Mumford & Sons Lead The Way On UK Festival Awards Shortlist


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There’s more good news for Mumford & Sons today as it has been announced they have received nominations in all but one of the Artist categories for this year’s UK Festival awards.

Fans were invited to vote last month in a wide-ranging set of categories following another hectic UK festival season, and the warm response enjoyed by the London band appears to have resonated with voters, and they have been named in the marquee categories of ‘Anthem of the Year’, ‘Breakthrough Artist’, ‘Headline Performance’ and ‘Virtual Festivals Critics Choice’.

Muse, AC/DC, Madness, Prodigy, Example, Chase & Status and Biffy Clyro all follow Mumford & Sons with two nominations each, with Muse looking a strong bet to pick up the ‘Best Headline Performance’ award for their appearance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage back in June.

Glastonbury will be hoping to make it two years in a row for the ‘Best Major Festival’ prize after being named in the category along with other heavyweights such as Isle of Wight, T in the Park, Download and Reading Festival.

The second stage of voting will now decide the winners which will be announced at a London ceremony on November 18th.

Selected Shortlist

Best Major:

Bestival
Creamfields
Glastonbury
Isle of Wight
Sonisphere
T in the Park
V Festival Hylands Park
Download
Reading Festival
Leeds Festival

Best New Festival:

Deer Shed
Gottwood
High Voltage
HMV Next Big Thging
Just So Festival
Ozzfest
Parklife
Strawberry Fields Festival
The Willowman Festival
Vintage at Goodwood

Best Overseas Festival:

EXIT Festival (Serbia)
Ibiza Rocks
Outlook Festival (Croatia)
Amsterdam Dance Event (Netherlands)
Spirit of Burgas (Bulgaria)
Sonisphere Festival Poland
Big Day Out (Australia)
Oxegen Festival (Republic of Ireland)
Snowbombing (Austria)
Pukkelpop (Belgium)

VF Critics’ Choice:

Biffy Clyro (Glastonbury)
Billy Bragg (Ben & Jerry’s Sundae on the Common)
Heaven & Hell (High Voltage)
Deadmau5 (Creamfields)
The Prodigy (V Festival Staffs)
Steel Panther (Download Festival)
Mumford and Sons (Latitude)
Rolf Harris (Glastonbury)
Chase & Status (Bestival)
The Libertines (Reading Festival)

Anthem of the Year:

Muse – Uprising
AC/DC – Back in Black
Florence & the Machine – You’ve Got The Love
Mumford And Sons – The Cave
Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Biffy Clyro – The Captain
Example – Kickstarts

Breakthrough Artist:

Mumford And Sons
The XX
Plan B
Ellie Goulding
Two Door Cinema Club
Example
Paloma Faith
Tinie Tempah
Marina & The Diamonds
Pulled Apart By Horses

Headline Performance:

Muse – Glastonbury Festival
AC/DC – Download Festival
Rammstein – Sonisphere
David Guetta – Creamfields
The Prodigy – Bestival
Mumford and Sons – Summer Sundae Weekender
The Flaming Lips – Green Man Festival
Madness – Camp Bestival
Chase & Status – Beach Break Live
Twisted Sister – Bloodstock Open Air

Feelgood Act of the Summer:

Seasick Steve
Florence And The Machine
Dizzee Rascal
Calvin Harris
Toots And The Maytals
Slash
Paolo Nutini
Madness
Stevie Wonder
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