Oasis Are Nominated For Seven Shockwave NME Awards

Kings of Leon, MGMT, Radiohead and Vampire Weekend have all been recognised in several categories.

The band, fronted by Liam Gallagher, are up for six accolades, including Best British Band, Best Live Band and Best Album for ‘Dig Out Your Soul’.  Guitarist Noel Gallagher’s sense of style has also been recognised with a nomination in the Best Dressed category, in which he is up against new US President Barack Obama.

He said: “Seven nominations, you say? Is that all? I always knew my time would come in the best dressed man in the world category.”

Surprisingly, the group are also up for the ‘honour’ of Worst Band along with Tokio Hotel, the Jonas Brothers, Scouting for Girls and Fall Out Boy. Alex Turner picked up six nominations for his work with The Last Shadow Puppets, Arctic Monkeys and individually.

Kings of Leon, MGMT, Radiohead and Vampire Weekend have all been recognised in several categories.

‘Rehab’ singer Amy Winehouse – who was up for four awards last year – is only mentioned in one category this year: Villain of the Year.

The troubled soul star lost out on the unwanted accolade to former US President George Bush last year, and faces competition from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain and Pete Doherty this year.

Britney Spears will compete for the Worst Album prize for the second consecutive year, this time against Coldplay, Razorlight, the Jonas Brothers and Scouting For Girls.

The shortlist was picked by readers of the British music magazine and fans can now vote for their favourites at www.nme.com/awards.

The NME Awards will take place at London's Brixton Academy on February 25.  Shockwave NME Awards 2008 - full nominations list:

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 ‘Only By The Night’
The Killers ‘Day and Age’
Glasvegas ‘Glasvegas’
Oasis ‘Dig Out Your Soul’
Bloc Party ‘Intimacy’

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 Lightning’

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

Best TV:
‘Skins’
‘The Mighty Boosh’
‘Gavin and Stacey’
‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’
‘The IT Crowd’

Best Film:
‘Quantum of Solace’
‘Wall.E’
‘The Dark Knight’
‘Twilight’
‘Juno’

Best Dance Floor Filler:
Bloc Party ‘Mercury’
Dizzee Rascal and 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 ‘H.A.A.R.P.’

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, Or Death And All His Friends’
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

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

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

Best Website:
Facebook
YouTube
Last FM
Myspace
Bebo

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

Best Album Artwork:
We Are Scientists ‘Brian Thrust Mastery’
Muse ‘H.A.A.R.P.’
The Cure ‘4:13 Dream’
Guillemots ‘Red’
The Killers ‘Day and Age’

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