Arctic Monkeys Clear Up At The NME Awards
Last night's NME awards took place in the initmate indigo venue, followed by a 'Big Gig' in the 02 arena headlined by The Manic Street preachers who were awarded with the 'Godlike Genius Award'.
The Arctic Monkeys have landed themselves a hat trick at last night's NME awards, following their record seven nominations. As well as taking the coverted Best British Band title the group won the Best Track award for 'Fluorescent Adolescent' and Best Video for 'Teddy Picker'. Since bursting onto the music scene in 2005 the band have notched up 15 NME nominations and walked away with eight of the awards.
The full list of winners were:
Best British band
Arctic Monkeys
Best international band
Winners: The Killers
Best new band
The Enemy
Best live band
Muse
Best solo artist
Kate Nash
Best album
Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons
Best track
Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
Best video
Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys
Best dancefloor filler
Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats
Best music DVD
Winner: Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Best live event
Winner: Reading and Leeds Festival
Hero of the year
Winner: Pete Doherty
Villain of the year
Winner: George W Bush
Best dressed
Noel Fielding
Worst dressed
Amy Winehouse
Best album artwork
The Good The Bad And The Queen - The Good The Bad And The Queen
Best radio show>
Winner: Zane Lowe (Radio 1)
Worst album
Blackout - Britney Spears
Worst band
The Hoosiers
Best TV show
The Mighty Boosh
Best film
Contro
Sexiest man
Howlin' Pelle Almqvist
Sexiest woman
Kylie Minogue
Best venue
Wembley Stadium
Best website
Facebook
Best band blog
Radiohead (www.radiohead.com/deadairspace)
Best music blog
The Modern Age (www.themodernage.org)
The Philip Hall Radar Award
Glasvegas
The Godlike Genius Award
Manic Street Preachers
Published: 29 February 2008