Rolling Stones up for four NME awards

THE grandfathers of rock The Rolling Stones are up for four gongs at next month's NME Awards.

The band are up Best Live Band, Best Book, Music Moment of The Year and Best Music Film. 

Tame Impala, Haim and M.I.A. are also each up for four awards. Tame Impala gets a nod for Best International Band, Best Album, Best Track and Best Music Video. Haim, who won the BBC's sound of 2013 competition, are up for Best New Band, Best Track, Best Music Video, Best Twitter.

M.I.A. is up for Best Track, Best Music Video, Best Dancefloor Anthem and Best Twitter.

The Maccabees are up for three along with Arctic Monkeys and David Bowie, while Muse and Kasabian are also nominated.

The Maccabees, Biffy Clyro and The Cribs are battling for Best British Band and Best Live act. Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and The Vaccines also receive nods for Best British Band while Blur, Foals and The Rolling Stones are also up for Best Live act.  

Mercury-winning Alt J are up for best album, along with The Maccabees, The Vaccines, Jake Bugg and Tame Impala.

The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, February 27 at The Troxy in East London.

Bowie still missing from UK singles chart

DAVID Bowie's dramatic comeback track Where Are We Now continues to be excluded from the UK Top 40, although a best of album has returned to the album chart.

The song does not register anywhere in the midweek chart because regulations exclude any sales of tracks linked to the pre-order of albums, as is the case with Where Are We Now.

Although it has sold copies independent of the deal, iTunes, which has the exclusive sale rights to the song, has not yet provided a breakdown of sales to the Official Charts Company.

However, Best Of Bowie has risen from 194 to 25 in the charts, while The Platinum Collection re-appears at 142.

If the Bowie exclusion continues, the UK top 10 this weekend is likely to include will.i.am ft Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, James Arthur, Rihanna, and Bruno Mars.

Emeli Sande looks as though her Our Version Of Events may rise to the top of the album chart again with Calvin Harris and Jake Bugg also vying for top spot.

The Lumineers could also register their first top 10 album with their eponymous release.