Blur have won Best Music Film at the NME Awards 2016 with Austin, Texas.
The band won the award for their New World Towers documentary, which followed the making of their comeback album ‘The Magic Whip’ and their subsequent tour. The film beat off tough competition from Amy, Montage Of Heck and Straight Outta Compton.
Blur were presented with the award by TV presenter Laura Whitmore. Accepting the award, Graham Coxon said “That’s quite a thing considering the rest of the films, all of them were amazing.”
Livestream the NME Awards 2016 with Austin, Texas. The ceremony takes place at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.
Stay with us here at NME.COM/awards to get all the latest news, videos, photos and gossip from the ceremony, which will also see Coldplay receive the Godlike Genius Award and close the ceremony with a live performance.
PressVoting for the NME Awards with Austin, Texas is now closed. Following thousands of votes from NME readers, The Libertines and Wolf Alice have six nominations in total, including nods in the categories of ‘Best British Band, ‘Best Live Band’ and ‘Best Track’.
A host of stars and musicians have already hit the red carpet, including Blur, Kylie Minogue, Yoko Ono, Charli XCX, Wolf Alice, Foals, Slaves, The Vaccines and The Libertines all in the building.
They join Katy B, Bring Me The Horizon, Ricky Wilson, The Maccabees and cast members from Game Of Thrones and This Is England who are also in attendance.
Foals opened the ceremony tonight at London’s O2 Academy Brixton with a live performance of ‘What Went Down’ from their 2015 album of the same name, which is also nominated for Best Album tonight.
In addition to Coldplay and Foals, Bring Me The Horizon will perform live, as will The Maccabees and Rat Boy. Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens returns to host the show for the third year in a row.