Q the Winners

The Q Awards are out ... at a quiet and alcohol free ceremony - where flying pigs accompanied bears not shitting in the woods. And the winners are

Best New Act: James Bay
Best Track: The Libertines – Gunga Din
Best Album: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday
Best Video: Florence And The Machine – Ship To Wreck
Best Live Act: Royal Blood
Best Solo Artist: Ed Sheeran
Best Act In The World Today: Foals

Classic Album: Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One
Classic Single: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Q Hero: Mark Ronson
Q Icon: Duran Duran
Innovation In Sound: Gary Numan
Gibson Les Paul Award: Tony Iommi
Outstanding Contribution To Music: New Order

Q Awards, MOBOS and Festival Supplier Awards all out!

Having only just got through the AIF Festival Congress Awards, The Greener Festival Awards and The Live Music Business Awards, its now time for the Q Awards, MOBOS and Festival Supplier Awards, with the Qs giving a nod to the now cancer free Wilko Johnson

Q Awards

Best Album: Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
Best Track: Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky
Best Video: Jamie xx - Sleep Sound
Best Act In The World Today: Kasabian
Best New Act: Sam Smith
Best Solo Artist: Ed Sheeran
Best Live Act: Kasabian
Classic Album: Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Classic Songwriter: Andy Partridge
Gibson Les Paul Award: Johnny Marr
Inspiration: Simple Minds
Hero: The Charlatans
Innovation In Sound: Jean Michel Jarre
Icon: Wilko Johnson
Hero: The Charlatans
Outstanding Contribution To Music: Richard Russell

MOBOs

Best Male: Sam Smith
Best Female: Jessie J
Best International: Beyoncé
Best Newcomer: Ella Eyre
Best Song: Sam Smith 'Stay With Me'
Best Album: Sam Smith
Best Video: Skepta ft J.M.E 'That's Not Me'
Best Reggae Act: Stylo G
Best HipHop Act: Krept and Konan
Best RnB/Soul Act: Sam Smith
Best Gospel Act: Living Faith Connection Choir
Best Jazz Act: Zara McFarlane
Best Grime Act: Stormzy
Best African Act: Fuse ODG
Inspiration Award: Idris Elba

Festival Supplier Awards. 

The Winners were announced at an awards ceremony and gala dinner held at Newbury Showground, rounding off the first day of the Showman’s Show

Best Staging -NoNonsense (Group) Ltd
Best Admission Control - Intelligent Venue Solutions
Best Temporary Roadway / Walkway -LION Trackhire
Best Fencing / Hoarding -Eve
Best Crowd / Pit Barrier - Eve
Best Temporary Structure - Losberger UK Ltd
Best Crew / Artist Catering - Eat to the Beat
Best Crewing Company - Diamond Event Services
Best Concession / Bar - Creative
Best Event Branding - Newsubstance
Best Toilets - Qdos Event Hire
Best Temporary Water Supply - Watermills Events Ltd
Best Crowd Management - Showsec International Ltd
Best Festival Production Team - EnTEEtainment Ltd
Best Lighting -Hawthorn
Best Sound - SSE Audio Group
Best Power - Power Logistics
Best Festival Support Service - Event LED Signs
Rising Star - Frankie Tee
Green Festival Supplier Award - Midas UK

And the Q and MOBO winners are ....

And the winners of this year's MOBOs (Music of Black Origin) are out too at a ceremony at Glasgow's SSE Hydro Arena: And so the winners are...

Best Album: Rudimental - Home
Best Song: Naughty Boy - La La La
Best Video: Naughty Boy - La La La

Best Male: Wiley
Best Female: Laura Mvula
Best Newcomer: Krept & Konan
Best International Act: Kendrick Lamar
Best African Act: Fuse ODG
Best Gospel: Lurine Cato
Best Jazz: Sons of Kemet
Best Reggae Act: Sean Paul
Best RnB/Soul Act: Laura Mvula 
Best UK Hip Hop/Grime: Tinie Tempah

Be MOBO: Stephen Lawrence Trust

And the Q Awards have also been announced. Jake Bug won Best New Act, Foals Were best Live Act, Glastonbury was a winner again with Best Live Event, Ellie Goulding won Best Solo Act, Vampire Weekend won Best Act In The World Today, Chrissie Hynde was awarded Classic Songwriter and The Pet Shop Boys picked up the Outstanding Contribution Award. Suede were Q Icons and Robbie Williams Q Idol.

Q Awards and UK Festival Awards nominations out

Nominations for the Q Awards and the UK Festival Awards are out!

The nominations for the Q Awards are out and here they are:

Breakthrough Artist: Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Katy B, James Blake, Miles Kane.

Best New Act: The Vaccines, WU LYF, Foster The People, Everything Everything, Nero.

Best Female Artist: Adele, Laura Marling, Beyoncé, Jessie J, PJ Harvey.

Best Male Artist: Cee Lo Green, Tinie Tempah, Wretch 32, Ed Sheeran, Example.

Best Track: Adele ¬ Rolling In The Deep, Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar, Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair, Adele - Someone Like You, Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks.

Best Album: Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See, Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!, The Horrors - Skying, PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (already winner of the Mercury Music prize)

Best Live Act: Coldplay, Biffy Clyro, Elbow, Beyoncé, Chase And Status.

Best Video: Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude, Lady Gaga - Judas, Foo Fighters - Walk, Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You, Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (TGIF), Hurts - Wonderful Life.

Best Act In The World Today: Muse, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Arcade Fire, U2.

There’s also a new award (well, probably planned to be announced once every 25 years from now on .....) and its for the Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years: Nominees are : U2, Damon Albarn, Radiohead, Oasis, Nirvana, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Jack White, Paul Weller, Jay Z, Eminem, Madonna, The Strokes, REM, The Stone Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Manic Street Preachers, Björk, Beastie Boys, Metallica, Prodigy, The Cure and Green Day.

And the UK Festival Awards have opened up voting on the five categories that will be chosen by festival goers at the launch of the Awards in London and the categories are: Headline Performances Of The Year, Anthem Of The Summer, Best Breakthrough Artist, plus Best Overseas Festival and Fan's Favourite Festival. All five awards will be presented at the Camden Roundhouse on 15 November, alongside other ‘best festival’ categories that will be chosen by a panel of judges whilst other gongs such as Agent Of The Year, Concession Of The Year and the Greener Festival Award etc - will be judged by separate panels. www.festivalawards.com.

And at the first ever Artist and Manager Awards at London’s Roundhouse winners included Adele, Ed Sheeran and Massive Attack. Live performances on the night also included Sheeran and Mumford & Sons. The awards are the result of a collaboration between the Music Managers’ Forum (MMF) and the Featured Artists’ Coalition (FAC). Sponsored by American Express, the Artist and Manager Awards celebrate and recognise music talent in the UK.

The winners are:

Achievement Awards: Everybody’s Management and Artists
The Artists’ Artist Award: Massive Attack
Manager of the Year Award: Jho Oakley
Breakthrough Artist: Ed Sheeran
First Rung Manager Award: Hiroki Shirasuka and Richard Austen-Smith (Giant Men Management)
Artist of the Year: Adele
The Peter Grant Award for services to management: John Glover
Industry Champion Award: Martin Mills (Beggars Group)