Kasabian lead NME Awards nominations

Alternative rock band Kasabian has topped the nomination list for the NME Awards 2015 with a total of eight nods.
The Leicester-based band are in the running for: Best Band; Best Live Band; Best Track and Dance Floor Filler (both for lead single 'Eez-Eh'); Best Music Film (Kasabian: Summer Solstice); 'Music Moment of the Year' (for their Glastonbury performance); Best Fan Community and, perhaps most importantly, Best Album for their fifth record 48:13 which was released back in June.
Having just wrapped up an arena tour of Britain, the group reacted by saying, "2014 has been such an incredible year for us, and being nominated for eight NME Awards is a better Christmas present than getting Castle Greyskull in '86! Thanks very much!"

Other acts that have performed well in the nominations have been newcomers Royal Blood, a hard rock two-piece that notched up one of the year's fastest-selling debut albums, with seven nominations and Jamie T, who released a new record after a lengthy five-year absence, with six.
The winners will be announced at the ceremony at London's Brixton Academy on February 18.