Q Awards 2009

Q AWARDS 2009
With RUSSIAN STANDARD VODKA

Muse, Kasabian, U2, Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Spandau Ballet, Lady GaGa, The Specials, Yusuf and Robert Plant all winners at music’s most prestigious awards ceremony.

Monday 26th October – The Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka kicked off in spectacular style, with the UK’s biggest music magazine honouring the biggest stars both international and homegrown.

Al Murray took on hosting duties in his guise of Britain’s most famous pub landlord. He first graced the Q stage last year where he presented a vertigo-impaired Meat Loaf with his Classic Track gong for Bat Out Of Hell. Murray made such an impression he was immediately signed up to front this year’s ceremony.

The stellar guest list at London’s Grosvenor Hotel included: Muse, Kasabian, Lily Allen, Robert Plant, Pixie Lott, Yusuf, Spandau Ballet, The Specials, Marianne Faithfull, Sonic Youth, Mr Hudson, The Noisettes and many more.

Handing out the golden Qs were such noted presenters as Gary Numan, Corinne Bailey Rae, Justin Lee Collins, Jamie T, Zane Lowe, Jarvis Cocker, Sophie Ellis Bextor, James Blunt, Fearne Cotton and Stereophonics man Kelly Jones.

THE WINNERS

(winners in red)

BEST NEW ACT
Friendly Fires
Empire Of The Sun
White Lies - presented by Gary Numan
Passion Pit
The Dead Weather

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Florence & The Machine
Lady GaGa
La Roux
Mr Hudson - presented by Corinne Bailey Rae/Justin Lee Collins
Pixie Lott

BEST VIDEO
The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
Dizzee Rascal – Holiday
Florence & The Machine – Drumming Song
Mika - We Are Golden
Lady GaGa – Just Dance - accepted by Lady GaGa on film

THE Q IDOL
Spandau Ballet presented by Lucy Porter

THE Q INSPIRATION AWARD
The Specials -presented by Jamie T/Don Letts

INNOVATION IN SOUND
Sonic Youth - from Zane Lowe

Q CLASSIC ALBUM
The Unforgettable Fire by U2 accepted on film by the band

BEST TRACK
Kasabian – Fire
Muse – Uprising
Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
Noisettes – Never Forget You
Lily Allen – The Fear - presented by Suggs

THE Q ICON
Marianne Faithfull presented by Jarvis Cocker

CLASSIC SONG
Frankie Goes To Hollywood ‘Relax’ - presented by Sophie Ellis Bextor

Q LEGEND
Edwyn Collins presented by The Cribs

BEST LIVE ACT
The Prodigy
U2
Oasis
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys - accepted the band on film
Blur
Take That

CLASSIC SONGWRITER
Yusuf formerly Cat Stevens - presented by James Blunt

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC
Robert Plant - from Ibrahim of Tinariwen/Bob Harris

BEST ALBUM
Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
U2 – No Line On The Horizon
Florence & The Machine – Lungs
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - presented by Fearne Cotton and Kelly Jones

BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY
Kings Of Leon
Arctic Monkeys
Oasis
Coldplay
Muse - presented by Paul Rees