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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
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