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Oasis Lead NME Nominations

Band receive the most nods in reader votes

Posted 27th January 2009, 5:38pm in News, by Ruth Offord
Oasis Oasis, Vampire Weekend, and MGMT have come out top in this year's NME Award nominations.

The Manchester group are nominated for Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Video and Best Album, while Vampire Weekend and Kings Of Leon are nominated in the international categories.

The real news however comes from the fringe awards. Oasis again go head to head with the Jonas Brothers, Scouting For Girls and Fall Out Boy for the Worst Band category, along with German rockers Tokio Hotel. Keith Murray from We Are Scientists also finally receives some recognition with a nomination for Sexist Male along with Carl Barat, Miles Kane and Pete Doherty.

The full nominations are as follows-

Best British Band
Oasis
Bloc Party
Radiohead
Muse
Last Shadow Puppets

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

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

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

Best Live Band
Radiohead
Oasis
The Killers
Muse
Kings Of Leon

Best Album
Kings Of Leon
The Killers
Glasvegas
Oasis
Bloc Party

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

Best Video
Late Of The Pier - Heartbeat
Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You
Radiohead - House of Cards
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Oasis - Shock Of The Lightening

Best Live Event
T in the Park
Glastonbury
Isle Of Wight Festival
Reading and Leeds
V Festival

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

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

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

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

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

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

Worst Album
The Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Britney Spears - Circus
Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls
Razorlight - Slipway Fires

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

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

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

Gosh I think we lost the will to live halfway through that. The results will be announced at Brixton Academy on February 25.
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