LATEST NEWS: 14th FEBRUARY 2009

 

Good evening. It's been announced tonight that Viva La Vida has made the final five for the Best British Single at the Brits. Thanks so much for all of your votes which helped to get it there.

 

We'd be very grateful if you'd take the time to vote for the track, to help it win.

 

To vote, please call - 09016 16 18 01

 

Calls cost 35 pence from UK landline.� Lines close at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday 18 February.

 

For more details, please visit:

http://www.brits.co.uk/news/british-single-phone-line-vot/

 

Anchorman

 

http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=318

 

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Show your support for Coldplay registering your vote on the official BRIT awards website.

 

Click here to cast your vote right now!

 

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They have been voted for the following:

 

British Group

British Single

British Album

British Live Act

 

British Producer of the Year (Brian Eno - could be for VLV)

 

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18th Feb: Brit Awards 2009 - Coldplay Nominated for 4 awards // Coldplay will PERFORM

 

Coldplay to perform at BRITS 2009

 

They will join Kings Of Leon, U2, Duffy and Girls Aloud at ceremony

 

Take That and Coldplay have been added to the list of performers at the 2009 BRIT Awards, joining the likes of U2 and Kings Of Leon who will also play on the night.

 

Both bands have been nominated in the British Group category, one of four that Coldplay are up for at the event.

 

Duffy, Girls Aloud and Outstanding Contribution Winners Pet Shop Boys will also perform live at the ceremony, which will take place at Earl’s Court in London on February 18. It will be hosted by Kylie Minogue, James Corden and Mathew Horne.

 

http://www.nme.com/news/nme/42200

 

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[/b]Here is the full list :

 

British Male Solo Artist

Ian Brown

James Morrison

Paul Weller

The Streets

Will Young

 

 

British Female Solo Artist

Adele

Beth Rowley

Duffy

Estelle

M.I.A.

 

British Group

Coldplay

Elbow

Girls Aloud

Radiohead

Take That

 

British Single

Adele - 'Chasing Pavements'

Alexandra Burke - 'Hallelujah'

Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida'

Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris - 'Dance Wiv Me'

Duffy - 'Mercy'

Estelle ft. Kanye West: 'American Boy'

Girls Aloud - 'The Promise'

Leona Lewis - 'Better In Time'

Scouting For Girls - 'Heartbeat'

The X Factor Finalists - 'Hero'

 

British Album

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Duffy - Rockferry

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

 

British Breakthrough Act

Adele

Duffy

The Last Shadow Puppets

Scouting For Girls

Ting Tings

 

British Live Act

Coldplay

Elbow

Iron Maiden

Scouting For Girls

The Verve

 

International Male Solo Artist

Beck

Neil Diamond

Jay-Z

Kanye West

Seasick Steve

 

International Female Solo Artist

Beyoncé

Gabriella Cilmi

Katy Perry

Pink

Santogold

 

International Group

AC/DC

Fleet Foxes

The Killers

Kings of Leon

MGMT

 

International Album

AC/DC - Black Ice

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

The Killers - Day & Age

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

 

British Producer of the Year

Bernard Butler

Brian Eno

Steve Mac

 

Critics' Choice Award

Florence and the Machine

 

Outstanding Contribution to Music

Pet Shop Boys

 

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just thougt id start a thread seen as thought the nominations are going to be announced tonight.

what awards you rekon they're gonna be nominated for?

 

 

 

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The nominees for this year's coveted Brit Awards are to be unveiled today at a launch party.

 

The event will include performances from Florence And The Machine and Scouting For Girls.

 

Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton will host the show at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London, and is the first big music industry party of the year ahead of the Brit Awards night on February 18.

 

Once the nominations for the 11 awards have been announced pop fans can then vote for their favourite British single, live act and breakthrough act from the shortlists.

 

The best British single is finally decided on the night by a live telephone vote.

 

Winners of the remaining eight awards are decided by the Brits Academy, made up of 1,000 invited music industry insiders and critics.

 

Coldplay are expected to be on the shortlist this year after success with their fourth studio album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends.

 

Girls Aloud, The Killers and The Script have also been named on fan forums as likely nominees.

 

 

This year's Brit critics' choice award winner, Florence And The Machine, will perform at the nominations party.

 

It was announced last month that she had scooped the award, which focuses on new British acts tipped to break through next year.

 

Last year's winner, Adele, went on to sell 1.2 million copies of her first album, 19.

 

Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi and London-based indie band Scouting For Girls will also appear on stage on the night.

 

The Brit awards take place on February 18 at London's Earls Court and will feature performances from Kings of Leon, Duffy and Girls Aloud.

 

Music legends U2 will play their new single Get On Your Boots and the Pet Shop Boys are set to pick up an award for their outstanding contribution to music.

 

 

 

The BRIT Awards 2009 with MasterCard categories are:

 

:: British Male Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Female Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: MasterCard British Album – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Group – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Single – final five nominees voted for by UK Commercial Radio station and The Sun Bizarre column readers. Winner voted for live on the night by public phone vote.

:: British Breakthrough Act – Top five selected by The Academy. Winner chosen by BBC Radio 1 listeners.

:: British Live Act – Top five selected by a specialist panel. Winner chosen by BBC Radio 2 listeners.

:: International Male Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: International Female Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: International Group – Voted for by The Academy

:: International Album – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Producer Award – voted for by the Music Producers Guild and awarded on February 12th at Cafe de Paris, MPG Awards.

:: Critic’s Choice – Florence & The Machine – Voted for by a team of experts made up of music critics from national newspapers, major music magazines and music websites as well as heads of music at major radio and TV stations.

:: The Outstanding Contribution to Music Award –Pet Shop Boys – gift of the BPI Council

 

http://news.sky.com

What time are they supposed to be announced?

you mean tonight as in January 20th? :laugh3: it's still only the 19th where I am.

^ahhh ok so tomorrow for us Americans, today for everyone else. In any case what time are they supposed to be announced?

Brit Award Shortlist to be Revealed

 

The nominees for this year's coveted Brit Awards are to be unveiled today at a launch party.

 

The event will include performances from Florence And The Machine and Scouting For Girls.

 

Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton will host the show at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London, and is the first big music industry party of the year ahead of the Brit Awards night on February 18.

 

Once the nominations for the 11 awards have been announced pop fans can then vote for their favourite British single, live act and breakthrough act from the shortlists.

 

The best British single is finally decided on the night by a live telephone vote.

 

Winners of the remaining eight awards are decided by the Brits Academy, made up of 1,000 invited music industry insiders and critics.

 

Coldplay are expected to be on the shortlist this year after success with their fourth studio album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends.

 

Girls Aloud, The Killers and The Script have also been named on fan forums as likely nominees.

 

 

This year's Brit critics' choice award winner, Florence And The Machine, will perform at the nominations party.

 

It was announced last month that she had scooped the award, which focuses on new British acts tipped to break through next year.

 

Last year's winner, Adele, went on to sell 1.2 million copies of her first album, 19.

 

Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi and London-based indie band Scouting For Girls will also appear on stage on the night.

 

The Brit awards take place on February 18 at London's Earls Court and will feature performances from Kings of Leon, Duffy and Girls Aloud.

 

Music legends U2 will play their new single Get On Your Boots and the Pet Shop Boys are set to pick up an award for their outstanding contribution to music.

 

 

 

The BRIT Awards 2009 with MasterCard categories are:

 

:: British Male Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Female Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: MasterCard British Album – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Group – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Single – final five nominees voted for by UK Commercial Radio station and The Sun Bizarre column readers. Winner voted for live on the night by public phone vote.

:: British Breakthrough Act – Top five selected by The Academy. Winner chosen by BBC Radio 1 listeners.

:: British Live Act – Top five selected by a specialist panel. Winner chosen by BBC Radio 2 listeners.

:: International Male Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: International Female Solo Artist – Voted for by The Academy

:: International Group – Voted for by The Academy

:: International Album – Voted for by The Academy

:: British Producer Award – voted for by the Music Producers Guild and awarded on February 12th at Cafe de Paris, MPG Awards.

:: Critic’s Choice – Florence & The Machine – Voted for by a team of experts made up of music critics from national newspapers, major music magazines and music websites as well as heads of music at major radio and TV stations.

:: The Outstanding Contribution to Music Award –Pet Shop Boys – gift of the BPI Council

 

http://news.sky.com

Well we do hope that Coldplay will get something. :D

the groups ones and the live act is a possibility

but will viva la vida be nominated for best single?

ooo forgot to put the time lol...its on at 9.00 pm on ITV2

^

what time is it in England now?

^

what time is it in England now?

 

10h30 am

still got a while...but hey at least we'll get LIT ii video before

yup

 

Well..I'll be asleep when the nominations come in.

Good luck to them

Coldplay and Duffy dominate 2009 BRITs nominations

 

Coldplay's Chris Martin and Welsh soulstress Duffy ... leading the way in this year's Brits nominations.

 

The multi-million selling band and the Welsh newcomer are tipped for four awards at this year's event

 

Coldplay and Welsh newcomer Duffy are set to dominate this year's BRITs, following the announcement that both acts are tipped for four awards each. But the critics' darlings of last year Elbow and the US west coast folk band Fleet Foxes have made the final step into mainstream acceptance as they were listed among the nominees revealed at the awards launch party at London's Roundhouse.

 

The prevalence of Chris Martin's group at this year's event, which takes place on 18 February, mirrors Coldplay's remarkable domination of the Grammy 2009 nominations list, in which they were named in seven different categories. With the Grammys also taking place in February, Coldplay could walk away with 11 awards for their album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends before the month is out.

 

The multi-million selling band are up against Welsh newcomer Duffy, whose debut Rockferry was the biggest-selling UK album of last year, in the Mastercard British Album and Best British Single categories. The 23-year-old singer faces former BRITs critics' choice winner Adele in the award for Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo Artist. But Coldplay face the stiffest competition from Elbow, who they are competing against in three categories: British Group, British Live Act and Mastercard British Album. The indie stalwarts, lead by singer Guy Garvey, enjoyed a surge in popularity last year following the release of their fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid and a triumphant performance at Glastonbury. The band, who formed in 1990, went on to win the Mercury Music Prize.

 

Fleet Foxes, one of the surprise breakthrough acts of last year, have been nominated for International Album and International Group. The band, from Seattle , were virtually unheard of this time last year, but ended up at the top of virtually every music magazine, newspaper and website's poll of albums of the year. They go head-to-head with Australian debauch-rockers AC/DC in both categories.

 

There was a surprising lack of nominations for Take That, who picked up two awards last year and whose recent album Circus went platinum within four days of its release. They received just one nod, in the British Group category. Elsewhere, the award for British Producer of the Year has been reprised after a 10-year absence. The legendary Brian Eno, who most recently worked with U2 on their album No Line On the Horizon, is listed next to X Factor producer Steve Mac and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, who oversaw Duffy's album Rockferry.

 

Who presents the awards is arguably as significant as those who receive them, and this year's unlikely pairing of Kylie Minogue with comedy duo James Corden and Mathew Horne promises to follow in the the grand BRIT tradition of unusual and occasionally calamitous presenting hook-ups. Last year, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne proved to be an endearingly shambolic, if occasionally incoherent, choice to compere the event.

 

This year's ceremony will be televised live from Earl's Court and will feature performances from U2, Kings of Leon and Girls Aloud. Pet Shop Boys are also due to perform the trademark BRITs medley to celebrate their award for Outstanding Contribution. Florence Welch, the voice behind BRITS Critics' Choice winner Florence and the Machine, has already voiced her appreciation, saying: "Blimey, a Brit Award – wowtheworldsgoneweird. Thank you so much."

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/20/brit-awards-nominations-2009

Good on ya lads :D :D :D!!!

ooh they take place on my birthday:D, I worked at them last year, pity CP wont be there this year :cry:

Thanks Ian :D

Coldplay lead Brit Awards charge

 

Chris Martin's Coldplay lead with four Brit Award nominations

 

Coldplay are poised to cap their record-breaking comeback at this year's Brit Awards after being nominated for a leading four awards.

 

Chris Martin's boys were nominated for Best Album, Best Group and Best Live act after this year's nominations were announced at Camden's Round House in London, Tuesday. But their toughest challenge will come in the Best British Single category when their hit Viva La Vida takes on X-Factor's Alexandra Burke's Christmas smash Hallelujah.

 

In the Best Group category, they face sell-out stadium man-band Take That, Radiohead, chart toppers Girls Aloud and Mercury prize winners Elbow, who will all be waiting to try and stop them. There's also joy for pop rivals Duffy and Adele who both secured multiple nominations.

 

Duffy, nominated for four prizes and Adele, for three, will face each other in the British Female Solo Artist category along with American Boy singer Estelle, M.I.A and Beth Rowley.

 

Elbow also scored well in the rock categories dominated by bands old and new with three nods. Joining them will be Australian head-banging legends AC/DC, nominated for International Album for their work Black Ice and Best International Group.

 

British rockers Iron Maiden were also revived after being hailed for the British Live Act prize against Coldplay, Elbow, Scouting For Girls and former indie big wigs The Verve. US superstars Beyoncé, Pink and Katy Perry are lined-up for the ultimate show down after all three were pitted against each other in the International Female Solo prize.

 

This year's nominees were voted by over 1,000 members from The Brits Voting Academy including members from the UK music industry, music critics and music writers among others. The winners will be declared on Wednesday February 18 at London's Earls Court.

 

Australian singer Kylie Minogue is billed to host the event with Gavin & Stacey comics James Corden and Mathew Horne.

 

http://www.metro.co.uk

:D:D Yay!

maybe the will actually win something! not that it matters one bit

the only real contender i rekon will be for best live act..which will be against the verve

Good luck boys :dance:

 

:heart:

Hope they'll win all...

Only four??:stunned:

 

What a joke!!:P

The live act catagory is a bit of a joke

I wouldn't be surprised if they leave again empty handed :(