Muse and Kasabian were this year's big winners at the Shockwaves NME Awards, which took place last night at London's O2 Academy Brixton with performances from Kasabian, Lily Allen, Marina and the Diamonds, Hole, The Maccabees and The Big Pink.
Kasabian were delighted to take home the gongs for Best Album and Best Album Artwork for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, while Muse bagged the top award for Best British Band and Best Website, while their frontman Matt Belamy also took home the prize for Hottest Man.
Following their massive sold out Humbug tour, it was nice to see Arctic Monkeys beat both of those top winners to take the award for Best Live Band, also coming in ahead of Radiohead and Them Crooked Vultures. Best Live Event, however, went to Blur and their comeback performance at London's Hyde Park, not only one of the biggest gigs of 2009, but one that will be remembered for years to come.
Meanwhile, Bombay Bicycle Club beat competition from much more hyped outfits La Roux, The XX and Mumford & Sons to take home the award for Best New Band, while Lily Allen won the Giving It Back Fan Award for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt. Who says internet gimmicks are a waste of time?
Surprisingly enough, Oasis failed to bag any of the nine awards the band and their two leading men were nominated for – not even Worst Band, which was justly awarded to the Jonas Brothers, as was Worst Album for 'Lines Vines Tying Times'. And paradoxically yet appropriately, Lady Gaga picked up awards for both Best Dressed and Worst Dressed. Well, she had no competition, really.
The full, and very long list of winners can be found below. For Red Carpet photos/happenings, make your way to Sheena's Gossip Page.
Godlike Genius
Paul Weller
Outstanding Contribution To Music
The Specials
Best British Band (sponsored by Shockwaves)
Winner: Muse
Nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Kasabian, Oasis
Best International Band (sponsored by 4music/T4)
Winner: Paramore
Nominated: Green Day, Kings Of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Solo Artist
Winner: Jamie T
Nominated: Dizzee Rascal, Florence And The Machine, Julian Casablancas, Lady Gaga
Best New Band (sponsored by USC)
Winner: Bombay Bicycle Club
Nominated: The Big Pink, Mumford & Sons, The xx, La Roux
Best Live Band (sponsored by Tuborg)
Winner: Arctic Monkeys
Nominated: Kasabian, Muse, Radiohead, Them Crooked Vultures
Best Album (sponsored by HMV)
Winner: Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Nominated: Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug', Muse – 'The Resistance', The Cribs – 'Ignore The Ignorant', The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'
Best Track (sponsored by NME Radio)
Winner: The Big Pink – 'Dominos'
Nominated: Animal Collective – 'My Girls', Arctic Monkeys – 'Crying Lightning', Florence And The Machine – 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)', Jamie T – 'Sticks N' Stones'
Best Video (sponsored by NME TV)
Winner: Biffy Clyro – 'The Captain'
Nominated: Arctic Monkeys – 'Cornerstone ', Kasabian – 'Fire', The Maccabees – 'Can You Give It', Oasis – 'Falling Down'
Best Live Event
Winner: Blur at Hyde Park
Nominated: Jay-Z at Alexandra Palace, Muse at Teignmouth, Oasis at Heaton Park, The Dead Weather at Shoreditch Church
Best Festival
Winner: Glastonbury
Nominated: Download, Reading And Leeds Festivals, T In The Park, V Festival
Best Dancefloor Filler
Winner: La Roux – 'In For The Kill' (Skream Remix)
Nominated: Dizzee Rascal And Armand Van Helden – 'Bonkers', Florence And The Machine – 'You've Got The Love', Lady Gaga – 'Poker Face', Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Zero'
Best TV Show
Winner: The Inbetweeners
Nominated: Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Peep Show, Skins, True Blood
Best Film
Winner: Inglourious Basterds
Nominated: (500) Days Of Summer, In The Loop, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Where The Wild Things Are
Best DVD
Winner: The Mighty Boosh – Future Sailors
Nominated: Kings Of Leon – Live At The The O2 Arena, Flight Of The Conchords – Complete HBO Second Season, The Killers – Live From The Royal Albert Hall, Nirvana – Live At Reading
Giving It Back Fan Award
Winner: Lily Allen for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt
Nominated: Kasabian and Noel Fielding for free 'Vlad The Impaler' video, Danger Mouse for leaking 'Dark Night Of The Soul', Arctic Monkeys for their Oxfam golden tickets, Vampire Weekend for giving away 'Horchata' from the album 'Contra'
Hero Of The Year
Winner: Rage Against The Machine
Nominated: Beyoncé Knowles, Noel Gallagher, Matt Bellamy, Alex Turner
Villain Of The Year
Winner: Kanye West
Nominated: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Simon Cowell, Lady Gaga
Best Dressed
Winner: Lady Gaga
Nominated: Liam Gallagher, Noel Fielding, Florence Welch, Karen O
Worst Dressed
Winner: Lady Gaga
Nominated: Matt Bellamy, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher, Elly Jackson (La Roux)
Worst Album
Winner: The Jonas Brothers – 'Lines Vines Trying Times'
Nominated: Green Day – '21st Century Breakdown', Lady Gaga – 'The Fame', U2 – 'No Line On The Horizon', Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'
Worst Band
Winner: Jonas Brothers
Nominated: Green Day, Oasis, Paramore
Hottest Man
Winner: Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Hottest Woman
Winner: Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Best Website (excluding NME.COM)
Winner: Muse.mu
Nominated: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Greenday.com
Best Album Artwork
Winner: Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Nominated: Muse – 'The Resistance', Green Day – '21st Century Breakdown', The Cribs – 'Ignore The Ignorant', Manic Street Preachers – 'Journal For Plague Lovers '
Best Band Blog
Winner: Radiohead (Radiohead.com/deadairspace)
Nominated: Muse (Muse.mu and Twitter.com/muse), Noel Gallagher (Oasisinet.com), Los Campesinos! (Loscampesinos.com), Paramore (Paramore.net)
Below is NME's Best Video of 2009, Biffy Clyro's period pirate extravaganza, 'The Captain':
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