photo from NME.comThe NME Shockwaves Awards were held at the 02 Academy Brixton in London on Wednesday, February 24. Jarvis Cocker hosted, playing games before performances, giving the audience clues as to who was coming to the stage. Alexa Chung and Nick Grimshaw briefly interviewed bands immediately after they won an award.
Compared to American awards shows, like say the Mtv Video Music Awards, it was much smaller and less flashy. Not to mention that no one took it seriously and the bands didn't really care if they won. Some seemed insulted. Also, people did not even try to pretend to be sober. They were there to party and it showed. It was a lot of fun. Winners included Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys (Alex wasn't even there! Big disappointment.), Blur, The Big Pink, and some other people I've never heard of. There was no mention of Camera Obscura whatsoever. Lady Gaga won to some guy I don't know, probably because she's too big to attend. There was a tribute to The Specials (C'mon who cares?) And Paul Weller won the God-like genius award. I was happy to see Effy from my new favorite show Skins, present an award and Richmond, from my old favorite show The IT Crowd running around with vampire make up on.
You can watch the show in six videos at http://www.nme.com/video/bcid/69203973001/search/bhazan. I think they cut some parts out though.
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