David Bowie Nominated For Six Q Awards
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David Bowie leads the charge at this year’s Q Awards with six prestigious nominations.
!Taking place in London on Monday 21st October, Q Magazine’s annual awards ceremony will honour the greatest music of the past year as voted by the readers themselves.
Dominating the nominees, David Bowie is up for Q Best Track (for ‘Where Are We Now?’), Q Best Video (‘The Stars Are Out Tonight’), Q Best Album (‘The Next Day’), Q Best Solo Artist, Q Best Act in the World Today and Q Best Event for his V&A exhibition.
Other notable nominees include Muse and The Stone Roses (Q Best Live Act), Manic Street Preachers (Q Best Video for ‘Show Me The Wonder’) and The Rolling Stones (Q Best Event for Hyde Park).
The event will once again be hosted by Al Murray aka The Pub Landlord, who said: “October is the only month with a Q in it! It’s a thrill once more to be hosting what has to be the greatest event in the music calendar. Not that I can remember any of the previous Q Awards that I’ve hosted ”
Voting for The Q Awards 2013 is open right now. CLICK HERE to have your say.
The Q Awards 2013 – Nominations
Q BEST NEW ACT Disclosure Palma Violets Laura Mvula Jagwar Ma TOY Valerie June Tom Odell Jake Bugg ** ** Q BEST TRACK Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams ‘Get Lucky’ Arctic Monkeys ‘Do I Wanna Know?’ David Bowie ‘Where Are We Now?’ Ellie Goulding ‘Burn’ Robin Thicke ft TI and Pharrell ‘Blurred Lines’ ** ** Q BEST VIDEO Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams ‘Get Lucky’ David Bowie ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ Manic Street Preachers ‘Show Me The Wonder’ Vampire Weekend ‘Diane Young’ Beady Eye ‘Shine A Light’ ** ** Q BEST ALBUM presented by Bose David Bowie ‘The Next Day’ Vampire Weekend ‘Modern Vampires Of The City’ Foals ‘Holy Fire’ Daft Punk ‘Random Access Memories’ Biffy Clyro ‘Opposites’
Q BEST LIVE ACT Arctic Monkeys Mumford & Sons Muse The Stone Roses Foals ** ** Q BEST SOLO ARTIST presented by Citroen David Bowie Jake Bugg Laura Marling Ellie Goulding John Grant ** ** Q BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY David Bowie Vampire Weekend Arctic Monkeys Biffy Clyro Foals ** ** Q BEST EVENT Glastonbury David Bowie at the V&A Kraftwerk at Tate Modern The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park Latitude The Killers at Wembley Stadium & The Garage