The 1975 win big at 2020 NME Awards

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