COLDPLAY - COLDPLAY AND BLUNT LEAD CHASE FOR IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS

COLDPLAY and singer/songwriter JAMES BLUNT are leading the nominations for the prestigious Ivor Novello Songwriting Awards. The IN MY PLACE rockers have been nominated in three categories - Best Song Musically And Lyrically for FIX YOU, and International Hit Of The Year and Most Performed Work for SPEED OF SOUND. Blunt's international chart-topper YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL is also named in the International Hit and Most Performed Work categories. Rock newcomers ARCTIC MONKEYS are named in the Best Song Musically And Lyrically section for their hit I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR - where they will also compete against KT TUNSTALL's SUDDENLY I SEE.