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Awards
NME award noms out
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 31 January 2012
So, the noms are out for the NME Awards 2012, where Kasabian, The Vaccines, Florence Welch and The Horrors are also due to play, while the host has been confirmed as posh boy stand up Jack Whitehall who, noting an incident at the 2006 NME awards show involving that year’s host Russell Brand, told reporters yesterday: “It’s brilliant to be able to host the NME awards, I’m one step closer to having Bob Geldof call me a cunt!”
Whether Geldof plans to be present at the Brixton Academy on 29 Feb isn’t clear, but many of the following nominees presumably will be, so maybe one of them could take on the “call Whitehall a cunt” duties. And talking of the noms, and not that we would wish to influence the voting (which is now open at this URL), but would it not be wonderful if Beady Eye were declared Worst Band on the same night Noel Gallagher was declared a Godlike Genius? Or is that just me? Anyway, those noms…
Best British Band: Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Horrors, Kasabian, Muse
Best International Band: Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Justice, Odd Future (OFWGKTA), The Strokes
Best Solo Artist: Adele, Florence Welch, Frank Turner, Laura Marling, Miles Kane, Noel Gallagher
Best New Band: Foster The People, Lana Del Rey, Tribes, The Vaccines, Wu Lyf
Best Live Band: Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Muse, Pulp, Two Door Cinema Club
Best Album: Artic Monkeys – Suck It and See, The Horrors – Skying, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, PJ Harvey – Let England Shake, The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
Best Track: Arctic Monkeys – The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala, Bombay Bicycle – Club Shuffle, Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out, Hurts – Sunday, Lana Del Rey – Video Games
Dancefloor Anthem: Azealia Banks – 212, Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks, Justice – Civilization, Katy B – Broken Record, Metronomy – The Bay
Best Video: Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See, Beyonce – Countdown, Hurts – Sunday, Lana Del Rey – Video Games, Tyler, The Creator – Yonkers
Best TV Show: Dr Who, Fresh Meat, Misfits, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, This is England 88
Best Festival: Bestival, Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, T In The Park, V
Best Film: Black Swan, Drive, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part Two, Inbetweeners, Submarine
Best Music Film: Back And Forth – Foo Fighters, Living In The Material World – George Harrison, Talihina Sky – Kings Of Leon, There Are No Innocent Bystanders – Libertines, Upside Down – The Creation Records Story
Greatest Music Moment: Brian May joins My Chemical Romance on stage at Reading Festival, Kasabian see in 2012 with their epic O2 show, Noel Gallagher launches solo career with classic press conference, Pulp steal the show at Glastonbury with secret set, The Stone Roses reunite
Best Re-issue: Manic Street Preachers – National Treasures, Nirvana – Never Mind, Primal Screen – Screamadelica, Rolling Stones – Some Girls, The Smiths – Complete Re-Issues
Best Book: Jarvis Cocker – Mother, Brother, Lover, Noel Fielding – The Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton, Jared Leto – Notes From The Outernet, Shaun Rider – Twisting My Melon, Malcolm X – A Life Of Reinvention
Hero Of The Year: Alex Turner, Dave Grohl, Matt Bellamy, Noel Fielding, Noel Gallagher
Villain Of The Year: Justin Bieber, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Liam Gallagher, Lady Gaga
Worst Album: Justin Bieber – Under The Mistletoe, Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto, Lady Gaga – Born This Way, One Direction – Up All Night, Viva Brother – Famous First Words
Worst Band: Beady Eye, Coldplay, Muse, One Direction, Viva Brother
Best Album Artwork: Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See, Bjork – Biophilia, Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix, Friendly Fires – Pala, Jay Z and Kanye West – Watch The Throne
Best Band Blog or Twitter: @Example, Frank-turner.com/blog, @kaynewest, @Ladygaga, @Theohurts
Best Small Festival: Field Day, Hop Farm, Latitude, Kendall Calling, Rockness
Most Dedicated Fans: Arctic Monkeys, Hurts, Muse, My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds To Mars
Hottest Male: Matt Bellamy (Muse), Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides), Dom Howard (Muse), Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars), Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
Hottest Female: Marina Diamandis (Marina And The Diamonds), Amy Lee (Evanescence), Katy Perry,
Florence Welch, Hayley Williams (Paramore)
