Vote for The Verve at the Brit Awards 2009

British Live Act (in association with BBC Radio 2)

• Online voting dates: Monday 2nd February to Saturday 7th February 2009
• Nominations here
• Place your vote here

Coldplay, Elbow, Iron Maiden, and Scouting For Girls are also in the running.

Wigan's Ting Tings and Verve up for top awards

Wigan bands The Ting Tings and The Verve are among the acts up for gongs at this year's Brit Awards.

At the nomination show held in London, it was announced that The Ting Tings, fronted by Lowton-born singer Katie White, are in the running for the Best British Album and Best British Breakthrough Act honors.

The Verve have been nominated for the Best British Live Act award. The Ting Tings, who released debut LP We Started Nothing last May, enjoyed phenomenal success throughout 2008.

The indie pop duo of singer and guitarist Katie and drummer Jules De Martino topped the album and singles chart with "That's Not My Name," and sold out a UK tour.

The Ting Tings are up against Coldplay, Duffy, Elbow and Radiohead for the Best British Album award at the Brits. Adele, Duffy, The Last Shadow Puppets and Scouting For Girls compete in Best British Breakthrough Act category. The Verve reformed in 2007 and released Forth in 2008.

They are joined in the Best British Live Act category by Coldplay, Elbow, Iron Maiden and Scouting For Girls. The awards are on February 18.

Source: The Wigan Post, Adnan Aljilani

"Snakeskin" competition

A "Snakeskin" competition is being run by fellow Verve partner site, The Verve Online. More details on the competition here. If you're not familiar with the rare song, follow this link to a previous post. Have a look and if you're interested, sign up.

Vote for The Verve in the NME Awards

Until the end of January, fans can vote for The Verve in this years NME Awards. Use this link to vote. All who participate have the chance of winning a pair of tickets to the awards ceremony.