Rock pioneers Primal Scream celebrated a double whammy of awards, winning both the Outstanding Contribution To Live Music prize and also Best Live Act at tonight’s Vodafone Live Music Awards held at the legendary Carling Academy in Brixton.
Superstar DJ and producer Mark Ronson was crowned the king of live music taking home the coveted Best Live Male award whilst Salford’s finest new export, The Ting Tings, continued their amazing debut year by winning the Xfm Live Breakthrough award! Elsewhere, US rock outfit the Kings of Leon beat off stiff competition from some the world’s biggest live acts including The Foo Fighters, Jay Z and N*E*R*D to win Best International Live Act.
The celeb-packed evening hosted by T4’s Steve Jones and Hollywood actress and rock and roll star Juliette Lewis, saw some of the world’s greatest musicians honoured for their contribution to the live music scene over the past year. Acts as diverse as Primal Scream, Glasvegas, James Morrison, Pussycat Dolls, Bryn Christopher, Will Young, Estelle, The Automatic and The Ting Tings all played to a packed venue of fellow nominees, music industry experts and fans.
Other winners on the night included: Kate Nash for Best Live Female; The Spice Girls for Best Live Return; T in the Park for 4Music Festival of The Year and The Take That Arena Tour for the Sony Ericsson Tour Of The Year.
Full list of Vodafone Live Music Awards winners and nominees:
Live Male: Mark Ronson, Dizee Rascal, Morrissey, Paul Weller
Live Female: Kate Nash, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Estelle
Best Live Act: Primal Scream, The Verve, Kaiser Chiefs, Muse
Best Live Return: Spice Girls, Led Zeppelin, The Verve, James
XFM Live Breakthrough Act: The Ting Tings, Glasvegas, Foals, The Wombats
4Music Festival of the Year: T in the Park, Reading/ Leeds, Glastonbury, Latitude
Live and Unsigned Awards: Kiddo360, Elmor, Transformer, The Volt
Best International Live Act: Kings of Leon, Jay Z, N*E*R*D, the Foo Fighters
Sony Ericsson Tour of The Year: Take That Arena Tour, Sugababes Changes Tour, NME Awards Tour 2008, Girls Aloud Tangled Up Tour
Outstanding Contribution to Live Music: Primal Scream
Now in its third year, the Vodafone Live Music Awards in association with Sony Ericsson brings together the music industry and fans alike to celebrate the booming UK live music scene. The Vodafone Live Music Awards judging panel featured a host of music industry insiders and the major record labels. They were tasked with nominating acts for each of the awards categories, and live music fans were given the opportunity to vote for their favourite artists at www.vodafone.co.uk/music.
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Notes to editors
The Vodafone Live Music Awards 2008 provided the finale to a summer of live music across the UK with the Vodafone TBA gigs - two massive free outdoor events featuring The Streets, McFly and N*E*R*D in Brighton and the Sugababes, The Feeling and the Hoosiers in Edinburgh.