Noel Gallagher Among The Nominees For This Year's Q Awards

Florence and The Machine, Blur and Noel Gallagher among the nominees for this year's Q Awards along with the likes of Adele and Lady Gaga.

This year's prestigious awards will take place on October 22 and will yet again feature some of music's biggest names.

Florence leads the way with two nominations each, while Bruce Springsteen, Plan B and the Arctic Monkeys also are given nods. Reunited acts Blur and The Stone Roses are up for the title of Best Band In The World, while The Black Keys fight it out with likes of Bobby Womack and Paul Weller for Best Album.

"It's been the most incredible year for British music," Q editor Andrew Harrison said. "Our bands and our anthems transformed the Olympics into the greatest music event on Earth.

"And amazing comeback shows from Blur and the Stone Roses showed the enduring appeal of our greatest musicians. All the nominees for this year's Q Awards helped make 2012 an absolutely unforgettable year."

Fans can vote for their favourite acts on the Q website until early October. The ceremony will take place in London on October 22, hosted again by Al Murray.

Florence and The Machine, Blur and Noel Gallagher among the nominees for this year's Q Awards along with the likes of Adele and Lady Gaga.

This year's prestigious awards will take place on October 22 and will yet again feature some of music's biggest names.

Florence leads the way with two nominations each, while Bruce Springsteen, Plan B and the Arctic Monkeys also are given nods. Reunited acts Blur and The Stone Roses are up for the title of Best Band In The World, while The Black Keys fight it out with likes of Bobby Womack and Paul Weller for Best Album.

"It's been the most incredible year for British music," Q editor Andrew Harrison said. "Our bands and our anthems transformed the Olympics into the greatest music event on Earth.

"And amazing comeback shows from Blur and the Stone Roses showed the enduring appeal of our greatest musicians. All the nominees for this year's Q Awards helped make 2012 an absolutely unforgettable year."

Fans can vote for their favourite acts on the Q website until early October. The ceremony will take place in London on October 22, hosted again by Al Murray.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Q best new act:

Alabama Shakes

Alt J

Django Django

Lianne La Havas

Frank Ocean

Best track:

Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out

Fun -We Are Young

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

Plan B - Ill Manors

Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump

Best album:

The Black Keys - El Camino

Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge

The Maccabees - Given To The Wild

Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks

Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe

Best live act:

Blur

The Cribs

Radiohead

Bruce Springsteen

The Stone Roses

Best video

Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Everybody's On The Run

Keane - Disconnected

The Killers - Runaways

Nicki Minaj - Starships

Best solo artist

Adele

Dizzee Rascal

Noel Gallagher

Emeli Sande

Florence Welch

Best act in the world today:

Blur

Coldplay

Lady Gaga

Muse

The Stone Roses

Source: www.entertainmentwise.com

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds embark on a UK tour in September and will tour the US and Canada alongside Snow Patrol and Jake Bugg later this year.

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