NME Awards 2013 winners announced

28 February 2013, 09:32 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton

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Foals, The Killers and Biffy Clyro all won big at last night’s NME Awards.

This year’s ceremony saw Foals pick up the coveted ‘Best Track’ prize, while The Killers and Biffy walked away with ‘Best International Band’ and ‘Best British Band’ respectively.

Elsewhere, Palma Violets won ‘Best New Band’, Rolling Stones were awarded ‘Best Live Band’, while Arctic Monkeys took home ‘Best Music Video’.

One Direction saw the brunt of the indie fan’s loathing, being labelled ‘Worst Band’, while member Harry Styles was marred with ‘Villain of the Year’.

Haim’s Alana Haim won the ‘Best Twitter’ prize, while Barack Obama was voted ‘Hero of the Year’. Sadly, he was not there to accept the award.

Editorial choices saw Johnny Marr crowned a ‘Godlike Genius’ and his former band The Cribs given the ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award.

The full list of winners are below:

Godlike genius – Johnny Marr
Outstanding contribution award – The Cribs
Best British band – Biffy Clyro
Best album – Given To The Wild by Maccabees
Best international band – The Killers
Best track – Inhaler by Foals
Best TV show – Fresh Meat
Best music film – The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane
Best re-issue - 21 by Blur
Best solo artist – Florence Welch
Best new band - Palma Violets
Best music video – R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys
Best festival – Reading & Leeds Festivals
Best live band – Rolling Stones
Best dancefloor anthem – Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
Philip Hall radar award – Child Of Lov
Best Twitter – Alana Haim, Haim (@babyhaim)
Best book – Mike Skinner: The Story Of The Streets
Music moment of the year – Olympics opening ceremony
Hero of the year – Barack Obama
Villain of the year – Harry Styles
Best small festival – Festival No.6
Worst band – One Direction
Best fan community – Muse
Best film - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey