Rina Sawayama wins Best Live Act Supported By Grolsch at the BandLab NME Awards 2022

CHVRCHES have announced details of a huge new North American tour for 2022 – check out the new list of dates below.The Scottish trio are fresh off a three-song performance at this week’s (March 2) BandLab NME Awards 2022 in London, where they performed with The Cure‘s Robert Smith.After a UK tour that begins next week (March 10), the band will head to the US and Mexico from the end of April, playing a host of shows that take them up until the end of June. The new headline dates begin in late May.See the band’s full list of tour dates below.MARCH 202210 – Dundee, Fat Sam’s12 – Glasgow, SWG3 Poetry Club14 – Edinburgh, O2 Academy15 – Newcastle, City Hall16 – London, Brixton Academy18 – Birmingham, O2 Academy19 – Manchester, AcademyAPRIL 202229 – Atlanta, Shaky Knees FestivalMAY 202213 – Mexico City, Tecate Emblema18 – Monterrey, Showcenter21 – Guadalajara, Corona Capital27 – Napa, BottleRock Festival30 – Tampa, Jannus31 – Miami, Revolution LiveJUNE 20221 – Orlando, House of Blues2 – Raleigh, The Ritz4 – Charlotte, The Fillmore5 – Washington, DC, 9:30 Club9 – Buffalo, Artpark10 – Grand Rapids, 20 Monroe Live11 – Indianapolis, WonderRoad Music Festival13 – Madison, The Sylvee15 – Omaha, The Admiral16 – Kansas City, Uptown Theater18 – Manchester, Bonnaroo FestivalDuring their set at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, the band performed their track ‘Asking For A Friend’ from 2021 album ‘Screen Violence’ and then teamed up with Smith for a world exclusive live premiere of ‘How Not To Drown’.

Colourboxx Festival has Drag Race UK royalty Lawrence Chaney, The Vivienne and Tia Kofi will be joining the line-up for its inaugural event this June.

Daisy May Cooper has made her red carpet debut with her new man after splitting from her husband Will Weston.The 35 year old This Country star attended the 2022 NME Awards, which she hosted with Lady Leshurr, alongside her beau at London's O2 Academy Brixton last night. And we can reveal him as private chef Ryan Weymouth after Daisy tagged him in a photo on her Instagram Story before later deleting it.The pair looked smitten together as he was seen planting a kiss on her cheek. A source told OK! : “Daisy was super loved up with Ryan on the red carpet.

Feel Good have reflected on their win at last night’s BandLab NME Awards 2022, and said how they “all wish we were musicians”.The Netflix show won Best TV Series Supported By 19 Crimes at the London ceremony last night (March 2).After winning the award, Martin and co-star Charlotte Ritchie, writer Joe Hampson and director Luke Snellin headed to the winners’ room backstage at the O2 Academy Brixton to chat to NME.Speaking of the award, Hampson said: “It feels nice to be given an award by the music industry, not TV. I don’t know what that means, but it feels nice.”Martin added “I think we all kind of wish we were musicians,” with Hampson saying musicians are “so much cooler than us”.“There’s music in the show, as well,” director Snellin clarified.After it was announced that Feel Good won’t be returning for a third season, the cast were asked whether this makes their award win feel like a nice ending to the story.“That’s a really nice way to think about it!” co-star Charlotte Ritchie responded.

Olivia Dean has told NME that she’s currently finishing up work on her highly anticipated debut album, and that it should be out before the end of this year.The singer-songwriter, who released her EP ‘Growth’ last year, was speaking on the red carpet at the O2 Academy Brixton in London last night (March 2) ahead of the BandLab NME Awards 2022. Watch the full interview above.Asked about her future plans, Dean said: “I’m just finishing my debut album at the moment.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock gave followers a realistic glimpse into life as a new mum as she posted a behind-the-scenes clip of herself preparing for the NME Awards at Brixton's O2 Academy on Wednesday. The Little Mix star— who welcomed twins six months ago —uploaded a series of snaps on Instagram capturing her process of getting ready for the event, including a clip of herself showing off some serious multi-tasking skills. In the short video, Leigh-Anne can be seen breast pumping whilst having her hair braided and enjoying a meal of what looked to be curry and rice as she is heard commenting on the food being “so good”.

DAISY May Cooper has gone public with her new man at the NME Awards. The 35-year-old, who hosted the bash, split from the father of her two children Will Weston last summer after becoming “bored of married life”.

Nova Twins have told NME about what to expect from their new album ‘Supernova’, describing it as “a journey of lockdown and coming out the other end a winner”.The pair performed with Bring Me The Horizon and presented BERWYN with the Best New Act From The UK Supported by the Music Venue Trust award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 in London last night (March 2). They were also nominated for Best Band In The World.Ahead of the ceremony, the duo talked to NME on the red carpet at the O2 Academy Brixton and looked ahead to the release of their second album, which is due out on June 17.Asked how the album pushes their sound forward, guitarist and vocalist Amy Love said it does so “in a lot of emotional, moody ways”.“It’s dark, but it’s also quite sinister.

Jehnny Beth has told NME what to expect of her upcoming new music, teasing that it’s both “fun” and “punk”.The Savages vocalist was speaking on the red carpet at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 at London’s O2 Academy Brixton last night (March 2), where she presented CHVRCHES and Robert Smith with the award for Best Song By A UK Artist.Discussing her plans for the rest of 2022 and beyond, Beth said: “I’ve been acting in a few movies in France, so that’s carrying on, and films are coming out.”She added: “And then I’ve done some new music, and that will come out pretty soon, I hope.”Asked what we can expect in terms of the stylistic direction of the new music, Beth said: “It’s fun, it’s punk, but electronic as well.”Beth’s last new music came in the summer of 2021 when she released a collaborative album with Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie called ‘Utopian Ashes’.

IT’S one of the biggest nights in the music industry so it’s no surprise the stars like to let their hair down and party. And at last night’s NME awards they did exactly that as they celebrated after attending the bash at London’s Brixton Academy.

Gallery: Singer, inspiration, icon: Learn what makes Carole King so special at 80. . . (BANG Showbiz)Lorde – ‘Solar Power’ BEST SONG BY A UK ARTIST CHVRCHES Robert Smith – ‘How Not To Drown’ BEST LIVE ACT: SUPPORTED BY GROLSCH Rina Sawayama BEST FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD Life Is Beautiful BEST FESTIVAL IN THE UK: SUPPORTED BY WHITE CLAW Reading Leeds BEST SMALL FESTIVAL Wide Awake BEST FESTIVAL HEADLINER Wolf Alice BEST BAND IN THE WORLD Fontaines DC BEST BAND FROM THE UK: SUPPORTED BY PIZZA EXPRESS Bring Me The Horizon BEST SOLO ACT IN THE WORLD Burna Boy BEST SOLO ACT FROM THE UK Little Simz BEST NEW ACT IN THE WORLD: SUPPORTED BY CANO WATER Olivia Rodrigo BEST NEW ACT FROM THE UK: SUPPORTED BY MUSIC VENUE TRUST BERWYN BEST MIXTAPE Holly Humberstone – ‘The Walls Are Way Too Thin’ BEST COLLABORATION Griff x Sigrid – ‘Head On Fire’ BEST PRODUCER: SUPPORTED BY BANDLAB Arca Fred again.

LEIGH-Anne Pinnock, Daisy May Cooper and Lottie Moss brought glamour to the red carpet at the NME Awards tonight. Celebs were out in force at the music bash at the O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday.

London’s Brixton Academy, with the likes of Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Ellie Goulding also in attendance.twigs– real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett – looked powerful as she stepped onto the red carpet in her partially transparent mini dress, which appeared to show off her chest.The collar of her ensemble was embroidered in red with the words ‘beast’ and she wore her hair in long blonde braidsThe artist, who has already been announced as the latest recipient of the music magazine’s godlike genius prize, placed her right hand on her hip as she posed for photos.Elsewhere, Little Mix star Leigh-Anne, who welcomed twins in August with her footballer fiancé Andre Gray, wore for a white two-piece suit featuring a matching crop top and styled her hair in pigtails.Love Me Like You Do hitmaker Ellie posed for the cameras wearing a white pant suit and a blazer with a glittering lapel.The singer welcomed her son Arthur with art dealer husband Caspar Jopling in April last year.Meanwhile, Love Island host Laura Whitmore opted for a Latex-style one-piece with shoulder pads, which she matched with black stilettos.Pop star Mabel made a surprise appearance alongside her mother, Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, and the pair posed for photos together.Sam Fender, Griff and Bring Me To The Horizon are among the acts scheduled to take to the stage during tonight’s ceremony.The annual event, which first took place nearly 70 years ago, is this year being hosted by actress and comedian Daisy May Cooper and rapper-presenter Lady Leshurr.Speaking on the red carpet, Bring Me To The Horizon frontman Oliver Sykes discussed the band’s recent performance of Bad Habits with Ed Sheeran at the Brit Awards.‘We got an email from his manager saying this is a mad idea

Fontaines D.C. have reacted to winning Best Band In The World at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: “About time!”The Irish band beat out Amyl & The Sniffers, Ben&Ben, Bring Me The Horizon, CHVRCHES, Glass Animals, HAIM, Måneskin, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for the trophy.In their acceptance speech, they gave props to CHVRCHES and Robert Smith for their performance of The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ earlier in the night, and poked fun at the government: “We’re gonna party like Number 10 tonight!”Speaking to NME in the winner’s room at the O2 Academy Brixton on March 2, frontman Grian Chatten had a succinct response to their win: “About time.”He added: “We’ve never really won an award before, so I don’t know, I’ve never seen people so elated in my whole life.”Carlos O’Connell quipped: “We had to keep telling ourselves we were the best band in the world from the moment we started.

BandLab NME Awards 2022, Robert Smith gave NME the lowdown of The Cure‘s next album and exclusively told us the title. Watch our full video interview with Smith above.Having long teased the band’s long-awaited “merciless” new record – having told us that two new albums were on the way back at the last NME Awards back in 2020 – Smith tonight revealed that one of them would be “real very soon”, as well as sharing more about its sister record and his anticipated solo album.“So I’ve been working on two Cure albums, and one of them is finished,” Smith told NME. “Unfortunately, it’s the second one that’s finished.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock Leigh-Anne Pinnock opted for a daring outfit on the red carpet at the NME Awards, six months after welcoming twins.The Little Mix singer, 30, who is engaged to footballer Andre Gray, also 30, recently celebrated half a year since giving birth to her “miracle” babies and shared a sweet snap of her and her little ones while on a family holiday to Jamaica. Showing off her figure at the awards ceremony at the O2 in Brixton, the star bared her toned midriff as she wore a cropped white top with see-through panels and a pair of baggy trousers.The star then wore a long white coat over her outfit and wore her hair tied up, as she let her outfit take centre stage with minimal accessories and natural-looking makeup.

BandLab NME Awards 2022 award winners Bring Me The Horizon are due to stage their own festival in Malta in May – an event they’ve said will be “like Fyre Festival but with better sandwiches”.The Sheffield band were speaking to NME from the winner’s room after picking up the trophy for Best Band From The UK Supported By Pizza Express.Bring Me’s Malta festival, announced last November, will take place from May 26-30 and feature a full live show and an exclusive retrospective set from the band.Discussing what to expect from the event, drummer Mat Nicholls promised “bingo with Jordan Fish [BMTH keys player]. It’s called ‘Bringo’.”“It’s like Fyre Festival but with better sandwiches,” frontman Oli Sykes added.The festival’s line-up, handpicked by the band, includes Bullet For My Valentine, Beartooth, PVRIS, Motionless In White, Spiritbox, Nova Twins and Wargasm.There will also be a host of club nights, pool party takeovers and boat parties.

Life Is Beautiful returned last year with headliners Tame Impala, Green Day and Billie Eilish.During the festival, Eilish used her time on stage to debut three tracks from her album ‘Happier Than Ever’ for the first time, and told the crowd it felt like “a dream I’ve had many, many times in the last year… I can’t tell you how excited I am to be with you guys and to see all of your beautiful faces.”You can see NME’s photos from the 2021 festival here.

Bring Me The Horizon closed the BandLab NME Awards 2022 tonight (March 2) with a storming six-song set which the band dedicated to the people of Ukraine.Taking to the O2 Academy Brixton stage for their ceremony-ending set, BMTH, who were proudly displaying the Ukrainian flag on their bass drum skin, launched into ‘Can You Feel My Heart’.They then played ‘Parasite Eve’ (where they were joined by two dancers in yellow hazmat suits), ‘Die4U’, ‘Mantra’ and ‘1×1’, which they performed with help from Nova Twins.Prior to their set-closing track ‘Throne’, BMTH frontman Oli Sykes paid tribute to the Ukrainian people following last week’s Russian invasion.“I guess it’s better being here in a room full of influential people: they need to use their voice every single day until this crisis is over,” he told the room.“If Kyiv does not survive, international peace will not survive,” he added, before the band tore into ‘Throne’.Earlier in the night, the Sheffield five-piece collected the award for Best Band From The UK Supported By Pizza Express. Elsewhere, the likes of Sam Fender, Lorde, Fontaines D.C.

Bobby Gillespie has won Best Music Book at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2) for Tenement Kid.The Primal Scream frontman’s memoir beat music books by Dave Grohl (The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music), Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast (Crying In H Mart), Questlove (Music Is History) and Paul McCartney (The Lyrics) for the win.“I’m very pleased and honoured to receive the Best Music Book award,” said Bobby. “Thank you NME!”Published October 21, Tenement Kid tells Gillespie’s story up until the creation of Primal Scream’s classic album ‘Screamadelica’.In 2007, Primal Scream were crowned Godlike Genius at the NME Awards.

Wolf Alice have been crowned the Best Festival Headliner at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The London band beat Billie Eilish, Liam Gallagher, Megan Thee Stallion and Tyler, The Creator to the title.Wolf Alice made their first post-lockdown festival appearance at Latitude Festival last summer, where they played a headline slot at Henham Park. Their performance saw them deliver a roaring rendition of ‘The Last Man On Earth’, as well as a cover of The Velvet Underground‘s ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’.In a review of their set at Latitude, NME wrote: “Wolf Alice might not be old guard yet, but their Friday night headlining performance makes their future incredibly clear – legends of British music who top bills on the regular.”Wolf Alice were up for four other nominations at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, including Best Band In The World and Best Album In The World.