The 1975 went home with some big prizes from last night’s NME Awards in London.
Among those was Best British Band and Band Of The Decade, though the always-consistent nature of these ceremonies meant it was Slipknot who were crowned Best Band In The World. Elsewhere, Little Simz’s Grey Area won Best British Album and, as previously announced, Emily Eavis was named Godlike Genius.
slowthai, meanwhile, was voted Hero Of The Yer and celebrated by being invited to leave early after leering over host Katherine Ryan and confronting members of the audience who took exception to his behaviour.
NME Awards 2020, selected winners:
Best British Solo Act – FKA twigs
Best British Band – The 1975
Best British Song – Ladbroke Grove, AJ Tracey
Best Song In The World – Bad Guy, Billie Eilish
Best British Album – Grey Area, Little Simz
Best Album In The World – Norman F**king Rockwell, Lana Del Rey
Best Solo Act In The World – Taylor Swift
Best Band in the World – Slipknot
Songwriter Of The Decade – Robyn
Band of the Decade – The 1975
Best Live Act – Foals
Best Festival Headliner – The Cure
Best New Act In The World – Claire
Best Festival In The World – Glastonbury
NME Radar Award – Beabadoobee
Innovation Award – The 1975
Best Music Video – Original Me, Yungblud
Best New British Act – Easy Life
Best Collaboration – Slowthai + Mura Masa
Icon Award – Courtney Love
Godlike Genius Award – Emily Eavis