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Awards
NME Awards awarded
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 24 February 2011
This year’s NME Awards were dished out last night, as expected. So that’s good. There was no clear big winner, though My Chemical Romance and Justin Bieber won two awards each, so I guess it’s them. The former took Best International Band and Best Video, while Bieber won Least Stylish and Worst Album. Well done both.
Picking up the Outstanding Contribution award, PJ Harvey performed songs from her new album, ‘Let England Shake’, while Godlike Genius Dave Grohl led his band in a round of Foo Fighters classics.
NME editor Krissi Murison told CMU: “With over 3.5 million votes cast in the second stage of voting, music fans have proved they are as passionate as ever – and their taste in music is as eclectic as ever! Not only is the international rock scene in great shape but a wide spread of genres are represented by our winners tonight. It’s great to see My Chemical Romance lead the way scooping two awards. And with Muse, Biffy Clyro, Laura Marling, Professor Green, Hurts and Arcade Fire amongst others all coming out top in their nominated categories, 2011 is set to be a great year for music”.
Highlights of the ceremony will be shown on Saturday night at 11.20pm on Channel 4, with extra coverage from T4 earlier in the day at 11.25am.
Those awards in full:
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
Awards not handed out on the night:
Best Small Festival: RockNess
Best Album Artwork: Klaxons – Surfing The Void
Best Blog: Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Best Book: John Lydon – Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook
Best Film: Inception
Worst Album: Justin Bieber – My World 2.0
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers
Hero: Lady Gaga
Villain: David Cameron
Most Stylish: Brandon Flowers
Least Stylish: Justin Bieber
Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy
Hottest Woman: Alison Mosshart (The Kills)
