Shockwaves NME Awards 2008: The Killers win Best International Band
The Killers
Brandon Flowers and co rope in Mike Tyson to pick up the award
The Killers have won the Best International Band award supported by T4 at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008.
The Las Vegas band could not attend the ceremony due to recording commitments.
However, the band sent in their speech featuring a surprise guest, boxer Mike Tyson, by video.
Shot in a barber shop in their hometown, the clip featured Tyson constantly interrupting Flowers as he tred to give his acceptance speech - and ultimately giving The Killers' frontman a black eye.
The other nominees for the Best International Band award were Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon and My Chemical Romance.
For all the awards coverage head to NME.COM/awards now. We have exclusive picture galleries, live webcams, minute-by-minute blogs straight from the ceremony and Big Gig and video interviews with the biggest names at the ceremony.
That's just the beginning - the ceremony is being broadcast on E4 at 11pm (GMT) tonight (February 28), with highlights following tomorrow (29) on Channel 4 from 11.50pm.
Meanwhile, next week's issue of NME - on UK newsstands from March 5 - will contain the ultimate coverage, interviews and photos from the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards.
The Las Vegas band could not attend the ceremony due to recording commitments.
However, the band sent in their speech featuring a surprise guest, boxer Mike Tyson, by video.
Shot in a barber shop in their hometown, the clip featured Tyson constantly interrupting Flowers as he tred to give his acceptance speech - and ultimately giving The Killers' frontman a black eye.
The other nominees for the Best International Band award were Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon and My Chemical Romance.
For all the awards coverage head to NME.COM/awards now. We have exclusive picture galleries, live webcams, minute-by-minute blogs straight from the ceremony and Big Gig and video interviews with the biggest names at the ceremony.
That's just the beginning - the ceremony is being broadcast on E4 at 11pm (GMT) tonight (February 28), with highlights following tomorrow (29) on Channel 4 from 11.50pm.
Meanwhile, next week's issue of NME - on UK newsstands from March 5 - will contain the ultimate coverage, interviews and photos from the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards.
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