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Shoot The Runner Bs / Q Nominations

19th October 2006

Shoot The Runner

Kasabian release Shoot The Runner in the UK on November 6th; the single will be available on 2-track CD, DVD and 10" vinyl formats. As ever, the vinyl will come in a 60x40 posterbag, this time based around images from the rendered video.

If you're one of the first 500 people to pre-order all 3 Shoot The Runner single formats (CD, DVD and 10" vinyl) from here, you will receive a signed art print with your records. The Julie Verhoeven prints feature the illustrations of Tom, Serge, Chris and Ian from the Empire album inlay.

New tracks include Stay Away From The Brown Acid (Part 1), the Shakes Remix of Shoot The Runner, and Pictures Of Matchstick Men, the first ever Status Quo single, from 1968. Kasabian first played Pictures... on a Dermot O'Leary session for Radio 2 earlier in the summer; this version was recorded in the band's studio.

Clips of all b-sides can be streamed. Full details in the Releases section.

Q Awards Nomination

Empire has been nominated in the Best Album category at the 2006 Q Awards, which take place on October 30th in London. The shortlist is now open to a public vote, with details on the various ways to cast your opinion at www.qawards.co.uk. Voting closes on October 20th.

The Empire single video has also been shortlisted in the Best Video category, based on votes taken through the Q TV channel. Other nominees include The Killers, The Zutons, Gnarls Barkley and Scissor Sisters; none of them managed to drill a bullet through their lead singer in the climax to the video, though...

TV

Finally, look out for the band on TV this weekend. They will be making an appearance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross this week, performing Shoot The Runner. Tune in to BBC1 on Friday 20th October at 10.35pm.

The band will also be on Channel4's Album Chart Show this weekend - it's screened at 12.10am this Friday night/Saturday morning on Channel4 and at 2.00pm this Saturday afternoon, on E4.