NME Awards 2012 explained

Above:	NME Awards 2012
Label1:	Date
Data1:	29 February 2012
Label2:	City
Data2:	London, England, United Kingdom
Label3:	Venue
Data3:	Brixton Academy
Label4:	Host
Data4:	Jack Whitehall

The NME Awards 2012 were held in London, England, on 29 February 2012, at the Brixton Academy and was hosted by English comedian Jack Whitehall.^[1] The nominations were announced exclusively on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 30 January 2012.^[2] Arctic Monkeys had seven nominations, followed by Kasabian, who went on to win best British Band, Lana Del Rey and Muse with three apiece.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best British Band

Best International Band

Best Solo Artist

Best New Band

Best Live Band

Best Album

Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See
The Horrors – Skying
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
The Vaccines – What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?

Best Track

Arctic Monkeys – "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"
Bombay Bicycle Club – "Shuffle"
Florence and the Machine – "Shake It Out"
Hurts – "Sunday"
Lana Del Rey – "Video Games"

Dancefloor Anthem

Best Video

Best TV Show

Best Festival

Best Film

Black Swan
Drive
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Inbetweeners Movie
Submarine

Best Music Film

Back and Forth
Talihina Sky
There Are No Innocent Bystanders

Greatest Music Moment of the Year

Brian May joins My Chemical Romance onstage at Reading Festival
Kasabian see in 2012 with their epic London O2 Arena show
Noel Gallagher launches his solo career with press conference
Pulp steal the show at Glastonbury with secret set
The Stone Roses reunite

Best Re-issue

Manic Street Preachers – National Treasures – The Complete Singles
Nirvana – Nevermind
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
The Rolling Stones – Some Girls
The Smiths – Complete Re-issues

Best Book

Jared Leto – Notes from the Outernet
Jarvis Cocker – Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics
Manning Marable –
Noel Fielding – The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton
Shaun Ryder – Twisting My Melon

Hero of the Year

Alex Turner
Dave Grohl
Matt Bellamy
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher

Villain of the Year

David Cameron
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Nick Clegg

Worst album

Worst Band

Best Album Artwork

Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See
Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix
Björk – Biophilia
Friendly Fires – Pala
Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne

Best Band Blog or Twitter

@Example (Example)
Frank-Turner.com/blog (Frank Turner)
@KanyeWest (Kanye West)
@LadyGaga (Lady Gaga)
@Theohurts (Theo Hutchcraft)

Best Small Festival

Most Dedicated Fans

Hottest Male

Hottest Female

Godlike Genius

Noel Gallagher

Outstanding Contribution to Music

Pulp

Performances

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – "Everybody's on the Run", "Dream On", "Don't Look Back in Anger"
The Horrors – "Still Life" (with Florence Welch)
Florence and the Machine – "Shake It Out"
The Vaccines – "If You Wanna"
Kasabian – "Switchblade Smiles", "Days Are Forgotten"
The Maccabees – "Pelican"
Pulp – "Mis-Shapes"

Notes and References

News: Florence and the Machine and The Horrors to collaborate onstage at NME Awards 2012. NME. 15 February 2012. 31 January 2012.
News: Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher, The Vaccines, Lana Del Rey nominated for NME Awards 2012. NME. 15 February 2012. 30 January 2012.