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NME Awards 2008 - Full List Of Winners

by Dave Parrack on March 1st, 2008

Thursday night saw the Shockwaves NME Awards take place, the cooler, somewhat more indie version of The Brits. The results were a mixture of surprises and the totally predictable, but one thing which was missing this year was any real controversy.

The Arctic Monkeys emerged as the big winners on the night, taking home three awards, including Best Track for Fluorescent Adolescent, Best Video for Teddy Picker and the award for Best British Band.

Klaxons saw their Myths Of The Near Future album pick up the second big award of the year, winning Best Album to add to their Mercury Music Prize from last September.

In a ludicrous show of support for a junkie who is throwing his talent away with each hit he takes, Pete Doherty was named Hero of the Year, which I disagree with so much. George W. Bush was voted Villain of the Year, which I can’t really argue with. As Ben Elton would say: “Ooh, a bit of politics there.”

Amy Winehouse did manage to win something to add to her phenomenal haul of five Grammys, but unfortunately for a woman hoping to launch her own fashion range, it was for Worst Dressed person.

Here is the full list of nominees and winners (courtesy of Digital Spy):

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys - WINNER!
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse

Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers - WINNER!
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance

Best New Band
The Enemy - WINNER!
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse - WINNER!
My Chemical Romance

Best Solo Artist
Kate Nash - WINNER!
Jamie T
Jack Penate
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf

Best Album
Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
Shotters Nation - Babyshambles
We’ll Live And Die In These Towns - The Enemy
Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons - WINNER!
In Rainbows - Radiohead

Best Track
‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ - Arctic Monkeys - WINNER!
‘Flux’ - Bloc Party
‘Men’s Needs’ - The Cribs
‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’ - Oasis
‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ -The Wombats

Best Video
‘Teddy Picker’ - Arctic Monkeys - WINNER!
‘Flux’ - Bloc Party
‘D.A.N.C.E.’ - Justice
‘Golden Skans’ - Klaxons
‘Teenagers’ - My Chemical Romance

Best Music DVD
Up The Shambles - Babyshambles
The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin
Unplugged In New York - Nirvana - WINNER!
Lord Don’t Slow Me Down - Oasis
I Told You I Was Trouble - Amy Winehouse

Best Live Event
Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival - WINNER!
Glastonbury
Muse At Wembley Stadium
T In The Park
V Festival

Hero Of The Year
Matt Bellamy
Pete Doherty - WINNER!
Noel Fielding
Ryan Jarman
Thom Yorke

Villain Of The Year
Tony Blair
Johnny Borrell
Gordon Brown
George W Bush - WINNER!
Amy Winehouse

Best Dressed
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding - WINNER!
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way

Worst Dressed
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse - WINNER!

Best Dancefloor Filler
‘Flux’ – Bloc Party
‘Hummer’ - Foals
‘D.A.N.C.E.’ - Justice
‘Atlantis To Interzone’ - Klaxons
‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ – The Wombats - WINNER!

Best Album Artwork
Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
The Good, The Bad And The Queen - The Good, The Bad And The Queen - WINNER!
Sawdust - The Killers
Because Of The Times - Kings Of Leon
Send Away The Tigers - Manic Street Preachers

Best Radio Show
Russell Brand (Radio 2)
Zane Lowe (Radio 1) - WINNER!
Chris Moyles (Radio 1)
Colin Murray (Radio 1)
Jo Whiley (Radio 1)

Worst Album
All The Lost Souls - James Blunt
The Trick To Life – The Hoosiers
Spirit - Leona Lewis
Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika
Blackout - Britney Spears - WINNER!

Worst Band
30 Seconds To Mars
Fall Out Boy
The Hoosiers - WINNER!
My Chemical Romance
Panic At The Disco

Best TV Show
Heroes
The Mighty Boosh - WINNER!
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
The IT Crowd
Skins

Best Film
Control - WINNER!
Hot Fuzz
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
The Simpsons Movie
Superbad

Sexiest Man
Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist
Julian Barrett
Noel Fielding - WINNER!
Nicky Wire
Patrick Wolf

Sexiest Woman
Jenny Lewis
Kylie Minogue - WINNER!
Rihanna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata

Best Venue
Brixton Academy
Manchester Apollo
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Wembley Stadium - WINNER!

Best Band Blog
Foals
Lily Allen
Lightspeed Champion
Radiohead - WINNER!
The Streets

Godlike Genius
Manic Street Preachers

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