominated in both the Most, and Least Stylish sections. Kings Of Leon have proved equally decisive, and could walk away as both the Best, and Worst International Band.
The awards, which are voted for by the readers of NME, will be handed out a ceremony to be held at the Brixton Academy on February 23rd.
Selected Nominees:
Best British Band:
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Foals
Kasabian
Muse
Best International Band:
Arcade Fire
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance
The Drums
Vampire Weekend
Best Solo Artist:
Florence and The Machine
Frank Turner
Kanye West
Laura Marling
Paul Weller
Best New Band:
Beady Eye
Everything Everything
Hurts
The Drums
Two Door Cinema Club
Best Live Band:
Arcade Fire
Biffy Clyro
Foals
Kasabian
Muse
Best Album:
Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’
Crystal Castles – ‘Crystal Castles II’
Foals – ‘Total Life Forever’
My Chemical Romance – ‘Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys’
Two Door Cinema Club – ‘Tourist History’
Best Track:
Cee Lo Green – ‘Fuck You’
Foals – ‘Spanish Sahara’
Gorillaz – ‘Stylo’
Janelle Monae (feat Big Boi) – ‘Tightrope’
Mark Ronson and The Business Intl. -‘Bang Bang Bang’
Best Video:
Arcade Fire – ‘We Used To Wait’
Brandon Flowers – ‘Crossfire’
Chase & Status – ‘Let You Go’
Gorillaz – ‘Stylo’
My Chemical Romance – ‘Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)’
Best Festival:
Download
Glastonbury
Reading and Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
V Festival
Best Dancefloor Filler:
Crystal Castles – ‘Baptism’
Kele – ‘Tenderoni’
Plan B – ‘Stay Too Long’
Professor Green – ‘Jungle’
Tinie Tempah – ‘Pass Out’
Most Stylish:
Brandon Flowers
Hayley Williams
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Noel Fielding
Least Stylish:
Cheryl Cole
Justin Bieber
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Worst Album:
Cheryl Cole – ‘Messy Little Raindrops’
Justin Bieber -‘ My World’
Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
Kings Of Leon – ‘Come Around Sundown’
My Chemical Romance – ‘Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys’
Worst Band:
30 Seconds To Mars
JLS
Jonas Brothers
Kings Of Leon
Tokio Hotel
