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NME Awards Nominations Unveiled

added 27 January 2004 at 10.27

The nominations for the NME Awards have just been announced with Radiohead leading the pack and up for five gongs, with Muse, The Darkness, The White Stripes, The Libertines and The Kings Of Leon right behind them.

Radiohead not surprisingly have the most nominations, and are up for 5 awards (‘Best UK Band’, ‘Best Single’, ‘Best Video’, ‘Best Live Band’ and ‘Best Album’.

Muse and The Darkness follow closely behind with four nominations, and both The Libertines and Kings Of Leon have three each.

The awards have been voted for by over 25,000 member of the public.

The ceremony itself takes place on February 12 at Hammersmith Palais in West London and will be hosted by television's Vernon Kay.

Other prizes to be handed out on the night include ‘Godlike Genius’, ‘F**k Me! Award For Innovation’, ‘Philip Hall Radar Award’, ‘Woman Of The Year’, ‘Man Of The Year’ and ‘Living Legend’ awards.

The full list of nominees is:

Best Single:

• ‘7 Nation Army’ White Stripes
• ‘There There’ Radiohead
• ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ The Darkness
•  ‘Don’t Look Back Into The Sun’ The Libertines
• ‘Hey Ya!’ Outkast

Best International Band:

• The Strokes
• Kings Of Leon
• The White Stripes
• Queens Of The Stone Age
• Foo Fighters

Best New Band:

• Jet
• Kings Of Leon
• Funeral For A Friend
• The Thrills
• Franz Ferdinand

Best Live Band:

• Muse
• Radiohead
• Queens Of The Stone Age
• The Libertines
• The Darkness

Best Solo Artist

• Ryan Adams
• Har Mar Superstar
• Justin Timberlake
• Damien Rice
• Pink

Best TV Show:

• The Office
• Bo! Selecta
• Little Britain
• Gonzo
• The Osbournes

Best Radio Show:

• Zane Lowe, Radio 1
• Chris Moyles, Radio 1
• Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, Xfm
• Colin Murray & Edith Bowman, Radio 1
• Steve Lamacq, Radio 1

Best Album:

• ‘Elephant’ The White Stripes
• ‘Absolution’ Muse
• ‘Hail To The Thief’ Radiohead
• ‘Room On Fire’ The Strokes
• ‘Youth & Young Manhood’ Kings Of Leon

Best Event:

• Glastonbury
• The Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festival
• V Festival
• T In The Park

Best Video:

• ‘Time Is Running Out’ Muse
• ‘Hardest Button To Button’ The White Stripes
• ‘There There’ Radiohead
• ‘Go With The Flow’ Queens Of The Stone Age
• ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ The Darkness

Best UK Band:

• Radiohead
• The Darkness
• Coldplay
• Muse
• The Libertines

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