Awards

NME Awards presented

By | Published on Thursday 1 March 2012

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So, suspense filled the Brixton Academy yesterday evening, as the great and the good the the indie pop world sat down wondering “just who can have won this year’s NME Awards”?

Well, apart from those attendees who had already seen the full winners list that had been accidentally published by The Independent two hours earlier. Oh well, even if they had seen that report, by the time the NME’s annual back slapping bash was underway most of the people there were probably too pissed to remember something they’d read two hours previous.

For those who did attend but can’t remember a thing about the evening, let me remind you that Kasabian and the Foo Fighters were declared the best bands in Britain and the world respectively, while The Vaccines are the best new band, The Horrors made the best album, and Florence Welch the best song, if NME readers are to be believed, and why wouldn’t you trust NME readers?

Justin Bieber beat David Cameron to the Villain Of The Year crown, probably for his role in excluding the poor from higher education, screwing up the NHS and letting those evil bankers do whatever the fuck they like. And you thought Bieber’s biggest crime was his cover of ‘Santa Clause Is Coming To Town’. The teen star also picked up Worst Album, while One Direction were named Worst Group, in the traditional “NME readers pick the most successful mainstream pop acts of the moment and diss them” moment.

So that’s nice. Here’s your full list of NME winners.

Best British Band: Kasabian
Best International Band: Foo Fighters
Best New Band: The Vaccines
Best Solo Artist: Florence And The Machine
Best Live Band: Arctic Monkeys
Philip Hall Radar Award: Azealia Banks

Hero Of The Year: Matt Bellamy
Hottest Male: Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Hottest Female: Hayley Williams, Paramore

Best Album: Horrors, Skying
Best Track: Florence And The Machine – Shake It Out
Best Video: Hurts – Sunday
Dancefloor Anthem: Katy B – Broken Record
Best Re-issue: The Smiths – Complete Re-issues

Best Festival: Glastonbury
Best Small Festival: Rockness

Best Album Artwork: Friendly Fires – Pala
Best Band Blog or Twitter: Lady Gaga, @ladygaga
Best TV Show: Fresh Meat
Best Film: Submarine
Best Music Film: Foo Fighters, Back and Forth
Best Book: Noel Fielding, The Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton
Most Dedicated Fans: Muse
Greatest Music Moment: Stone Roses re-unite

Villain Of The Year: Justin Bieber
Worst Album: Justin Bieber – Under The Mistletoe
Worst Band: One Direction

Godlike Genius: Noel Gallagher

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