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Oasis Fans 'Outraged' After Band Are Shunned By Mercury Prize Judges

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Fans of Oasis have voiced their surprise after the band failed to make the short list for this year's Mercury Music Prize.

The Manchester group had been hotly tipped to scoop a nomination for their eighth album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

But the 2008 LP was not among the 12 nominated albums announced at a ceremony in London this morning.

Oasis fan Wilkopops told Gigwise he was “outraged” by the band's omission, adding: “'Dig Out Your Soul' was class.”

Another fan, Bob, was also surprised: “This is a travesty.”

As previously reported on Gigwise, Kasabian, Friendly Fires and La Roux are among the 12 acts nominated for this year's Mercury Music Prize.

The Horrors, Florence and the Machine, Sweet Billy Pilgrim and Speech Debelle have also been short listed for the honour.

But a host of hotly tipped acts, including Doves and Lily Allen, were not included by judges.

The 2009 Mercury Prize ceremony will take place in London on September 8

What do you think about this year's list of nominees? Post your thoughts by leaving a comment below.

Oasis live at Wembley
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  • I totally agree! The Mercury Prize is supposed celebrate the most innovative, ground-breaking and talented musicians Britain has to offer, how could the possibly leave out Oasis....oh wait hold on a second....

    ~ by Davness 3 days 8 hours ago

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  • It doesn't surprise me they're not on the list, not because Dig Out Your Soul was a bad album (on the contrary) but because the music industry seem to make a big deal out of ignoring Oasis, they could release an album as good as Definitely Maybe tomorrow and it still wouldn't get nominated. The music industry seems to be very snobbish when it comes to Oasis, just look how they've not had any Brit Award nominations for years.

    ~ by AndrewA 3 days 3 hours ago

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  • I'm fairly sure Liam & Noel dont care

    ~ by Sir Zuuboonuuz 3 days 2 hours ago

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