Rounding out the category was Bowie's comeback, the Olympic Games opening ceremony, The Stone Roses reuniting to play Heaton Park in Manchester and Green Day's secret set at the Reading Festival.

Ip Man leaps from screen to musical stage

Jay Chou hopes to regain lost ground

Chinese-style jazz

Following are the NME Awards 2013 nominees in the main categories:

BEST BRITISH BAND:

- Arctic Monkeys; Kasabian; The Vaccines; Biffy Clyro; The Maccabees; The Cribs

BEST ALBUM:

- Channel Orange/Frank Ocean; Jake Bugg/Jake Bugg; Given To The Wild/The Maccabees; An Awesome Wave/Alt-J; Come Of Age/The Vaccines; Lonerism/Tame Impala

BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND

- The Killers; Tame Impala; The Black Keys; Odd Future; Crystal Castles; Foo Fighters

BEST TRACK

- R U Mine?/Arctic Monkeys; Don't Save Me/Haim; Bad Girls/M.I.A.; Inhaler/Foals; Best Of Friends/Palma Violets; Elephant/Tame Impala

BEST MUSIC FILM:

- Searching For Sugar Man; LCD Soundsystem: "Shut Up And Play The Hits"; Hit So Hard : The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel; Marley; The Rolling Stones: "Crossfire Hurricane"; Led Zeppelin: "Celebration Day"

BEST SOLO ARTIST:

- Jake Bugg; Noel Gallagher; Florence Welch; Miles Kane; Grimes; Paul Weller

BEST NEW BAND:

- Alt-J; Peace; Palma Violets; Django Django; Alabama Shakes; Haim

BEST MUSIC VIDEO:

Oblivion/Grimes; Bad Girls/M.I.A.; Where Are We Now?/David Bowie; R U Mine?/Arctic Monkeys; Don't Save Me/Haim; Feels Like We Only Go Backwards/Tame Impala

BEST LIVE BAND:

- The Maccabees; The Cribs; Blur; Biffy Clyro; Foals; The Rolling Stones

BEST DANCEFLOOR ANTHEM:

What You Came For/Mosca featuring Katy B; Sweet Nothing/Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch; Gangnam Style/Psy; Bad Girls/M.I.A.; In Paris/Kanye West and Jay-Z; Losing You/Solange

MUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR:

- David Bowie returns; The Stone Roses play Heaton Park; Olympics opening ceremony; The Rolling Stones play London's O2 Arena; Green Day's secret set at Reading Festival; Pussy Riot's punk prayer

HERO OF THE YEAR:

- David Bowie; Bradley Wiggins; Pussy Riot; Barack Obama; Frank Ocean; Dave Grohl