BandLab NME Awards 2022, updated as all the action goes down at O2 Academy Brixton this evening (March 2).After a year of silence due to the pandemic, the wildest night in music returns, sponsored by leading social music creation platform BandLab and hosted by Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr.Sam Fender, Little Simz, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Billie Eilish, Rina Sawayama and CHVRCHES are among the artists leading the nominations with several nods each.
Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey, Self Esteem, Ghetts, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, Bring Me The Horizon, IDLES and Megan The Stallion are up for some of the biggest awards tonight.FKA Twigs will be crowned Godlike Genius, while Neneh Cherry will be honoured with the Icon Award.
Halsey will collect the Innovation Award, Jack Antonoff the Songwriter Award and Griff the NME Radar Award. Liam Gallagher has also clinched Music Moment Of The Year with his free concert for NHS workers.The winners of the two fan-voted categories at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 have also been announced: Tomorrow X Together were crowned Hero Of The Year while Jacob Rees-Mogg is our Villain Of The Year.Follow the BandLab NME Awards 2022, from the red carpet to fiery performances and acceptance speeches, via NME’s coverage here – and keep checking this story for more winners as they roll in.INNOVATION AWARD HalseySONGWRITER AWARD Jack AntonoffGODLIKE GENIUS FKA TwigsICON AWARD Neneh CherryNME RADAR AWARD GriffMUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR Liam Gallagher’s Free Concert for NHS WorkersBEST ALBUM IN THE WORLD Genesis Owusu – ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ Ghetts – ‘Conflict Of Interest’ Halsey – ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ Lana Del Rey – ‘Blue Banisters’ Little Simz – ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ Sam Fender –.
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