Jamie Cook, Arctic Monkeys (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever)
Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys and The Killers have received nominations in a couple of the categories we can just about stomach at the 2014 MTV European Music Awards.
Arctic Monkeys and The Black Keys are up for Best Rock along with Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and Linkin Park, while The Killers will compete for Best World Stage with seemingly every other artist who’s recorded such a gig, these include Kings Of Leon and again Imagine Dragons. The Best Alternative shortlist is made up of Fall Out Boy, Lana Del Rey, Lorde, Paramore and Thirty Seconds To Mars.
As for the other categories, there’s one called Best Push, whatever that is, and one which appears intent on determining the weight of audiences entitled Biggest Fans.
MTV EMAs 2014, selected nominees:
Best Rock
Arctic Monkeys
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Linkin Park
Best Alternative
Fall Out Boy
Lana Del Rey
Lorde
Paramore
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best World Stage
Afrojack – MTV World Stage Live in Amsterdam
B.o.B – MTV World Stage Malaysia
Ellie Goulding – MTV World Stage Wireless London
Enrique Iglesias – MTV World Stage Isle of MTV Malta
Fall Out Boy – MTV World Stage Monterrey
Flo Rida – MTV World Stage Mexico
Hardwell – MTV World Stage Isle of MTV Malta
Imagine Dragons – MTV World Stage Live in Amsterdam
Kings Of Leon – MTV World Stage Rock am Ring Germany
Linkin Park – MTV World Stage Rock am Ring Germany
Nicole Scherzinger – MTV World Stage Isle of MTV Malta
Pharrell Williams – MTV World Stage Wireless London
Simple Plan – MTV World Stage Monterrey
The Killers – MTV World Stage Live in Amsterdam