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The
NME Awards USA took place last night (April 23) at the
El Rey Theatre in
Los Angeles. Stars packed out the venue for the first ever
NME Awards USA ceremony, to find out who would be crowned in each category.
Jane's Addiction were presented with the Godlike Genius Award For Services To Music – with the founding line-up reforming specially for the night and playing live together for the first time in 17 years.
The Killers were crowned Band Of The Year on the night, seeing off competition from the likes of
Kings of Leon,
The White Stripes and
My Chemical Romance. The band also won the gong for
Best Track, for their Lou Reed collaboration 'Tranquilize'.
Brandon Flowers and co, were pipped to the post by
My Chemical Romance, though, who won the award for Best Live Band. They also lost out to
Foo Fighters in the
Best Album category, with
Dave Grohl's mob taking the trophy for their album, 'Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace'.
Vampire Weekend were also big winners on the night, being anointed
Best New Band. They also won the award for
Best New Live Act.
Mark Ronson was awarded the Best New Solo Artist award, while
Kate Nash won the
Best International Solo Artist Award.
The Killers,
Nash and
Vampire Weekend weren't the only two acts to be given two awards.
Arcade Fire were given the Best International Band award, as well as the gong for
Best International Live Band.
They were nominated for the
Best International Album award, but that honour went to Arctic Monkeys for their
'Favourite Worst Nightmare' record.
The
Monkeys weren't at the ceremony to collect their award, so
Klaxons swiped it from them.
Klaxons did get three awards, of their own though, picking up
Best International Track, for
'Golden Skans',
Best New International Band and
Best New International Live Act.
Justice won the award for
Best Video for the promo for their song
'D.A.N.C.E.'.
'Juno' was voted
Best Film, while the
Best TV Show award went to
'Heroes'.
In the awards voted for by
NME,
Santogold won the
Breakthrough Artist award, while
MGMT won the
Breakthrough Track award for their hit,
'Time To Pretend'.
The Lemonheads picked up the
Classic Album gong for their album
'It's A Shame About Ray', while
Clash legend
Mick Jones was anointed with the Inspiration Award.
See the
NME Awards USA page for blogs, picture galleries, video and more from the event.
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