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- Early Years
2009
Dizzee gave a sweet acceptance speech, La Roux and Franz teamed up for Blondie's 'Call Me', we had blub over Damon and Graham reuniting for a lovely, lovely version of 'This Is A Low' and the award for 'biggest hat' of the evening went to Grace Jones.
Other highlights included Tim Burton presenting The Cure with their Godlike Genius award, Sarah Harding pretending to join Arctic Monkeys and Friendly Fires doing their Brazilian dancers thing to full effect.
Best Live Band: Muse
Best DVD: Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo
Best New Band: MGMT
Best Dancefloor Filler: Dizzee Rascal - 'Dance Wiv Me'
Best Album: Kings Of Leon - 'Only By The Night'
Philip Hall Radar Award: The Big Pink
Best Live Event: Glastonbury
Best Solo Artist: Pete Doherty
Outstanding Contribution To British Music: Elbow
Best TV Show: 'The Mighty Boosh'
Best International Band: The Killers
Best Track: MGMT - 'Time To Pretend'
Best Video: The Last Shadow Puppets - 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'
Best British Band: Oasis
Godlike Genius Award: The Cure
Best Website: Youtube
Best Band Blog: Noel Gallagher, Oasis
Best Album Artwork: Muse - 'Haarp'
Best Venue: London Astoria
Hero Of The Year: Barack Obama
Villain Of The Year: George Bush
Best Dressed: Alexa Chung
Worst Dressed: Amy Winehouse
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers
Sexiest Man: Matt Bellamy
Sexiest Woman: Hayley Williams
Worst Album: Jonas Brothers - 'A Little Bit Longer'
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