NME AWARDS 2016 WITH AUSTIN, TEXAS – THE WINNERSColdplay Photo Credit - Dean Chalkley / NME
NME AWARDS 2016 WITH AUSTIN, TEXAS – THE WINNERS WOLF ALICE WIN BIG, SCOOPING BEST LIVE BAND AND BEST TRACK COLDPLAY CLOSE THE SHOW WITH A CAREER-SPANNING SET OF HITS FOLLOWING GODLIKE GENIUS AWARD WIN, PRESENTED BY KYLIE TAYLOR SWIFT ACCEPTS BEST INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST WITH VIDEO MESSAGE THE MACCABEES NAMED BEST BRITISH BAND BRING ME THE HORIZON GIVE AN UNBELIEVABLY ROCK ’N' ROLL PERFORMANCE AMONGST GUEST TABLES AFTER WINNING NME INNOVATION AWARD DAVE GROHL CROWNED HERO OF THE YEAR, DONALD TRUMP IS CROWNED VILLAIN OF THE YEAR AND 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER ONCE AGAIN VOTED WORST BAND BY NME READERS THE LIBERTINES SECRET GLASTO SET CROWNED MUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR @nmemagazine #nmeawards #austinrocks
London, 17 February 2016 – The winners of this year’s NME Awards with Austin, Texas were announced tonight at a star studded ceremony hosted by Radio 1’s Huw Stephens. North London rock quartet Wolf Alice took home two of the most coveted gongs of the night – ‘Best Live Band’ supported by Red Stripe and ‘Best Track’ for their 2015 smash hit, ‘Giant Peach’. Also celebrating were The Maccabees, scooping arguably the top title of the night – ‘Best British Band’. Foals, who opened the show with ‘What Went Down’, beat off stiff competition from The Maccabees and Wolf Alice to pick-up the ‘Best Album” award supported by HMV. Fresh from their Superbowl performance, Coldplay were presented with their Godlike Genius award by Kylie Minogue. The band went on to close the show with an incredible set of career-spanning hits including Fix You, Adventure of a Lifetime, Clocks, and Viva la Vida. The legendary Yoko Ono attended the ceremony on the eve of her 83rd birthday to collect the NME Inspiration Award in recognition of her long standing achievements across art, music and philanthropy. Mike Williams, NME editor-in-chief, says: “The last 12 months have been massive for NME, so I’m delighted that we’ve been able to celebrate with such an amazing knees-up. Once again we lived up to our reputation as the most rock’n’roll awards ceremony on the planet, and it’s great to see so many brilliant artists being crowned NME Award winners. Roll on another year of brilliant music.” Taylor Swift accepted her ‘International Solo Artist of the Year’ award supported by Nikon with a video message from her home, in which she jokingly referred to the iconic design of the NME Award as ‘feeling a little aggressive’ before deciding that it is in fact ‘cheeky’ before granting it a place on her mantelpiece. Elsewhere, Charli XCX flew the flag for British female artists, as she took home ‘Best British Solo Artist’ supported by Pilot Pens. Other performances on the night came from Bring Me the Horizon who picked up the NME Innovation Award and Rat Boy, who has been descending on venues across the UK on the NME Awards Tour with Austin, Texas gave a performance of his critically acclaimed track ‘Move’. He also came out on top in a fiercely contested category to be named ‘Best New Artist’ supported by Topman. The Libertines’ secret Glastonbury set was ‘Music Moment of the Year’, whilst Glastonbury itself took home ‘Best Festival’ – collected by Emily Eavis. Donald Trump was named Villain of the Year while Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl was crowned ‘Hero of the Year’. For a second year in a row, 5 Seconds of Summer proved unpopular with the NME audience, voted ‘Worst Band of the Year’.
GODLIKE GENIUS – COLDPLAY NME INSPIRATION AWARD – YOKO ONO NME INNOVATION AWARD – BRING ME THE HORIZON BEST BRITISH BAND – THE MACCABEES BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND SUPPORTED BY AUSTIN, TEXAS – RUN THE JEWELS BEST BRITISH SOLO ARTIST SUPPORTED BY PILOT PENS – CHARLI XCX BEST INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST SUPPORTED BY NIKON – TAYLOR SWIFT BEST LIVE BAND SUPPORTED BY RED STRIPE – WOLF ALICE BEST ALBUM SUPPORTED BY HMV – FOALS – ‘WHAT WENT DOWN’ MUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR – THE LIBERTINES SECRET GLASTONBURY SET BEST TRACK – WOLF ALICE – ‘GIANT PEACH’ BEST NEW ARTIST SUPPORTED BY TOPMAN– RAT BOY BEST MUSIC VIDEO – SLAVES – ‘CHEER UP LONDON’ BEST MUSIC FILM – BLUR: NEW WORLD TOWERS BEST FILM – BEASTS OF NO NATION BEST TV SHOW – THIS IS ENGLAND 90 BEST ACTRESS – VICKY MCCLURE BEST ACTOR – IDRIS ELBA BEST FESTIVAL – GLASTONBURY BEST SMALL FESTIVAL SUPPORTED BY ID&C – END OF THE ROAD BEST REISSUE – DAVID BOWIE – FIVE YEARS BEST BOOK – PATTI SMITH – ‘M TRAIN’ BEST FAN COMMUNITY – THE LIBERTINES BEST VLOGGER – KSI HERO OF THE YEAR – DAVE GROHL VILLAIN OF THE YEAR – DONALD TRUMP WORST BAND – 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER For more details keep checking www.nme.com #nmeawards #austinrocks -Ends- For more information, please contact: Murray Chalmers PR 0207 361 0730 Notes to Editors NME Presents NME Awards 2016 with Austin, Texas @ O2 Academy Brixton Date: Wednesday 17th February 2016 Door Time: 7.30pm Curfew: 11pm Tour/ Show tickets available from: www.nme.com/tickets About the NME Awards Dating back to 1953 (a year after the launch of NME), the NME Awards has remained one of the most important and prestigious events for British music fans. Some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll history have performed at the NME Awards, including: Ronnie Scott ('53), The Beatles ('63/4), Rolling Stones ('66), The Who ('66), Noel Gallagher ('03), New Order ('05), Ian Brown ('06), The Cure (’09), Dave Grohl (’11), Johnny Marr (’13), Blondie (’14) and Suede (’15). #nmeawards About Austin CVB The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau is the official destination marketing and sales organization for the City of Austin. An accredited member of the Destination Marketing Association International, the Austin CVB is charged with marketing Austin nationally and internationally as a premier business and leisure destination, thus enriching our community's overall quality of life. Locally, travel supports an estimated 58,000 jobs and pumps approximately $6.8 billion into Austin’s economy. Austin is the Live Music Capital of the World®. For festival goers ACL Festival features a diverse line-up of acts every year with 8 stages, more than 130 bands – and now, two weekends. Other festivals include Fun, Fun, Fun Fest and Levitation, both offering a diverse array of music acts. Austin is also a leading destination for independent and large budget films as well as television and commercial productions. Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater (ACL Live) is a state-of-the-art, 2,750-person capacity live music venue that hosts approximately 100 concerts a year. For sports enthusiasts Austin’s Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a multi-purpose facility that hosts the most prestigious racing events in the world, including the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. In 2016 the X Games will also return to COTA. http://www.aclfestival.com/press/ http://acl-live.com/venue/contact/ http://www.austintexas.org/film-commission/contacts/ http://www.austintexas.org/sports-commission/contacts/ www.austintexas.org @VisitAustinTX #VisitAustin #austinrocks
February 18, 2016 4:37am ET by Murray Chalmers PR
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