Gorillaz, Kaiser Chiefs and New Order are among the winners at this year's Ivor Novello Awards.
The Kaisers - whose singer Ricky Wilson was seen by DiS last night, hobbling about on a single crutch following his previously reported hit-and-run accident - took the award for Best Album for Employment. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett took the award for Songwriters of the Year for their work on the Gorillaz projects.
The full list of winners at the 51st annual awards looketh like this:
Best Song Musically & Lyrically - KT Tunstall 'Suddenly I See'
Most Performed Work - James Blunt 'You're Beautiful'
Best Television Soundtrack - Rob Lane Elizabeth I
Outstanding Song Collection - New Order
Best Selling UK Single - Shayne Ward 'That's My Goal'
Best Album - Kaiser Chiefs Employment
The Ivors Classical Music Award - Sir Harrison Birtwistle
International Hit Of The Year - James Blunt 'You're Beautiful'
Best Original Film Score - Evil
Best Contemporary Song - Athlete 'Wires'
International Achievement - Ian Anderson
Songwriters Of the Year - Damon Albarn/Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz)
PRS Outstanding Contribution To British Music - Ray Davies
The Special International Award - Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff
The Academy Fellowship - Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb (Posthumous)/Robin Gibb (The Bee Gees)
Where's the gun? Where's the tower?
BEST SONG
Wires - Athlete - that is woeful news
most performed work
is that alone cause for celebration?
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE IS THE BEST NAME EVER
if i ever won an ivor novello, i would use it to scratch the bit between my anus and sack
THE ABOVE POST IS THE BEST POST EVER.
Full fucking stop sir.
it's your
perineum.
To be honest, harking back to Ivor Novello as some kind of gold standard for wondrous popular music tells you how rubbish these awards are.
Best Song Musically & Lyrically - KT Tunstall 'Suddenly I See'
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Most performed work
James Blunt - Its just a polite way of saying its wayyyyy too overplayed
you missed out that james blunt
was drunk. and got abusive on stage.apparently.
nope, he didn't get abusive
.. and didn't seem to be particularly drunk. just kinda unfunny. twice. i know because i was there, haha!
Athlete
Great song, that is.........*stab*