Oasis Lead The Way In NME Awards 2009 Nominations

Check out who made the shortlist - then cast YOUR vote to see who wins

NME.COM can reveal the nominations for the Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 today (January 26).

Following weeks of voting, we have counted up your votes and can now announced this year's shortlist.

Scroll down to view the full list of nominations.

Oasis appear in seven categories including Best British Band, Best Live Band and Best Album for 'Dig Out Your Soul' - along with a surprise nomination in the Worst Band booby prize category.

Speaking of Oasis' nominations, Noel Gallagher told NME.COM: "Seven nominations, you say? Is that all? I always knew my time would come in the Best Dressed Man In The World category."

Alex Turner is hot on his heels though, picking up six nominations with The Last Shadow Puppets, Arctic Monkeys and individually.

Kings Of Leon, MGMT Radiohead and Vampire Weekend have also been nominated in several categories, suggesting the results will be tight come this year's ceremony.

And now it's now up to you decide who the big winners on the night are.

Head to NME.COM/Awards from midnight tonight (January 27) to cast your vote.

The winners will be announced during the Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 ceremony, which takes place at London's Brixton Academy on February 25.

The 2009 nominations are:

Best British Band supported by Shockwaves
Bloc Party
The Last Shadow Puppets
Muse
Oasis
Radiohead

Best International Band supported by 4music
Crystal Castles
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
MGMT
Vampire Weekend

Best Solo Artist
Ladyhawke
Laura Marling
Lightspeed Champion
Jay-Z
Pete Doherty

Best New Band supported by Bench
Glasvegas
Late Of The Pier
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
White Lies

Best Live Band supported by Red Stripe
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
Muse
Oasis
Radiohead

Best Album supported by HMV
Bloc Party – 'Intimacy'
Glasvegas – 'Glasvegas'
The Killers – 'Day & Age'
Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'
Oasis – 'Dig Out Your Soul'

Best Track supported by NME Radio
Kings Of Leon – 'Sex On Fire'
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'The Age Of The Understatement'
MGMT – 'Time To Pretend'
The Ting Tings – 'That's Not My Name'
Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk'

Best Video supported by NME TV
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'
Late Of The Pier – 'Heartbreak'
Oasis – 'The Shock Of The Lightning'
Radiohead – 'House Of Cards'
Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk'

Best Live Event
Glastonbury
Isle Of Wight
Reading and Leeds
T In The Park
V Festival

Best TV Show
Gavin & Stacey
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Skins

Best Film
The Dark Knight
Juno
Quantum Of Solace
Twilight
Wall-E

Best Dancefloor Filler
Bloc Party – 'Mercury'
Crystal Castles – 'Courtship Dating'
Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – 'Dance Wiv Me'
Friendly Fires – 'Paris'
Late Of The Pier – 'Bathroom Gurgle'

Best DVD
Arctic Monkeys – 'At The Apollo'
Foo Fighters – 'Live At Wembley Stadium'
Kaiser Chiefs – 'Live At Elland Road'
Muse – 'HAARP'
The Rolling Stones – 'Shine A Light'

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Barack Obama
Brandon Flowers
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher

Villain Of The Year
Amy Winehouse
George Bush
Gordon Brown
John McCain
Pete Doherty

Best Dressed
Alex Turner
Alexa Chung
Brandon Flowers
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher

Worst Dressed
Amy Winehouse
Brandon Flowers
Johnny Borrell
Katy Perry
Pete Doherty

Worst Album
Britney Spears – 'Circus'
Coldplay – 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'
Jonas Brothers – 'A Little Bit Longer'
Razorlight – 'Slipway Fires'
Scouting For Girls – 'Scouting For Girls'

Worst Band
Fall Out Boy
Jonas Brothers
Oasis
Scouting for Girls
Tokio Hotel

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

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

Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last FM
MySpace
YouTube

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

Best Album Artwork
The Cure – '4:13 Dream'
Guillemots – 'Red'
The Killers – 'Day & Age'
Muse – 'HAARP'
We Are Scientists – 'Brain Thrust Mastery'

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

The Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 Godlike Genius award is going to The Cure this year. They play a full 90-minute show at the Big Gig at the O2 Arena in London on February 26, along with Franz Ferdinand, Crystal Castles and White Lies.

Head to NME.COM/BigGig now for ticket details.

Source: www.nme.com

And The Next Single Is...

'Falling Down', highlighted by reviewers as one of the best tracks on their latest album, the track will be released as a single on Monday 9th March (8th March digitally). The Noel Gallagher-sung track is taken from Oasis’ 7th studio album ‘'Dig Out Your Soul'’ which went straight to number one in the UK and top 5 in the US on its release last October.

The video for '‘Falling Down'’ will receive its premiere on Channel 4 on 3rd February at 11.35pm (E4 9pm) and was directed by WIZ with whom the band have worked in the past.

Keep checking back to Oasisinet for more info on the exciting and exclusive b-sides that will accompany the release.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis New Single Details

Oasis have confirmed that the next single to be released from their latest album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', will be 'Falling Down'.

The single, the third from the LP, will be released on March 9 physically and March 8 digitally.

A video for the song is set to be premiered next week.

Gaz Cobain from The Amorphous Androgynous had previously revealed that Noel Gallagher had asked him to remix 'Falling Down'. The track has also previously been remixed by , appearing as a B-side to the 2008 single 'The Shock Of The Lightning'.

Meanwhile, Oasis recently revealed that Reverend And The Makers, The Peth and Twisted Wheel will be among the band supporting them on their forthcoming UK arena dates.

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis In Gothenberg Setlist

Last nights setlist from the Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

Send in your pictures to scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will add them to tour archive.

The bands next stop is Oslo on Tuesday...

Manchester Music Tours

Are you coming to Manchester for the three gigs at Heaton Park this summer?

Manchester Music Tours was set up in 2007 by Craig Gill (drummer of Inspiral Carpets) and Phill Gatenby (author of two Smiths & Morrissey guide books) and a special 'Oasis Tour' will take on each day of the gigs, taking in places around Burnage where Noel & Liam grew up - including Mister Sifters record shop and many more places of interest. We hope to run the tours in an open top double decker bus if the weather allows it!

For further details visit www.manchestermusictours.com or www.myspace.com/mancmusictour.

Oasis In Copenhagen Setlist

Intro and Fuckin' In The Bushes



Wonderwall



Champagne Supernova

Last nights setlist from the Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

Send in your pictures to scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will add them to tour archive.

The bands next stop is Gothenburg tonight...

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Taken from Noel's Tour Diary for oasisinet.com

Urgh! My head hurts today. Had a bit of a smash-up last night. Where? But an Irish bar of course. Me and Cool Prophet were the last ones left at it - again! So I got left with the bar bill - which I've just found in my pocket. It reads as follows:

29 pints of Guinness
16 pints of Strongbow
6 pints of Jupiler (whatever the fuck that is!)
4 pints of Heineken
3 Gordon's gin
5 Sauza Tequila
12 Bacardis
11 Vodka Stolis
14 Jameson whiskey
10 Bushmills Malt
16 bottles of Coke
7 bottles of tonic
4 7-Up

...and this is the killer: 1 glass of Port and a packet of Cheese and Onion crisps!!??

All came to a colossal €708.40. Bargain.

In a bit.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

German TV Appearance

Oasis will perform their current single 'I'm Outta Time' on German TV Show Wetten, Dass...! on Feb 28.

Source: www.monstersandcritics.de

Noel Gallagher On Radio 5 Live

Noel Gallagher talking to 5 Live after Manchester City failed to sign Kaká from AC Milan.

Source: Youtube thanks to GoWaysis

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere

Bored of Amsterdam now. Been here 3 days. Far too long for my liking. Still got another show tonight. And a fuckin' day off here tomorrow. There's not a great deal to do here at the best of times but it's particularly grim in the middle of winter.

Glad that Kaka business is over. Somewhat predictably he didn't fancy it. The fuckin' newspapers are having a field day with City at the moment. It's getting boring.

Talking of the papers. Did anyone see that story of Oasis allegedly meeting Tom Cruise in a hotel in Berlin?! Ludicrous. The mind boggles at where these stories come from. Pure nonsense.

Q magazine are with us for a couple of days. At least it'll alleviate the boredom. I like doing interviews. I find myself having opinions on things I truly couldn't care less about. I wonder what they'll ask me about this time? Blur re-forming, I suppose. We'll find out soon enough.

In a bit.

GD.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis In Amsterdam Setlist Day Two

Masterplan



Don't Look Back In Anger



Liam meets fans in Amsterdam.

Last nights setlist from the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

A fan shouted out at last nights gig for 'D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman' to be played, Liam replied "unlike America, we don't like change."

Send in your pictures to scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will add them to tour archive.

The bands next stop is Copenhagen on Saturday...

Oasis Set To Rock China

Oasis are excited to announce their first-ever shows in China as part of their current world tour, playing shows in both Beijing and Shanghai. This is in addition to their previously announced show in Hong Kong on 7th April.

The full details of the tour in China are:
April 3rd, 2009 - Beijing Capital Gym
April 5th, 2009 - Shangai Grand Stage
April 7th, 2009 - Hong Kong AsiaWorld Arena

Tickets for Beijing and Shanghai go on sale on Thursday 5th February at 9:00am (local time) via Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster Box-Offices and 400-707-9999.

Tickets for the date in Hong Kong are on sale now through www.hkticketing.com or (+852) 31 288 288 (General Bookings) / (+852) 2629 6240 (Corporate Bookings)

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Creme Egg "How Do Celebrities Eat Theirs"?

Liam, Freddie, Ringo and The Guy's try their best to devour their chocolate Creme Eggs...

Oasis 'Falling Down' Video Premiere

Falling Down video premiere - 3rd February on Channel 4/4Music (UK).

9pm on 4Music (UK)

11:35pm on Channel 4 (UK)

It will most probably be on YouTube or MySpace a few hours earlier.

Thanks to Mr Monobrow

Oasis Announce Additions For Summer Stadium Shows

3 more bands have been added to the bills on the Oasis Summer Stadium Tour later this year.

In addition to Kasabian & The Enemy, ticket holders for Edinburgh, Sunderland and Wembley will also have the pleasure of seeing Reverend and the Makers complete a stellar line up of Britain’s finest.

In Manchester and Coventry, Twisted Wheel will be bringing their punk charged guitar anthems to the stage, while in Cardiff, Rhys Ifan’s rock n roll circus The Peth will add a local flavour to the proceedings.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis Resume Tour After Liam Gallagher's Throat Problems

Oasis returned to the road last night (January 22nd) in Amsterdam, just two days after singer Liam Gallagher was advised by doctors to rest his voice.

The band were forced to postpone a gig in Düsseldorf, Germany on Monday (January 19th) because the singer developed fluid on his vocal chords.

However, after resting his voice for 48 hours, Gallagher and the rest of Oasis performed to a sold out crowd at the Heineken Music Hall last last night.

The band's European tour continues tonight (January 23rd) at the same venue, before calling at venues around Europe.

Click here to view some pictures from last nights show.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Charges Upgraded Against Man Accused Of Attacking Noel Gallagher Of Oasis

Crown prosecutors have upgraded the charge against a man accused of attacking Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher at a Toronto music festival.

Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Sullivan is now charged with one count of aggravated assault - he was originally charged with assault. Aggravated assault can carry a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison whereas the maximum penalty for assault is five years.

Last September at the Virgin Music Festival, a man ran onto the stage during Oasis' performance and tackled Gallagher from behind.

In a media interview after the incident, Gallagher said he suffered three broken and dislodged ribs after falling onto his speakers.

Sullivan's case is back in court March 6 for a pre-trial hearing.

Source: The Canadian Press

The Shock Of The New Jaguar

Highlights from the Jaguar Press event from the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Oasis In Amsterdam Setlist

Songbird



Slide Away

Last nights setlist from the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Don't Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

Send in your pictures to scyhodotcom@gmail.com and I will add them to tour archive.

The band play the same venue again tonight...

Noel Gallagher: "Manchester City Will No Longer Be Playing Second Fiddle To No One"

At the best of times, being a Manchester City supporter is to say the least, testing.

After years of playing second fiddle to a neighbouring team, isn't it about time we, Blues fans cast aside the torment of playing a so-called backstage warm-up act and featured as the main performer?

Money does not bring prizes, or in our case, trophies. Garry Cook has done everything in his power to bring one of the world's finest players to Eastlands, in this case, Kaka. Ronaldinho shunned us in the summer, but who will be next?

Mr Bellamy (second string signing) is to replace Jo as one of our strikers, yes a proven goal scorer, but having played for eight previous clubs, will Craig be the City saviour?

Noel Gallagher said on Radio 5 Live (Tuesday 20 January) that Mark Hughes needs to be given time, although he doubts he'll be the manager come the end of the season. If that is the case, who will come to our rescue, Garry Cook?

Within my lifetime, I can predict one thing. Manchester City will no longer be playing second fiddle to no one, including those crawling around the Swamp. Me, I'm only a whipper-snapper at 45, but I can go to my bed rest assured that as long as a breath, Manchester City, (and within a short space of time) will be looking down at the Rags and others in the so-called top four with contempt.

We are still in the hunt of winning the UEFA Cup. We are still in hunt of finishing within the top eight in the Premier League. We are still in the hunt of signing the best players in the world. We are City.

Source: www.manchestercity.vitalfootball.co.uk