Alla O2 Academy Brixton di Londra sono stati assegnati gli NME Awards, i premi dello storico settimanale britannico "New Musical Express" che viene pubblicato dal 1952. I My Chemical Romance sono tra i maggiori vincitori: la band, oltre ad aprire live la cerimonia, ha conquistato il "Best international band" ed il "Best video", quest'ultimo per "Na na na". I Muse sono tornati a casa con il riconoscimento "Best British band" per il secondo anno consecutivo, mentre il loro frontman Matt Bellamy è entrato in possesso del "Sexiest male 2011". Tra le delusioni i Foals, con quattro nomination ma un solo premio, e gli Arcade Fire, anch'essi con quattro menzioni ed un solo riconoscimento. A chiudere la serata hanno provveduto i Foo Fighters. Tra gli altri performer dello show londinese, PJ Harvey, Hurts e Crystal Castles. I vincitori nelle principali categorie degli Shockwaves NME Awards 2011:
Godlike Genius: Dave Grohl
Philip Hall Radar Award: "The naked and famous"
Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music: PJ Harvey
John Peel award for Innovation: Crystal Castles
Best British Band (supported by Shockwaves): Muse
Nomination: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Foals, Kasabian
Best International Band (supported by T4): My Chemical Romance
Nomination: Arcade Fire, Kings Of Leon, Drums, Vampire Weekend
Best Solo Artist: Laura Marling
Nomination: Florence Welch, Frank Turner, Kanye West, Paul Weller
Best New Band (supported by Boxfresh): Hurts
Nomination: Beady Eye, Everything Everything, Drums, Two Door Cinema Club
Best Live Band: Biffy Clyro
Nomination: Arcade Fire, Foals, Kasabian, Muse
Best Album: Arcade Fire – 'The suburbs'
Nomination: Crystal Castles – 'Crystal Castles II', Foals – 'Total life forever', My Chemical Romance – 'Danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys',
Two Door Cinema Club – 'Tourist history'
Best Track (supported by NME Radio): Foals – 'Spanish Sahara'
Nomination: Cee Lo Green – 'Fuck you', Gorillaz – 'Stylo', Janelle Monae (featuring Big Boi) – 'Tightrope', Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. – 'Bang
bang bang'
Best Video (supported by NME TV): My Chemical Romance – 'Na na na (Na na na na na na na na na)'
Nomination: Arcade Fire – 'We used to wait', Brandon Flowers – ‘Crossfire', Chase & Status – 'Let you go', Gorillaz – 'Stylo'
Best Festival: Glastonbury
Nomination: Download, Reading And Leeds Festivals, T In The Park, V Festival
Best Dancefloor Filler: Professor Green – 'Jungle'
Nomination: Crystal Castles – 'Baptism', Kele – 'Tenderoni', Plan B – 'Stay too long', Tinie Tempah – 'Pass out'
Best Film: Inception
Nomination: Get Him To The Greek, Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, The Social Network
Hero Of The Year: Lady GaGa
Nomination: Gerard Way, Julian Assange, Kanye West
Villain Of The Year: David Cameron
Nomination: Axl Rose, Justin Bieber, Nick Clegg, Simon Cowell
Most Stylish (supported by Shockwaves): Brandon Flowers
Nomination: Hayley Williams, Lady GaGa, Liam Gallagher, Noel Fielding
Least Stylish: Justin Bieber
Nomination: Cheryl Cole, Ke$ha, Lady GaGa, Liam Gallagher
Worst Album: Justin Bieber – 'My world'
Nomination: Cheryl Cole – 'Messy little raindrops', Katy Perry – 'Teenage dream', Kings Of Leon – 'Come around sundown', My Chemical Romance –
'Danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys'
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers
Nomination: 30 Seconds To Mars, JLS, Kings Of Leon, Tokio Hotel
Best Band Blog or Twitter: Hayley Williams
Nomination: Frank Turner, Kanye West, Lily Allen, Theo Hutchcraft
Best Book: John Lydon – 'Mr Rotten’s scrapbook'
Nomination: Carl Barât – 'Threepenny memoir', Jay-Z – 'Decoded', Keith Richards – 'Life', Russell Brand – 'My booky wook 2'
Best Small Festival (50.000 o meno spettatori): RockNess
Nomination Bestival, Kendal Calling, Latitude, Underage Festival
Best Album Artwork: Klaxons – 'Surfing the void'
Nomination: Foals – 'Total life forever', Gorillaz – 'Plastic beach', MGMT – 'Congratulations', My Chemical Romance – 'Danger days'
Hottest Woman: Alison Mosshart
Nomination: Emily Haines, Hayley Williams, Lady GaGa, Shakira
Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy
Nomination: Alex Turner, Billie Joe Armstrong, Dominic Howard, Jared Leto.