Grohl dedicates award to Cobain
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl dedicated his NME Godlike Genius Award to his late Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain in London on Wednesday night.
The drummer was handed the accolade during the star-studded ceremony at the O2 Academy in Brixton, where famous friends like Paul McCartney, Jack Black and his Them Crooked Vultures bandmates Josh Homme and John Paul Jones paid tribute to the rocker in video messages.
After letting a standing ovation subside, Grohl joked, “You guys realize they gave this one to a drummer, right? This one’s for the drummers!”
He then recalled an incident when he once sneaked into the venue, previously called the Brixton Academy, with his Nirvana bandmates to watch the Pixies perform.
He finished his acceptance speech by dedicating his award to Cobain, who died in 1994.
Grohl told the crowd, “This one’s for Kurt.”
The Foo Fighters then took to the stage and launched into a full set, inviting The Who’s Roger Daltrey onstage to join them for a rendition of Young Man Blues.
Grohl announced, “Oh, and by the way, they asked us to play tonight and we thought, ‘Yeah, ok sure’. And they said, ‘Why don’t you do four or five songs?’ and I said, ‘F**k that, why don’t we play for two f**kin’ hours!’ And I also said, ‘Why don’t we play a song with an actual godlike genius, Mr. Roger Daltrey?
The full list of winners is as follows:
Best British Band: Muse
Best International Band: My Chemical Romance
Best Solo Artist: Laura Marling
Best Live Band: Biffy Clyro
Best New Band: Hurts
Best Album: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Best Track: Foals – Spanish Sahara
Best Video: My Chemical Romance – Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
Best Festival: Glastonbury
Best Dancefloor Filler: Professor Green – Jungle
Best TV Show: Skins
Philip Hall Radar Award: The Naked & Famous
Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music: PJ Harvey
John Peel Award For Innovation: Crystal Castles
Godlike Genius: Dave Grohl
Best Film: Inception
Hero: Lady Gaga
Villain: (British Prime Minister) David Cameron
Most Stylish: Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
Least Stylish: Justin Bieber
Worst Album: Justin Bieber – My World 2.0
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers
Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy
Hottest Woman: Alison Mosshart (The Kills)
Best Album Artwork: Klaxons – Surfing The Void
Best Blog: Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Best Book: John Lydon – Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook
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