The annual NME Award ceremony took place at the Brixton O2 Academy, prior to its television showing on Channel 4 on Saturday evening, and saw a glitzy array of stars turn up to watch the best bands and artists from Britain pick up gongs – with Noel Gallagher picking up the ‘Godlike Genius’ award for his contribution to music.
Leicester rockers Kasabian managed to pick up the award for Best British Band, with frontman Justin Young telling the crowd that he was happy that “entertainment was just as important as progression in rock ‘n’ roll” had been recognised as a fact,” whilst US rock icons the Foo Fighters were named as the Best International Band.
The Best Album And Best Single awards went to The Horrors’ ‘Skying’ and Florence and the Machine’s ‘Shake It Out’ respectively, whilst The Vaccines and the Arctic Monkeys received accolades for Best New Band and Best Live Band correspondingly.
An interesting part of the award ceremony are the ‘negative’ gongs, which saw Justin Bieber pick up ‘Villain of the Year’ and ‘Worst Album of the Year’ (for ‘Under the Mistletoe’) just a day before his 18th birthday (which is today) and One Direction claim the ‘Worst Band of the Year’ award.
For a full list of winners, check below.
Best British Band (supported by Sonos)
Winner: Kasabian
Best International Band (supported by T4)
Winner: Foo Fighters
Best Solo Artist (supported by Rekorderlig)
Winner: Florence + The Machine
Best New Band (supported by Boxfresh)
Winner: The Vaccines
Best Live Band (supported by Carling)
Winner: Arctic Monkeys
Best Album (supported by HMV)
Winner: The Horrors - 'Skying'
Best Track (supported by Fender)
Winner: Florence + The Machine - 'Shake It Out'
Dancefloor Anthem (supported by NME Radio)
Winner: Katy B - 'Broken Record'
Best Video (supported by NMEVideo.com)
Winner: Hurts - 'Sunday'
Best TV Show
Winner: 'Fresh Meat'
Best Festival
Winner: Glastonbury
Best Film
Winner: 'Submarine'
Best Music Film
Winner: 'Back And Forth' - Foo Fighters
Greatest Music Moment Of The Year
Winner: The Stone Roses reunite
Best Reissue
Winner: The Smiths - 'Complete Reissues'
Best Book
Winner: Noel Fielding - 'The Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton'
Hero Of The Year
Winner: Matt Bellamy
Villain Of The Year
Winner: Justin Bieber
Worst Album
Winner: Justin Bieber - 'Under The Mistletoe'
Worst Band
Winner: One Direction
Best Album Artwork
Winner: Friendly Fires - 'Pala'
Best Band Blog Or Twitter
Winner: @LadyGaga
Best Small Festival
Winner: RockNess
Most Dedicated Fans
Winner: Muse
Hottest Male
Winner: Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Hottest Female
Winner: Hayley Williams, Paramore
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