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Rolling Stones Lead The Way At NME Nominations

The Rolling Stones have steamed ahead in the NME nominations, gaining nods n no less then four separate categories. These include ‘Best Live Band’, ‘Best Book’, ‘Music Moment of The Year’ and ‘Best Music Film’.

Also up for awards are Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, The Maccabees, Biffy Clyro, Kasabian, Blur, Foals, Jake Bugg, Alt J.

You can view a complete list of the nominations below:

Best British Band

Arctic Monkeys

Kasabian

The Vaccines

Biffy Clyro

The Maccabees

The Cribs

 

Best Album

‘Channel Orange’ Frank Ocean

‘Jake Bugg’ Jake Bugg

‘Given To The Wild’ The Maccabees

‘An Awesome Wave’ Alt-J

‘Come Of Age’ The Vaccines

‘Lonerism’ Tame Impala

 

Best International Band

The Killers

Tame Impala

The Black Keys

Odd Future

Crystal Castles

Foo Fighters

 

Best Track

‘R U Mine?’ Arctic Monkeys

‘Don’t Save Me’ Haim

‘Bad Girls’ MIA

‘Inhaler’ Foals

‘Best Of Friends’ Palma Violets

‘Elephant’ Tame Impala

 

Best TV Show

Breaking Bad

Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy

Fresh Meat

Sherlock

The Thick Of It

Doctor Who

 

Best Music Film

Searching For Sugar Man

LCD Soundsystem: ‘Shut Up And Play The Hits’

Hit So Hard : The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel

Marley

The Rolling Stones: ‘Crossfire Hurricane’

Led Zeppelin: ‘Celebration Day’

 

Best Re-Issue

‘Generation Terrorists’ Manic Street Preachers

’21’ Blur

‘The Fat Of The Land’ Prodigy

‘Turn On The Bright Lights’ Interpol

‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ Smashing Pumpkins

‘Collected’ Ian Brown

 

Best Solo Artist

Jake Bugg

Noel Gallagher

Florence Welch

Miles Kane

Grimes

Paul Weller

 

Best New Band

Alt-J

Peace

Palma Violets

Django Django

Alabama Shakes

Haim

 

Best Music Video

‘Oblivion’ Grimes

‘Bad Girls’ MIA

‘Where Are We Now?’ David Bowie

‘R U Mine?’ Arctic Monkeys

‘Don’t Save Me’ Haim

‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’ Tame Impala

 

Best Festival supported by Farah Vintage

Reading & Leeds Festivals

T In The Park

Bestival

Primavera

Latitude

Isle Of Wight

 

Best Live Band

The Maccabees

The Cribs

Blur

Biffy Clyro

Foals

The Rolling Stones

 

Best Dancefloor Anthem

‘What You Came For’ Mosca feating Katy B

‘Sweet Nothing’ Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch

‘Gangnam Style’ Psy

‘Bad Girls’ MIA

‘In Paris’ Kanye West/Jay-Z

‘Losing You’ Solange

 

Best Twitter

Muse (@muse)

Fred Macpherson, Spector (@fredmacpherson)

Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts (@theohurts)

Alana Haim, Haim (@babyhaim)

Wiley (@EskiDance)

MIA (@MIAuniverse)

 

Best Book

David Byrne: How Music Works

Neil Young: Waging Heavy Peace

Mike Skinner: The Story Of The Streets

Tim Burgess: Telling Stories

The Rolling Stones: 50

Peter Hook: Unknown Pleasures : Inside Joy Division

 

Music Moment Of The Year

David Bowie returns

The Stone Roses play Heaton Park

Olympics opening ceremony

The Rolling Stones play London’s O2 Arena

Green Day’s secret set at Reading Festival

Pussy Riot’s punk prayer

 

Hero Of The Year

David Bowie

Bradley Wiggins

Pussy Riot

Barack Obama

Frank Ocean

Dave Grohl

 

Villain Of The Year

David Cameron

Harry Styles

Skrillex

Psy

Fred Macpherson

Azealia Banks

 

Best Small Festival

Swn

The Great Escape

Field Day

Festival No.6

End Of The Road

Constellations

 

Worst Band

One Direction

Muse

Mumford & Sons

Alt-J

Justin Bieber

Ed Sheeran

 

Best Fan Community

Muse

Hurts

30 Seconds To Mars

Manic Street Preachers

The Killers

Enter Shikari

 

Best Film

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Ted

iLL Manors

The Dark Knight Rises

Skyfall

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

 

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