North London rock quartet Wolf Alice were among the winners at the NME Awards with Austin, Texas, taking home two gongs for Best Live Band and Best Track.
Taking place at Brixton Academy last night (17 February), the awards saw the group pick up Best Track for their song Giant Peach.
Other winners included The Maccabees for Best British Band, Rat Boy as Best New Artist and Foals for Best Album with their latest record, What Went Down.
Mike Williams, NME editor-in-chief, said: ‘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.’
The complete list of NME Awards with Austin Texas 2016 winners is below:
Godlike Genius - Coldplay
NME Inspiration Award - Yoko Ono
NME Innovation Award - Bring Me The Horizon
Best British Band - The Maccabees
Best International Band - Run The Jewels
Best British Solo Artist - Charli XCX
Best International Solo Artist - Taylor Swift
Best Live Band - Wolf Alice
Best Album - Foals - What Went Down
Music Moment of the Year - The Libertines Secret Glastonbury Set
Best Track - Wolf Alice - Giant Peach
Best New Artist - 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 - 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 yYar - Donald Trump
Worst Band - 5 seconds of summer
Visit nme.com for more information.
Photo credit - Jenn Five
Taking place at Brixton Academy last night (17 February), the awards saw the group pick up Best Track for their song Giant Peach.
Other winners included The Maccabees for Best British Band, Rat Boy as Best New Artist and Foals for Best Album with their latest record, What Went Down.
Mike Williams, NME editor-in-chief, said: ‘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.’
The complete list of NME Awards with Austin Texas 2016 winners is below:
Godlike Genius - Coldplay
NME Inspiration Award - Yoko Ono
NME Innovation Award - Bring Me The Horizon
Best British Band - The Maccabees
Best International Band - Run The Jewels
Best British Solo Artist - Charli XCX
Best International Solo Artist - Taylor Swift
Best Live Band - Wolf Alice
Best Album - Foals - What Went Down
Music Moment of the Year - The Libertines Secret Glastonbury Set
Best Track - Wolf Alice - Giant Peach
Best New Artist - 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 - 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 yYar - Donald Trump
Worst Band - 5 seconds of summer
Visit nme.com for more information.
Photo credit - Jenn Five
