The Stereophonics lead the way in the list of nominations for this year's Q awards.

The Welsh band are up for best single, best album, best live act, and best act in the world today.

Irish veterans U2 aren't far behind - they're up for best album, best live act and best act in the world today.

The Q Awards will be held in London on October 29.

The main nominations:

* Best single: Ash - Burn Baby Burn, Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day, Feeder - Buck Rodgers, New Order - Crystal, Weezer - Hash Pipe, Charlatans - Love Is The Key.

* Best album: PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From The Sea, Radiohead - Amnesiac, U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind, Travis - The Invisible Band, Muse - Origins of Symmetry, Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform.

* Best new act: Starsailor, Turin Breaks, Strokes, Goldfrapp, Tom McRae, Dido.

* Best live act: Manic Street Preachers, Madonna, Coldplay, Stereophonics, U2, Muse.

* Best act in the world today: U2, REM, Stereophonics, Radiohead, Travis, Manic Street Preachers.

December 3, 2001 13:00