Tonight is the well awaited Shockwaves NME Awards Ceremony which features Live performances from very unlikely acts. The awards ,which are Bronze Hands in the shape of as an extended Middle Finger [As Pictured To The Left], will be holding an number of talented guests including God-Like Geniuses The Cure and also Dark Indie Rockers White Lies. Comedian Mark Watson is holding the awards tonight so the audience should probably get a good laugh out of it. The performances are very extreme, they could be one of the best Line-Ups we have ever seen since starting this blog in January. We have managed to get our hands on a part of the Guestlist, Bands performing and Nominees list from NME :
- Alexa Chung
- Babyshambles
- Brody Dalle
- Charlie Brooker
- Crystal Castles
- Daisy Lowe
- Dirty Pretty Things
- Dizzee Rascal
- Elbow
- Emily Eavis
- Florence And The Machine
- Friendly Fires
- Girls Aloud
- Glasvegas
- Grace Jones
- The Horrors
- Howling Bells
- Ida Maria
- Ipso Facto
- Kasabian
- Kate Jackson
- Kimberly Stewart
- Klaxons
- La Roux
- Late Of The Pier
- Laura Marling
- Leigh Francis
- Little Boots
- Matt Smith (The New Dr Who)
- Matt Wilkinson
- Metronomy
- MGMT
- Michael Eavis
- Peaches Geldof
- Pete Doherty
- Pixie Geldolf
- Richard Ayaode
- Sienna Miller
- Simian Mobile Disco
- ‘Skins’ cast
- The Soft Pack
- The Big Pink
- The Cure
- The Enemy
- The Killers
- The Kooks
- The Last Shadow Puppets
- The Mighty Boosh
- The Temper Trap
- The Wombats
- White Lies
You can see for ourself that the 02 Academy Brixton has clearly got a heavy load of Guests flooding in to the doors; and this isn’t even the full list too! To preview Webcams of the event head to NME.com to see footage of your favourite Artists for 2009.
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