The Rolling Stones and Florence + The Machine both won doubles last night at the NME awards. The Rolling Stones took home both Best Live Band despite only playing two UK shows last year along with the Best Music DVD award for ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ while Florence of Florence + The Machine took home both Best Solo Artist and Best Dancefloor Filler for her Calvin Harris collaboration ‘Sweet Nothing
Hit The Floor favourites Haim must be feeling pretty traumatised however after losing in 3 of their 4 nominated categories. The band were set for a whitewash including Best New Band, Best Video and Best Track but wound up only taking home Best Twitter for member Alanna Haim’s @babyhaim acccount.
Other big winners included Biffy Clyro, who won Best British Band, while Foals took home a gong with their song ‘Inhaler’ being crowned Best Track. The Maccabees took home Best Album for ‘Given To The Wild’ while Palma Violets stole Best New Band.
Big performances on the night came from Biffy Clyro – who opened proceedings - and Foals. Paul Weller and Miles Kane meanwhile unveiled their new collaboration ‘Your Gonna Get It’ to the lucky people at London’s Troxy.
Godlike Genius winner Johnny Marr was joined on stage by Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones as part of his 6 song set. The pair performed ‘How Soon Is Now’ while he was also joined by Justin from The Vaccines for a rendition of ‘I Fought The Law’ by The Clash.
The full list of winners are below:
Best British Band (supported by Sonos)
Winner: Biffy Clyro
Best International Band (supported by Rekorderlig)
Winner: The Killers
Best Solo Artist
Winner: Florence + The Machine
Best New Band (supported by Spotify)
Winner: Palma Violets
Best Live Band (supported by Carling)
Winner: Rolling Stones
Best Album (supported by Hoxton Gin)
Winner: The Maccabees – ‘Given To The Wild’
Best Track (supported by Blackstar Amps)
Winner: Foals – ‘Inhaler’
Dancefloor Anthem
Winner: Calvin Harris feat. Florence – ‘Sweet Nothing’
Best Video (supported by NMEVideo.com)
Winner: Arctic Monkeys – ‘R U Mine?’
Best TVShow
Winner: ‘Fresh Meat’
Best Festival (Supported by Farah Vintage)
Winner: Reading & Leeds
Best Music Film
Winner: ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ – Rolling Stones
Best Reissue
Winner: Blur – ’21′
Best Twitter
Winner: Alana Haim, Haim (@babyhaim)
Best Book
Winner: Mike Skinner, The Story Of The Streets
Music Moment Of The Year
Winner: Olympics opening ceremony
Hero Of The Year
Winner: Barack Obama
Villain Of The Year
Winner: Harry Styles
Best Small Festival
Winner: Festival No.6
Worst Band
Winner: One Direction
Best Fan Community
Winner: Muse
Best Film
Winner: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Hottest Man
Matt Bellamy
Hottest Woman
Amy Lee
