Or at least that's what they're preying for, after finally realising that tempting the ghost of Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood is the only way of making people care about an award ceremony that releases the winners a day before it's shown on TV. Took you twenty years, but never mind.

I give you the best British Group nominations!

British Group: Arctic Monkeys; Muse; Razorlight; Snow Patrol; Kasabian.

There's a reason why emigration is up, you know.

As ever, it's a fairly depressing and safe list, but that's what the Brits are for, really. EMI must be gnashing their teeth at Rudebox matching its critical acclaim with its sales figures, but there is perhaps one surprise buried in the nominations:

Beyonce; Cat Power; Christina Aguilera; Nelly Furtado; Pink.

Go Chan Marshall, Go!