I only pay slightly more attention to the NME awards than I do to the Brits but the event is still worth a mention. The Arctic Monkeys again scooped Best British Band and Kate Nash got Solo Artist. The Killers won Best International over White Stripes.Justice was done when Muse were given Best Live Band - I suppose Take That aren’t a band as such and NME readers would never vote for them anyway so not a great surprise.
Klaxons picked up Best Album for Myths Of The Near Future but the Arctics got Best Track and Best Video.
The Nirvana Unplugged In New York DVD beat more recent offerings from Babyshambles and Winehouse.
The domination of Radio 1 continues with Zane Lowe yet again winning the Best Radio Show.
No surprise that the music oriented film Control, based on the life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division got the Best Film award.
The Manic Street Preachers were given the appallingly named Godlike Genius Award and performed a live set at the event. Unfortunately half of the venue was empty (or full depending on your disposition) as everyone started to leave.
A few interesting awards: Best Music Blog went to The Modern Age, a US based blog. Radiohead won Best Band Blog and the John Peel Award for Musical Innovation - I suppose with Foals, Lily Allen and The Streets as competition it was always a forgone conclusion.
The Philip Hall Radar Award for new artists tipped to do well this year went to Glasvegas.
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