Originally written by Luke Slater · 23 February 2011
Tonight the annual NME Awards took place in some place South of the river. In London, naturally. We weren't in attendance. There were some winners, even more losers and even more boozers. I'm sure a good time was had by all but as I type this I'm reliably informed that Dave Grohl is playing some songs from his new album for all to hear. Nobody wants that, Dave. Anyway, here are the winners, if you're interested.
Best British Band - Muse Best International Band - My Chemical Romance Best Solo Artist - Laura Marling Best Live Band - Biffy Clyro Best New Band - Hurts Best Album - Arcade Fire The Suburbs Best Track - Foals 'Spanish Sahara' Best Video - My Chemical Romance - 'Na Na Na' (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) Best Festival - Glastonbury Best Dancefloor Filler - Professor Green - 'Jungle' Best TV Show - Skins Philip Hall Radar Award – The Naked & Famous Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music – PJ Harvey John Peel Award For Innovation – Crystal Castles Godlike Genius – Dave Grohl
There were also other categories, some of which are unnecessary and the others of which are not all that necessary either. These weren't handed out on the night, by the way.
Best Film – Inception Hero – Lady Gaga Villain – David Cameron Most Stylish – Brandon Flowers Least Stylish – Justin Bieber Worst Album – Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 Worst Band – Jonas Brothers Hottest Man – Matt Bellamy Hottest Woman – Alison Mosshart Best Album Artwork – Klaxons - Surfing The Void Best Blog – Hayley Williams Best Book – John Lydon Mr Rotten's Scrapbook Best Small Festival - RockNess