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Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 - all the nominations

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All the nominees are here - now YOU decide who wins

Arctic Monkeys have led the way in the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 nominations, picking up seven nods between them - and now YOU can decide who wins.

The Cribs, Klaxons and My Chemical Romance are also among the bands who did well in the first phases of voting, making it onto this year's shortlist.

The awards are now only a few weeks away, on February 28 at their new home, the Indig02 in north Greenwich, London.

Take a look at who is left in each category, and then cast your vote via NME.COM/awardsnominees. Remember and get your votes in by 10am on Monday February 25.

The 2008 nominees are:

Best British Band supported by Shockwaves
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse

Best International Band supported by T4
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance

Best New Band supported by BBC Radio 1
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats

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

Best Solo Artist supported by 4Music
Kate Nash
Jamie T
Jack Penate
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf

Best Album supported by HMV
'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 supported by Trinity St
'Fluorescent Adolescent' – Arctic Monkeys
'Flux' – Bloc Party
'Men's Needs' – The Cribs
'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' - Oasis
'Let's Dance To Joy Division' – The Wombats

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

Best Music DVD
'Up The Shambles' – Babyshambles
'The Song Remains The Same' – 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
Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival
Glastonbury
Muse At Wembley Stadium
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 supported by Topman
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way

Worst Dressed
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse

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

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 Times' – Kings Of Leon
'Send Away The Tigers' – Manic Street Preachers

Best Radio Show
Russell Brand (Radio 2)
Zane Lowe (Radio 1)
Chris Moyles (Radio 1)
Colin Murray (Radio 1)
Jo Whiley (Radio 1)

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 Mighty Boosh'
'Never Mind The Buzzcocks'
'The IT Crowd'
'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
Rihanna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata

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

Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last.fm
Myspace
YouTube

Best Band Blog
Foals (www.wearefoals.com/blog)
Lilly Allen (www.myspace.com/lilymusic)
Lightspeed Champion (www.lightspeedchampion.com)
Radiohead (www.radiohead.com/deadairspace)
The Streets (www.myspace.com/thestreets)

Best Music Blog
The Hype Machine (hypem.com)
The Modern Age (www.themodernage.org)
Nothing But Green Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)


Vote now by heading to NME.COM/awardsnominees and you could win VIP tickets to the ceremony, which takes place in London on February 28.

Plus fans can watch all the action as it unfolds later that same night on E4 with further coverage all weekend on Channel 4 including the biggest aftershow party ever with the Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig. Highlights from the awards will also be broadcast on Channel 4 the next night on Friday (February 29) with T4 broadcasting all day on Saturday 30 from backstage at the event.

Comments (24)

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Moz_1983 

Jan 30, 2008

Best Blog Award?!

Seriously NME, try harder...

lexi_liu 

Jan 30, 2008

. . . at the risk of being ostracized from the NME community - What the Fuck is going on with the "worst band" catagory. the only one who truly deserves to be in there in the Hoosiers and (at a push) Fall Out Boy - but im not even sure about that! there have been pleanty more crimes against music this year. What about that bloody whisteling Young Folks garbage!?!

marmelade 

Jan 30, 2008

these nominations are a BIG joke!

x.aisling.x 

Jan 30, 2008

why is scott mills not in the best radio category.? :|

nmmnmm 

Jan 30, 2008

Were is Tokio Hotel? New Music?
...flipping UK media sometimes, can someone actually research the band ,, there MASSIVE over europe... they should have atleast been in the international band catagory .. I mean more artists exist that dont come from America. Anyway there is always next year.

JCS1988 

Jan 30, 2008

Well NME, you have managed to put out the most predictably dull and pointless nominees possible, but I spose it is time the Arctic Monkeys won one of your "prestigious" awards...

meyers 

Jan 30, 2008

arctic monkeys = shit

rocksolid 

Jan 30, 2008

This list is wank.
The nominations are complete bollocks.

babyjane 

Jan 30, 2008

nice to see Bloc Party and The Cribs nominated for a few but where on earth is Gallows??? and only one nomination for Kaiser Chiefs - they should be up for best band after all the success they've had. curse those wretched Monkeys.....they seem to have infested everywhere

Leomuse 

Jan 30, 2008

I hope Jenny Lewis wins. She's easily the most attractive and most endearing of the nominees.

the_royal_wee 

Jan 30, 2008

arctic monkeys are the best band this country has seen since oasis
klaxons, amy winehouse, foals and radiohead deserve to win too.

Charli_sqiggle 

Jan 30, 2008

Arctic monkeys deserve to win best band and best live act. There just soooo good!! They've been touring non stop all year and i think they deserve to be recognized for it, and i dont think muse should win it becuase they havent been touring like the arctic monkeys have.


GetCape.WearCape.Dean 

Jan 30, 2008

hero of the year pete or noel it should be from lookintg at the list

BertieBigBalls 

Jan 31, 2008

Seriously, why give awards for "Worst Band" "Worst Dressed" etc? Pointless waste of time. Think of all the good music that could be being created by the nominated ba.....nds.........oh, wait.

thekillers 

Jan 31, 2008

arctic monkeys DO NOT deserve to win best live act..
ive gone to their concert.. and they were disgustingly rude to the crowd. and as if it were not enough, they played with absolutely no energy at all.. it was certainly a let down
i do love their songs though.. their msucial talent cant eb denied.. they just need a little maturing =)

thekillers 

Jan 31, 2008

the killers are awesome!! brandon flowers is a friggin genius
ive gone to their concert too and it was the beessssssssssssssst

Ferretfeatures 

Feb 4, 2008

Aye, the whole contradicting yourself thing is sooo ironic *rolls eyes*

These nominations are utter shite, in my opinion.

Cooljon 

Feb 5, 2008

1). Lets Dance To Joy Division isn't even in Wombats top 5 songs let alone top 5 tracks... People think it's cool cause it has 'Joy Division in the title...

2). Pete Doherty should not be in heroes... He is an idiot. And Babyshambles album was absolute rubbish...

3). Oasis released one single and they didn't even try, it was just a single to come out with DVD and both are nominated.... Pure genuis...

simmyg 

Feb 12, 2008

I can't believe 30 seconds to mars, the hoosiers and fall out boy are in the worst band category, they all rock, especially 30 seconds to mars.

simmyg 

Feb 12, 2008

why is jared leto not in the sexiest male!

springer 

Feb 15, 2008

Arctic Monkeys deserve to win best album, live act and band awards.

katypops5 

Feb 28, 2008

I think the killers deserve to win both of the awards their up for! But i think they should be up for best live act =] and i think Brandon should be up for best dressed (: Their awesome! I dont think MCR should win live act. And yeah their up for best band and worst band?

_Rachel 

Feb 28, 2008

i hope the hoosiers win worst band
fall out boy dont deserve to be on the list!!

i also hope noel fielding wins everything he is up for, also that the mighty boosh win best telly show

at the risk of ever nme fan despising me, pete doherty is a fucking twat and definitely does not deserve to win hero of the year
(or best dressed, come on noel fielding dresses better than anyone)

sexy-bumm-meow 

Feb 29, 2008

What are you thinking with the worst bands catergory?! Those are like 5 of my favourite bands!!! Especially FOB, they are LEDGEND - You're shit, Kerrang! have the right idea with their awards, at least their music can be listened to without a buaranteed suicide attempt at the end of it!

But to be fair, good on the Arctic Monkeys for their 3 awards, they deserve them =D

x x x (gays)

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