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NME AWARDS – NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Arctic Monkeys have topped the nominees for the NME Shockwaves Awards 2008, receiving seven nominations - including Best British Band, Best Video and Best Track for their single ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’.

Nominated alongside Arctic Monkeys for the Best Live Band are Muse, The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs and My Chemical Romance. In the Best British Band category, The Arctics will battle it out with Muse, Babyshambles, Klaxons and The Cribs.

Mercury Award winners the Klaxons gained a further three nominations for Best Album, Best Video and Best Dancefloor filler.

Hoping to win gongs for the girls are Kate Nash and Amy Winehouse battling the boys for Best Solo Artist; and Lily Allen who is nominated for Best Band Blog.

The awards ceremony will be a massive shindig at O2’s Indigo2 in London on February 28.

See the full list of nominations below:

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse
 
Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance

Best New Band
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
My Chemical Romance

Best Solo Artist
Kate Nash
Jack Penate
Jamie T
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf

Best Album
Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
Shotters Nation - Babyshambles
We’ll Live And Die In These Towns – The Enemy
Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons
In Rainbows – Radiohead

Best Track
Fluorescent Adolescent – Arctic Monkeys
Flux – Bloc Party
Men’s Needs – The Cribs
Lord Don’t Slow My Down - Oasis
Let’s Dance To Joy Division – The Wombats

Best Video
Teddy Picker – Arctic Monkeys
Flux – Bloc Party
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
Golden Skans - Klaxons
Teenagers – My Chemical Romance

Best Dancefloor Filler
Flux – Bloc Party
Hummer - Foals
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
Atlantis To Interzone - Klaxons
Let’s Dance To Joy Division – The Wombats

Best Music DVD
Up The Shambles – Babyshambles
The Song Remains The Same (Special Edition) – Led Zeppelin
Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Lord Don’t Slow Me Down - Oasis
I Told You I Was Trouble – Amy Winehouse

Best Live Event
Glastonbury
Muse At Wembley Stadium
Reading And Leeds Festival
T In The Park
V Festival

Hero Of The Year
Matt Bellamy
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Ryan Jarman
Thom Yorke

Villain Of The Year
Tony Blair
Johnny Borrell
Gordon Brown
George W Bush
Amy Winehouse

Best Dressed
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way

Worst Dressed
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse

Best Album Artwork
Favourite Worst Nightmare– Arctic Monkeys
The Good The Bad And The Queen – The Good The Bad And The Queen
Sawdust– The Killers
Because Of The Time – Kings Of Leon
Send Away The Tigers – Manic Street Preachers

Best Radio Show
Russell Brand-Radio Two
Zane Lowe-Radio One
Chris Moyles-radio One
Colin Murray-Radio One
Jo Whiley-Radio One

Worst Album
1973 - James Blunt
The Trick To Life – The Hoosiers
Spirit- Leona Lewis
Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika
Blackout - Britney Spears

Worst Band
30 Seconds To Mars
Fall Out Boy
The Hoosiers
My Chemical Romance
Panic At The Disco

Best TV Show
Heroes
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Skins

Best Film
Control
Hot Fuzz
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
The Simpsons Movie
Superbad

Sexiest Man
Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist
Julian Barrett
Noel Fielding
Nicky Wire
Patrick Wolf

Sexiest Woman
Jenny Lewis
Kylie Minogue
Rhianna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata

Best Venue
Carling Academy Brixton
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Manchester Apollo
Wembley Stadium

Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last.fm
Myspace
Youtube

Best Band Blog
Lily Allen
Foals
Lightspeed Champion
Radiohead
The Streets

Best Music Blog
The Hype Machine
The Modern Age
Nothing But Green Lights
Spinner
Stereogum

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