Muse win best band at NME Awards
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Rock band Muse are named best British band at the NME Awards, while the Arctic Monkeys pick up two prizes.
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Northern Irish indie band Snow Patrol were celebrating today after being nominated for three Brit Awards.
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Sir Paul McCartney wins the Man of the Year title at the GQ magazine awards held in London.
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The Americans stole the show at this year&#39;s MTV Europe Awards wining 11 of the top 12 titles. Britains only success were rockers Muse who were named best alternative act.
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Scottish alternative rock act Franz Ferdinand has won Britain&#39;s coveted Mercury Prize for its eponymous debut album. The annual music-industry award, recognizing the UK
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The Streets&#39; bassist has rescued rock trio Muse from cancelling their performance at Britain&#39;s V Festival - by replacing injured bass player Chris Wolstenholme. Pictured: Streets frontman Mike Skinner.
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Arctic Monkey's walked away with this year's Mercury music Prize in a shock result. Do you agree with it?
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Arctic Monkeys win this year's Mercury Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
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LONDON (Billboard) - The music scene in the northern UK city of Manchester -- famous for producing bands like Joy Division/New Order, the Smiths and Oasis -- is thriving again, with a new generation of bands tipped for breakout success in 2008.
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Sheffield band the Arctic Monkeys was  nominated in a record seven categories for the NME music awards  on Tuesday, while Amy Winehouse, critically acclaimed but in  rehab for drug problems, was largely frozen out.
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CANNES, France  - Brit boy band Blue edged Irish  rock group U2 to a top honor at France's biggest music awards  on Saturday night, with hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas and pop  band Maroon 5 scooping awards of their own.
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Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Kasabian and The Killers lead the NME awards with four nominations each.
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The band Franz Ferdinand of Glasgow, Scotland, has won the annual $35,000 Mercury Music Prize for the best British or Irish music act.
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Rock foursome the Arctic Monkeys walked away with two prizes at the NME Awards Thursday evening in London on another night of awards disappointment for pop singer Lily Allen.
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Top-selling bands The Beatles, Oasis, U2 and Westlife go head-to-head in the album charts.
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The Arctic Monkeys, Muse and the Kaiser Chiefs will battle it out for the glory at Q magazine's annual award ceremony.
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Arts & entertainment: Manchester hails a triumph of flying acrobats, Gorillaz sets, Damon Albarn's music and ancient myth, writes Kitty Empire.