Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys and Lana Del Rey nominated for NME Awar

Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys and Lana Del Rey are among the nominees for this year’s NME Awards.

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Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys and Lana Del Rey are among the nominees for this year’s NME Awards.

Arctic Monkeys lead the charge with seven nominations (including Best British Band, Best Live Band and Best Album) while Lana Del Rey is up for three awards (Best New Band, Best Track and Best Video). Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher will be honoured with the Godlike Genius Award.

The NME Awards 2012 are set to take place at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, February 29 and will be hosted by Fresh Meat star Jack Whitehall.

The full list of nominees is below. To vote for your favorite artists, click here.

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Horrors
Kasabian
Muse

Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
Justice
Odd Future
The Strokes

Best Solo Artist
Adele
Florence + The Machine
Frank Turner
Laura Marling
Miles Kane
Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds

Best New Band
Foster The People
Lana Del Rey
Tribes
The Vaccines
Wu Lyf

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Pulp
Two Door Cinema Club

Best Album
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
The Horrors - Skying
Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds - Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Best Track
Arctic Monkeys - The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle
Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out
Hurts – Sunday
Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Dancefloor Anthem
Azealia Banks - 212
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
Justice - Civilization
Katy B - Broken Record
Metronomy - The Bay

Best Video
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
Beyonce - Countdown
Hurts - Sunday
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers

Best TV Show
Dr Who
Fresh Meat
Misfits
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
This Is England 88

Best Festival
Bestival
Glastonbury
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
V Festival

Best Film
Black Swan
Drive
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Inbetweeners Movie
Submarine

Best Music Film
Back And Forth - Foo Fighters
Living In The Material World - George Harrison
Talihina Sky - Kings Of Leon
There Are No Innocent Bystanders - The Libertines
Upside Down - The Creation Records Story

Greatest Music Moment Of The Year
Brian May joins My Chemical Romance onstage at Reading Festival
Kasabian see in 2012 with their epic London O2 Arena show
Noel Gallagher launches his solo career with press conference
Pulp steal the show at Glastonbury with secret set
The Stone Roses reunite

Best Re-issue
Manic Street Preachers - National Treasures
Nirvana - Nevermind
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
The Smiths - Complete Re-issues

Best Book
Jared Leto - Notes From The Outernet
Jarvis Cocker - Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics
Malcolm X - A Life Of Reinvention
Noel Fielding - The Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton
Shaun Ryder - Twisting My Melon

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Dave Grohl
Matt Bellamy
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher

Villain Of The Year
David Cameron
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Nick Clegg

Worst Album
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
One Direction - Up All Night
Viva Brother - Famous First Words

Worst Band
Beady Eye
Coldplay
Muse
One Direction
Viva Brother

Best Album Artwork
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind Of Fix
Bjork - Biophilia
Friendly Fires - Pala
Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch The Throne

Best Band Blog Or Twitter
Example
Frank Turner
Kanye West
Lady Gaga
Theo Hutchcraft

Best Small Festival
Field Day
Hop Farm
Kendal Calling
Latitude
RockNess

Most Dedicated Fans
30 Seconds To Mars
Arctic Monkeys
Hurts
Muse
My Chemical Romance

Hottest Male
Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides
Dominic Howard, Muse
Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance
Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Matt Bellamy, Muse

Hottest Female
Amy Lee, Evanescence
Florence Welch, Florence + The Machine
Hayley Williams, Paramore
Katy Perry
Marina Diamandis, Marina And The Diamonds

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