Britain’s NME (formerly the New Musical Express) has announced the nominees for the 2013 NME Awards and two veteran artists have scored high in nods.
David Bowie - image by Ros O'Gorman
The Rolling Stones are up for three awards, Best Book for 50, Best Music Film for Crossfire Hurricane and Music Moment of the Year for their 02 Arena shows.
The recently resurfaced David Bowie also has three, for Best Music Video for Where Are We Now?, Hero of the Year where he is up against Barack Obama and Music Moment of the Year for his return.
Other veteran artists nominated include Paul Weller (Best Solo Artist), David Byrne, Neil Young and Peter Hook (all up for Best Book), Dave Grohl (Hero of the Year), Stone Roses (Music Moment of the Year) and the band’s Ian Brown (Reissue of the Year).
The most interesting categories for the older artists are the books (see above) and Music Film whose nominees include Searching For Sugarman (Rodriguez), Marley (Bob Marley), Celebration Day (Led Zeppelin) and Crossfire Hurricane (Rolling Stones).
Note that a number of sources are stating that the Rolling Stones have four nominations, including Best Live Act; however, the NME site is showing Florence + the Machine in the category instead of the Stones.
The winners will be announced on February 27 at Troxy in East London.
Best British Band
- Arctic Monkeys
- Kasabian
- Vaccines
- Biffy Clyro
- Maccabees
- Cribs
- Killers
- Tame Impala
- Black Keys
- Odd Future
- Crystal Castles
- Foo Fighters
- Jake Bugg
- Noel Gallagher
- Florence Welch
- Miles Kane
- Grimes
- Paul Weller
- Alt-J
- Peace
- Palma Violets
- Django Django
- Alabama Shakes
- Haim
- Maccabees
- Cribs
- Blur
- Biffy Clyro
- Foals
- Florence and the Machine
- Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
- Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
- Given to the Wild – Maccabees
- An Awesome Wave – Alt-J
- Lonerism – Tame Impala
- R U Mine – Arctic Monkeys
- Don’t Save Me – Haim
- Bad Girls – MIA
- Inhalers – Foals
- Elephant – Tame Impala
- Best of Friends – Palma Violets
- 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
- Reading and Leeds
- T in the Park
- Bestival
- Prima Vera
- Latitude
- Isle of Wight
- What You Came For – Katy B Featuring Mosca
- Sweet Nothing – Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch
- Gangnam Style – Psy
- Bad Girls – MIA
- Niggas in Paris – Kanye West and Jay-Z
- Losing You – Solange
- Fresh Meat
- Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy
- Breaking Bad
- Sherlock
- The Thick of It
- Dr. Who
- The Hobbit
- Ted
- Ill Manners
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Skyfall
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- David Bowie
- Bradley Wiggins
- Pussy Riot
- Barack Obama
- Frank Ocean
- Dave Grohl
- David Cameron
- Harry Styles
- Skrillex
- Psy
- Fred Macpherson
- Azealia Banks
- One Direction
- Muse
- Mumford and Sons
- Alt-J
- Justin Bieber
- Ed Sheeran
- Muse
- Fred Macpherson, Spector
- Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts
- Alana Haim, Haim
- Wiley
- MIA
- How Music Works by David Byrne
- Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young
- The Story of the Streets by Mike Skinner
- Telling Stories by Tim Burgess
- 50 by the Rolling Stones
- Unknown Pleasures by Peter Hook
- SWN
- Great Escape
- Field Day
- Festival Number 6
- End of the Road
- Constellations
- Muse
- Hurts
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- Manic Street Preachers
- Killers
- Enter Shikari
- Searching For Sugarman – Rodriguez
- Shut Up and Play the Hits – LCD Soundsystem
- Hit So Hard: The Live and Near Death of Patty Schemel
- Marley – Bob Marley
- Crossfire Hurricane – Rolling Stones
- Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin
- David Bowie Returns
- Stone Roses Play Heaton Park
- Olympics Opening Ceremony
- Rolling Stones Play London’s 02 Arena
- Green Day’s Secret Set at Redding Festival
- Pussy Riot’s Punk Prayer
- Generation Terrorists – Manic Street Preachers
- 21 – Blur
- The Fat of the Land – Prodigy
- Turn on the Bright Lights – Interpol
- Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins
- Collected – Ian Brown
