Hat Trick For Arctic Monkeys

added 29 February 2008 at 10.22

Arctic Monkeys emerged victorious from tonight’s (February 28) NME Awards when the Sheffield quartet scooped a huge three of the whopping seven awards that they were nominated for. And there was triple success in other quarters too…

Arctic Monkeys picked up the gongs for Best Band, Best Track (‘Fluorescent Adolescent’) and Best Video (‘Teddy Picker’).

Elsewhere, the sci-fi prog effect was felt in full as Muse walked away with the Best Live Band award while the newly refurbished Wembley Stadium - scene of the Devon trio's spectacular double header - was voted the Best Venue.

Remaining on the live front, The Reading & Leeds Festivals claimed victory as it beat Glastonbury and V Festival when it won the Best Live Event award.

The Mighty Boosh scored particularly well as it grabbed the Best TV Show Award while the pretty Noel Fielding was declared both Sexiest Man and Best Dressed. Somewhat bizarrely for the world of indie, Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue was crowned the Sexiest Female

Britney Spears’ continuing woes were added to when ‘Blackout’ was named Worst Album while the Worst Band was somewhat predictably revealed as The Hoosiers.

The winners in full were:

  • Best British Band – Arctic Monkeys
  • Best International Band - The Killers
  • Best New Band – The Enemy
  • Best Live Band – Muse
  • Best Solo Artist – Kate Nash
  • Best Album – ‘Myths Of The Near Future’ Klaxons
  • Best Track - ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ Arctic Monkeys
  • Best Video – ‘Teddy Picker’ Arctic Monkeys
  • Best Dancefloor Filler – ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ The Wombats
  • Best Music DVD – ‘Unplugged In New York’ Nirvana
  • Best Live Event – Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festival
  • Hero Of The Year – Pete Doherty
  • Villain Of The Year – George W Bush
  • Best Dressed – Noel Fielding
  • Worst Dressed – Amy Winehouse
  • Best Album Artwork – ‘The Good, The Bad & The Queen’ The Good, The Bad & The Queen
  • Best Radio Show – Zane Lowe
  • Worst Album – ‘Blackout’ Britney Spears
  • Worst Band – The Hoosiers
  • Best TV Show – The Mighty Boosh
  • Best Film – Control
  • Sexiest Man – Noel Fielding
  • Sexiest Woman – Kylie Minogue
  • Best Venue – Wembley Stadium
  • Best Website – Facebook
  • Best Band Blog – www.radiohead.com/deadairspace
  • Best Music Blog – The Modern Age
  • Philip Hall Radar Award – Glasvegas
  • Godlike Genius – Manic Street Preachers

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  1. Muse are always awesome live. Well deserved recognition again.

    Posted by Si on 29/02/2008 11:43:24 | report abuse

  2. Well done Arctics - a deserved win!

    Posted by Aj on 29/02/2008 07:47:20 | report abuse

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