Oasis left yesterday’s Q Awards empty handed despite three nominations. Radiohead stole the show being named best band in the world despite having only released a live album in the last year. Credible girl band Sugababes took best single for ‘Freak Like Me’ while Coldplay took best album with ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’ – a second Q award for their second album ('Parachutes' won the same prize two years ago). Elsewhere Tom Jones won an innovation award, Echo and the Bunnymen an inspiration award and easy target Simon Cowell the unwanted award. Those winners in full:
Best new act: Electric Soft Parade
Q merit award: Tom Jones
Best single: Sugababes, Freak Like Me
Best video: Pink, Get The Party Started
Best producer: Moby (for his own album, 18)
Q innovation award: Depeche Mode
Best live act: The Hives
Best album: Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
Q inspiration award: Echo And The Bunnymen
Q classic songwriter award: Jimmy Cliff
Best act in the world today: Radiohead