Awards, Awards, Awards: MOBOs and Vodafone Live
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Last night in London, a host....erm, a smattering of stars turned up for both the Mobo Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards. In fact, they were almost embaressing to watch - terrible sound, ridiculous, over-sized and cavernous venues, and both events so scraping the barrel for big-names they came up with wood-shavings.
But if for whatever reason you're interested in who won what, here are the Mobo Awards results in full:
Best UK male: Dizzee Rascal
Best UK female: Amy Winehouse
Best song: Ne-Yo – ‘Because of You’
Best video: Kanye West – ‘Stronger’
Best international act: Rihanna
Best UK newcomer: N Dubz
Best hip-hop act: Kanye West
Best reggae act: Sean Kingston
Best R&B act: Ne-Yo
Best gospel act: G-Force
Best jazz act: Soweto Kinch
Best DJ: Tim Westwood
Best African act: 2face Idibia
And those Vodafone Live Awards results:
Vodafone Live Act: Arctic Monkeys
International Live Act: The Killers
Best Live Female: Amy Winehouse
Best Live Male: Mika
Tour of the Year: Muse
Vodafone Live Impact in 2007: Gossip
The Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement in Live Music: Iggy Pop
Best Live Return: The Police
Best Show Production: Kylie
Best Tour Roadie: Geoff Buckley (James)
Best Live Music DVD: Oasis
Best Live Music Venue: Wembley Stadium
Xfm Live Breakthrough Act: Klaxons
C4 Festival of the Year 2007: Glastonbury
Kerrang! Live Unsigned Act: The Flaming Monkeys