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Oasis, Alex Turner lead NME Award noms
Monday, January 26 2009, 20:52 GMT

By Sarah Rollo


Rex Features
Oasis have been nominated in seven categories for the Shockwaves NME Awards.

The Manchester rockers picked up nods for Best British Band, Best Live Band and Best Album for Dig Out Your Soul, along with a surprise nomination in the Worst Band category.

When told about the Awards nods, Noel Gallagher said: "Seven nominations, you say? Is that all? I always knew my time would come in the Best Dressed Man In The World category."

Other acts to feature prominently include Alex Turner, The Last Shadow Puppets, Arctic Monkey, Kings Of Leon, MGMT, Radiohead, and Vampire Weekend.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony held in London's Brixton Academy on February 25.

The full list of nominees:

Best British Band
Bloc Party
The Last Shadow Puppets
Muse
Oasis
Radiohead

Best International Band
Crystal Castles
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
MGMT
Vampire Weekend

Best Solo Artist
Ladyhawke
Laura Marling
Lightspeed Champion
Jay-Z
Pete Doherty

Best New Band
Glasvegas
Late Of The Pier
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
White Lies

Best Live Band
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
Muse
Oasis
Radiohead

Best Album
Bloc Party – Intimacy
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
The Killers – Day & Age
Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul

Best Track
Kings Of Leon - 'Sex On Fire'
The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age Of The Understatement'
MGMT - 'Time To Pretend'
The Ting Tings - 'That's Not My Name'
Vampire Weekend - 'A-Punk'

Best Video
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'
Late Of The Pier – 'Heartbreak'
Oasis – 'The Shock Of The Lightning'
Radiohead – 'House Of Cards'
Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk'

Best Live Event
Glastonbury
Isle Of Wight
Reading and Leeds
T In The Park
V Festival

Best TV Show
Gavin & Stacey
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Skins

Best Film
The Dark Knight
Juno
Quantum Of Solace
Twilight
Wall-E

Best Dancefloor Filler
Bloc Party – 'Mercury'
Crystal Castles – 'Courtship Dating'
Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – 'Dance Wiv Me'
Friendly Fires – 'Paris'
Late Of The Pier – 'Bathroom Gurgle'

Best DVD
Arctic Monkeys – 'At The Apollo'
Foo Fighters – 'Live At Wembley Stadium'
Kaiser Chiefs – 'Live At Elland Road'
Muse – 'HAARP'
The Rolling Stones – 'Shine A Light'

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Barack Obama
Brandon Flowers
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher

Villain Of The Year
Amy Winehouse
George Bush
Gordon Brown
John McCain
Pete Doherty

Best Dressed
Alex Turner
Alexa Chung
Brandon Flowers
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher

Worst Dressed
Amy Winehouse
Brandon Flowers
Johnny Borrell
Katy Perry
Pete Doherty

Worst Album
Britney Spears – Circus
Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Jonas Brothers – A Little Bit Longer
Razorlight – Slipway Fires
Scouting For Girls – Scouting For Girls

Worst Band
Fall Out Boy
Jonas Brothers
Oasis
Scouting for Girls
Tokio Hotel

Sexiest Male
Carl Barat
Keith Murray
Matt Bellamy
Miles Kane
Pete Doherty

Sexiest Female
Alison Mosshart
Hayley Williams
Kate Jackson
Lykke Li
Stephanie Dosen

Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last FM
MySpace
YouTube

Best Venue
Brixton Academy
Manchester Apollo
London Astoria
Glasgow Barrowlands
London O2 Arena

Best Album Artwork
The Cure – 4:13 Dream
Guillemots – Red
The Killers – Day & Age
Muse – HAARP
We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery

Best Band Blog
Foals
Lightspeed Champion
Little Boots
Noel Gallagher/Oasis
Radiohead

So who are your picks? Mine are:

Best British Band
The Last Shadow Puppets
Muse
(Divided loyalties!!)

Best International Band
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
(I'll be happy for anyone of the above to win)

Best Solo Artist
Ladyhawke

Best New Band
MGMT

Best Live Band
Muse

Best Album
The Killers – Day & Age

Best Track
The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age Of The Understatement'


Best Video
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'

Best Live Event
V Festival

Best TV Show
Skins

Best Film
Wall-E

Best Dancefloor Filler
Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – 'Dance Wiv Me'

Best DVD
Muse – 'HAARP'

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner

Villain Of The Year
John McCain

Best Dressed
Alex Turner

Worst Dressed
Amy Winehouse

Worst Album
Scouting For Girls – Scouting For Girls

Worst Band
Scouting for Girls

Sexiest Male
Matt Bellamy

Sexiest Female
Hayley Williams

Best Website
Facebook
MySpace

Best Venue
London O2 Arena

Best Album Artwork
Muse – HAARP

Best Band Blog
Little Boots