Florence And The Machine, The Horrors and Arctic Monkeys were the big winners at the 2012 NME Awards at O2 Academy Brixton. Florence And The Machine took home two awards for Best Solo Artist and Best Track for ‘Shake It Out’. Florence Welch joked in her acceptance speech that although she was aware it was “still unknown” whether she was part of a band or a solo artist, she would not be giving the award back. She had earlier performed a stripped down version of ‘Shake It Out’ and then duetted with The Horrors on a performance of ‘Still Life’.The Horrors themselves were awarded Best Album for ‘Skying’
Kasabian dedicated their Best British Band award to Davy Jones of The Monkees, who passed away earlier this evening. Frontman Tom Meighan sang a large chunk of the band’s classic single ‘Hey! Hey! We’re The Monkees’ in tribute to Jones.
Pulp were awarded with the Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music and also performed ‘Babies’ and ‘Mis-Shapes’. Jarvis Cocker dedicated the award to “anyone who came to see us last summer” and all those who “were still interested”.
Also Performing across the night were Kasabian, The Vaccines and The Maccabees.
The Award winners list in full:
Best British Band
Kasabian
Best International Band
Foo Fighters
Best New Band
The Vaccines
Best Solo Artist
Florence + the Machine
Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
Best Album
Horrors, Skying
Best Track
Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out
Best Video
Hurts, Sunday
Best Festival
Glastonbury
Dancefloor Anthem
Katy B, Broken Record
Best TV Show
Fresh Meat
Best Film
Submarine
Hero Of The Year
Matt Bellamy
Villain Of The Year
Justin Bieber
Worst Album
Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe
Worst Band
One Direction
Hottest Male
Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Hottest Female
Hayley Williams, Paramore
Best Album Artwork
Friendly Fires, Pala
Best Band Blog or Twitter
Lady Gaga, @ladygaga
Best Book
Noel Fielding, The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton
Best Small Festival
Rockness
Most Dedicated Fans
Muse
Best Music Film
Foo Fighters, Back and Forth
Greatest Music Moment
Stone Roses re-unite
Best Re-issue
The Smiths, Complete re-issues
Philip Hall Radar Award
Azealia Banks
