Brit Nominees Announced

Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Muse receive nominations.

Published 11th Jan 2013

Nominations for this year's Brit Awards were announced last night, and you can view the complete list below. 

The Rolling Stones are up for Best Live Act, despite playing just a small number of gigs in 2012, while Muse have scored nominations for Best British Group and Best Live Act.

Bruce Springsteen is nominated for Best International Male, competing with Jack White and Frank Ocean.

Alt-J have scored three nominations, including Best British Group, Best British Album and British Breakthrough.

Mumford and Sons were also tipped in the Best British Group category, as well as the Best Live Act category and Best British Album for 'Babel'.

Amy Winehouse received a posthumous nomination for Best British Female, alongside Paloma Faith, Jessie Ware, Bat For Lashes and Emeli Sande.

Other notable nominations include Jake Bugg and Jessie Ware for British Breakthrough and The Black Keys and The Killers for Best International Group.

The ceremony will take place February 20 at the O2 arena in London. Muse, One Direction, Robbie Williams, Emeli Sande, Mumford and Sons and Ben Howard will be giving live performances during the evening.

Best British Group:

Mumford and Sons

Alt-J

The xx

Muse

One Direction

Best British Album: 

Emeli Sande 'Our Version of Events'

Plan B 'Ill Manors'

Alt-J 'An Awesome Wave'

Paloma Faith 'Fall To Grace'

Mumford and Sons 'Babel'

Best British Female: 

Amy Winehouse

Paloma Faith

Bat For Lashes

Jessie Ware

Emeli Sande

British British Male: 

Calvin Harris

Plan B

Richard Hawley

Ben Howard

Olly Murs

British Breakthrough: 

Jake Bugg

Jessie Ware

Alt-J

Ben Howard

Rita Ora

Best Live Act: 

Mumford and Sons

Coldplay

Muse

The Vaccines

The Rolling Stones

Best International Group: 

The Black Keys

The Script

Alabama Shakes

Fun.

The Killers

Best International Male: 

Jack White

Gotye

Michael Buble

Frank Ocean

Bruce Springsteen

Best International Female: 

Rihanna

Alicia Keys

Cat Power

Lana Del Rey

Taylor Swift

What do you guys think of the nominations? Has anyone been missed out who should have been included? 

(NME)