Muse win ‘Best Act in the World Today’ at Q Awards 2016November 3, 2016 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Muse took home the biggest award of the night at last night’s Q Awards. The Q Awards 2016 ceremony was held at London’s Roundhouse, hosted by radio DJ Christian O’Connell. Guests at the ceremony included Johnny Marr, Carl Barat and Mel C, NME reports. Muse beat Coldplay, U2, Biffy Clyro and The 1975 to win the Best Act in the World Today award. Accepting the award, frontman Matt Bellamy reportedly told the crowd: “Thank you; we are the best act in the world today. We don’t deserve it; let’s be honest. Shout out to U2 – we owe so much to them. We toured with them in 2009 and learned so much from them.” Drummer Dominic Howard added: “I agree with Matt. It’s a ridiculous title but we’ll take it. As with all these things, we’re accepting that on behalf of our fans. Thank you.” Other winners on the night included James Bay (Best Solo Artist), Jack Garratt (Best Breakthrough Act), Bastille (Best Track), The 1975 (Best Album) and PJ Harvey (Best Video). MIA won the Innovation in Sound award, U2 won Best Live Act, Meat Loaf was awarded the Hero Award and Blondie won Outstanding Contribution To Music. Madness was inducted into Q’s Hall of Fame. See the full winners list below. Best Act in the World Today: Muse Best Solo Artist: James Bay Best Breakthrough Act: Jack Garratt Best Track: Bastille for ‘Good Grief’ Best Album: The 1975 for ‘I Like It When You Sleep’ Best Video: PJ Harvey for ‘The Community Of Hope’ Best Live Act: U2 Hero Award: Meat Loaf Classic Songwriter: Ray Davies Classic Album: The Charlatans for Tellin’ Stories Innovation in Sound: MIA Gibson Les Paul Award: The Edge Outstanding Contribution To Music: Blondie Hall Of Fame: Madness 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |