The shortlist for this year's Shockwaves NME Awards has been announced today (January 28), and Muse have been nominated in 4 categories :

Best British Band
• Arctic Monkeys
• Babyshambles
• The Cribs
• Muse
• Klaxons

Best Live Band
• Arctic Monkeys
• The Cribs
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Muse
• My Chemical Romance

Best Live Event
• Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival
• Glastonbury
• Muse At Wembley Stadium
• T In The Park
• V Festival

Hero Of The Year
• Matt Bellamy
• Pete Doherty
• Noel Fielding
• Ryan Jarman
• Thom Yorke

Muse is nominated at the 2008 BRIT Awards for the Best Live Act along with Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Klaxons and Take That.

A sneak peak of Knights Of Cydonia from the Wembley DVD is available here : http://www.he-3.mu/

More to come probably in the next few days...