My Chemical Romance and Arctic Monkeys head the field at this year's NME Awards, it has been announced. Both groups have been nominated four times for the magazine's annual honours, as have Muse, Kasabian and The Killers.
In the best band category, Oasis and Babyshambles will go head-to-head with Arctic Monkeys, Muse and Kasabian. Meanwhile, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, The Killers, Muse and My Chemical Romance compete for best album.
Other nominees include The Horrors, Klaxons, The Kooks, The View, CSS, The Strokes, Lily Allen, Thom Yorke and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly.
The 2007 NME Awards take place at the Hammersmith Palais on March 1. |