The annual NME Awards is happening on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (tickets to the event goes on sale Feb 3rd at 9am). Host for this year is Jack Whitehall (I think Jarvis Cocker hosted last year, or was it the year before?). Bands confirmed to play are: Kasabian, The Vaccines, and Florence + The Machine (with The Horrors).

It should be a good night, I like all those bands.

So, let’s start taking some bets on the nominees (hint: I would put some money on Arctic Monkeys, they have won numerous NME awards from 2006-2008).

Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys, adds:

We’re up for all the big ones – we’re very happy. We had a lot of fun making ‘Suck It And See’ and it’s great to be up for Best Live Band. That’s all we do – record or play live – so it’s good to be recognised!

Yeah, the award might as well be theirs.

Best British Band Arctic Monkeys Bombay Bicycle Club The Horrors Kasabian Muse	Best International Band Arcade Fire Foo Fighters Justice Odd Future (OFWGKTA) The Strokes	Best Solo Artist Adele Florence + The Machine Frank Turner Laura Marling Miles Kane Noel Gallagher’s 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 Artic Monkeys – Suck It and See The Horrors – Skying Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds PJ Harvey – Let England Shake The Vaccines – What did you Expect from the Vaccines?

Since there are a billion categories, from “Villain of the Year” to “Hottest Female”, I won’t list it all here. To see the full list, head over to news.weheartmusic.com.

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