In the former category, their fourth album Viva La Vida... goes up against Fleet Foxes' and Vampire Weekend's eponymous debuts, the Last Shadow Puppets' the Age Of the Understatement and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig !!!.
In the latter, Coldplay compete against current Q cover starts Oasis, as well as Muse, Metallica and Kings Of Leon.
They are also nominated for best track and best video, for Violet Hill.
The 2008 awards take place on October ...
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