Arctics score again

Sheffield band nab NME hat-trick once again

28 Feb 08 - The Arctic Monkeys dominated this year’s NME awards, scoring a hat-trick of gongs .

Alex Turner and Co walked away with Best Band, Best Track for Fluorescent Adolescent and Best Video for Teddypicker.

It was fellow Sheffield man Richard Hawley who did the honours by handing out the best song award and speaking to 6 Music he said:
 
"Being an old gent I have watched them rehearsing right from the Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield to storming the world, it's great for me to give them the award, I get all slushy about these things!"
 
The wins come just a week after the band grabbed two Brit awards and matched their tally from the 2006 awards bash, when they also scored three.

They were beaten to Best Live Act by Muse and The Klaxons pipped them to the post for Best Album with their  Myths Of The Near Future . 

It was also a happy night for several other previous winners.

"I get all slushy about these things!"
Richard Hawley, on Arctic Monkeys 

The Mighty Boosh was again named Best TV Show while star Noel Fielding claimed Sexiest Man and Best Dressed. Zane Lowe retained his Best Radio Show crown and NME readers gave George Bush the thumbs down as Villain for a second year.

The Carling Weekender at Leeds and Reading held its position as best festival, beating off competition from Glastonbury and V festivalFresh talent to the awards came in the shape of Kate Nash, who added Best Solo Artist to her Best Female Solo Artist Brit award. Coventry trio the Enemy were named Best New Band.

The winners in full:

Best Band – Arctic Monkeys
Best International Band – Killers
Best New Band – The Enemy
Best Live Band – Muse
Best Solo Artist – Kate Nash
Best Album – Arctic Monkeys
Best Track – Arctic Monkeys, Fluorescent Adolescent
Best Video – Arctic Monkeys, Teddypicker
Best Music DVD – Nirvana Unplugged in New York
Best Live Event – Carling Weekender
Hero – Pete Doherty
Villain – George Bush
Best Dressed – Noel Fielding
Worst Dressed – Amy Winehouse
Best Dancefloor filler – Wombats, Let’s Dance to Joy Division
Best Album Artwork – The Good the Bad and the Queen
Best Radio Show – Zane Lowe
Worst Album – Hoosiers, The Trick to Life
Best TV programmes – Mighty Boosh
Best Film – Control
Sexist Man – Noel Fielding
Sexiest Woman – Kylie
Best Venue – Wembley stadium

Rodrigo Davies & Adrian Larkin