The Shockwaves NME Awards 2010 took place tonight (February 24) – see below for a full list of winners.
Kasabian won two awards – for Best Album (‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’) and Best Album Artwork. Arctic Monkeys took home one award for Best Live Band.
Muse won the coveted Best British Band award plus the Best Website (for Muse.mu) award.
The ceremony took place at the O2 Academy Brixton in London. Kasabian, Marina And The Diamonds, Lily Allen, The Big Pink, Hole and The Maccabees all performed live.
The Specials, who received the Outstanding Contribution To Music award, also performed live, as did this year’s Godlike Genius Paul Weller.
The Shockwaves NME Awards 2010 winners and nominees were:
Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music
The Specials
Philip Hall Radar Award
The Drums
Best Film
Winner: Inglourious Basterds
Nominated: (500) Days Of Summer, In The Loop, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Where The Wild Things Are
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 And 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)
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