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Glastonbury Scoops Top Honours At UK Festival Awards
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 Written by Elliott Batte
Glastonbury & Sonisphere Scoop Top Honours at UK Festival Awards

Glastonbury, Bestival and Sonisphere all came out on top at this year’s UK Festival Awards, with each of them earning three of the most prestigious awards.

The iconic Glastonbury picked up the Best Major Festival award, which was last year picked up by Dj Rob da Bank’s Bestival. Bestival then in turn received the Fan’s Favourite award, after it pleased the masses with its diverse and strong line-up, which included names like Pendulum, Public Enemy, The Cure and PJ Harvey.

Metal-orientated festival Sonisphere got its hands on one of the biggest prizes – the award for best line-up. It earned the achievement after bringing together the Big Four of thrash metal – Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax – and putting them on stage together at the same event. They also had names such as Slipknot and Biffy Clyro – meaning each and every rocker there had a name which appealed to them.

Some of the artists who won at the awards ceremony include ginger-haired Ed Sheeran, who was nominated Best Breakthrough Artist, and Paolo Nutini, who was voted to have put on the Headline Performance of the Year for his set at Latitude Festival. A full list of winners can be seen below.

Award Winners:

Best new festival: Wilderness
Best metropolitan festival: Tramlines
Best dance event: Creamfields
Best overseas festival: Outlook (Croatia)
Best family festival: Beautiful Days
Best breakthrough artist: Ed Sheeran
Line-up of the year: Sonisphere
Headline performance of the year: Paolo Nutini – Latitude
Anthem of the summer: Chase and Status - Blind Faith
Agent of the year: Steve Strange
Promoter of the year: Secret Productions
Best small festival: End of the Road
Best medium-sized festival: Secret Garden Party
Best major festival: Glastonbury
Fans' favourite festival: Bestival
The lifetime achievement award: Steve Heap, Mrs Casey Music / Towersey Village
Festival
The grass roots festival award: Y-Not Festival
Concession of the year: The Beat Hotel
The greener festival award: Shambala
Best toilets: Y-Not Festival
Best sponsor activation: Capitalize – Bacardi
The extra-festival activity award: Bearded Kitten
Outstanding contribution to festival production: The Event Safety Shop
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