The NME Awards took place last night (February 26th) with winners including MGMT, Muse, The Cure and many more.
Love it or loathe it, the NME is still a talking point for most. However, we here at ClashMusic prefer to ignore the blooming thing – why try the rest when we make the best?
Anyway, big winners on the night were MGMT with two awards, including ‘Best New Band’ and ‘Best Track’. The Brooklyn group were followed by The Killers who won ‘Best international Band’.
Homegrown talent was recognised with Last Shadow Puppets winning ‘Best Video’ and Elbow scooping ‘Outstanding Contribution To British Music’.
The Philip Hall Radar Award is always a good indicator of prevailing trends, with last year’s winner Glasvegas going on to dominate British music. This year, the gong went to The Big Pink who picked up the trophy named after one of the music industry’s true greats.
The night was topped off by The Cure gaining the ‘Godlike Genius Award’ and performing a very special set. The goth legends remain a potent musical force, with Robert Smith shining with the attention of thousands pouring upon him.
Full list of winners is as follows:
BEST BRITISH BAND
Oasis
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND
The Killers
BEST SOLO ARTIST
Peter Doherty
BEST NEW BAND
MGMT
BEST LIVE BAND
Muse
BEST ALBUM
Kings Of Leon – ‘Only By The Night’
BEST TRACK
MGMT – ‘Time To Pretend’
BEST VIDEO
The Last Shadow Puppets – ‘My Mistakes Were Made For You’
BEST LIVE EVENT
Glastonbury
BEST TV
The Mighty Boosh
BEST DANCEFLOOR FILLER
Dizzee Rascal – ‘Dance Wiv Me’
BEST DVD
Arctic Monkeys – ‘At The Apollo’
BEST BAND BLOG
Noel Gallagher / Oasis
BEST VENUE
London Astoria
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
Muse – ‘HAARP’
HERO OF THE YEAR
Barack Obama
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
George W Bush
BEST DRESSED
Alexa Chung
WORST DRESSED
Amy Winehouse
WORST ALBUM
Jonas Brothers – ‘A Little Bit Longer’
WORST BAND
Jonas Brothers
SEXIEST MALE
Matt Bellamy
SEXIEST FEMALE
Hayley Williams
BEST WEBSITE
YouTube
