Arctic Monkeys named Best Live Band at year's O2 Silver Clef AwardsJuly 4, 2015 - 17:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Arctic Monkeys have been named the Best Live Band in the world by this year's O2 Silver Clef Awards, Gigwise reports. The Sheffield foursome beat off strong competition form the likes of Foo Fighters, Kate Bush, Royal Blood, Prince and Arcade Fire. They now follow in the footsteps of the likes of Justin Timberlake and One Direction in picking up the prize. “Thanks to everyone who voted for us and helped us win this year's Nordoff Robbins Best Live Act Award at the O2 Silver Clefs," said the band. "It's a real honour to be chosen. Congratulations to Nordoff Robbins on their 40th birthday and for all the incredible work they do using music therapy to help people." The full list of nominees was: Alt-J Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Bruno Mars Disclosure Dolly Parton Ed Sheeran Foo Fighters Kate Bush Pharrell Prince Royal Blood Rudimental Sam Smith Taylor Swift The band haven't played live since November 2014, with the last update on new material coming from Alex Turner back in summer when he said he'd "written a few things, but I'm not in a hurry," adding "I wouldn't think it'll be too soon that we do the next one." Last year saw Arctic Monkeys headline Reading + Leeds Festival. Since then, Turner has been seen guesting with Mini Mansions and dancing in Hyde Park with Miles Kane. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |