Courtney Love celebrated being 18 months sober while choosing up the Icon Award on the 2020 NME Awards on Wednesday (12.02.20).
The 55-year-old music icon – who’s greatest generally known as the lead vocalist of Hole – was awarded the distinguished honour on the annual awards ceremony held on the O2 Academy in Brixton in London, and used her acceptance speech to precise her pleasure at being sober for a 12 months and a half.
She instructed the group: ”Thank you a lot, I did not put together any speech, I’m so sorry, I did not imply to be disrespectful. I wakened this morning and I’ve the honour of choosing up this f**ok you factor [waves NME award], which is incredible, within the capital of this incredible nation the place I first picked up a New Musical Express in I do not know, 1981 in f***ing Liverpool the place I learn the opposite day I misplaced my virginity to Joy Division’s ‘Isolation’.
”I feel that is psychotic. I’m additionally 18 months sober right now. I can not imagine that and that is fairly wild. Thank a lot, I’m very honoured. Thanks loads.”
Elsewhere within the night, The 1975 bagged the Innovation Award, and frontman Matty Healy stated the honour was ”actually humbling” and surprising.
The ‘Girls’ singer – who additionally took residence the trophy for Best British Band – stated on stage: ”We genuinely did not know we have been getting this. I do not actually know what to say. This is de facto, actually humbling, I do not know, f***ing hell.
”One of my heroes is Brian Eno and he splits artwork into form of two classes – cowboys and farmers. Farmers prefer to domesticate their factor and hold it the identical and cowboys prefer to exit and discover new pastures and I feel there are such a lot of splendidly gifted individuals on this room and I haven’t got any recommendation as a result of I’m actually scared and I really feel actually small however my solely recommendation can be, simply be a cowboy. Thank you a lot.”
Slowthai picked up the fan-voted Hero of the Year award, however was escorted off stage throughout his acceptance speech following an altercation with the group.
The rapper instantly engaged with members of the viewers throughout his speech, however following a verbal trade and objects being thrown, he jumped into the group earlier than safety intervened.
Billie Eilish continued her mammoth 12 months with one other award for Best Song within the World for ‘Bad Guy’, while Lana Del Rey’s album ‘Norman F***ing Rockwell’ was named Best Album within the World.
NME Awards 2020 winners:
Best Live Act
Foals
Best Festival Headliner
The Cure
Best New Act In The World
Clairo
Best Festival In The World
Glastonbury
NME Radar Award
Beabadoobee
Innovation Award
The 1975
Best Music Video
Yungblud – ‘Original Me’
Best New British Act
Easy Life
Best Collaboration
Slowthai & Mura Masa
Icon Award
Courtney Love
Best Film
‘Blue Story’
Best Podcast
‘Have Your Heart George’s Podcast?’
Best TV Series
‘Peaky Blinders’
Best Music Film
‘Liam Gallagher: As It Was’
Best British Song
AJ Tracey – ‘Ladbroke Grove’
Best Song In The World
Billie Eilish – ‘Bad Guy’
Best British Album
Little Simz – ‘GREY Area’
Best Album In The World
Lana Del Rey – ‘Norman F***ing Rockwell’
Songwriter of the Decade
Robyn
Best British Solo Act
FKA Twigs
Best Solo Act In The World
Taylor Swift
Best British Band
The 1975
Best Band In The World
Slipknot
Godlike Genius Award
Emily Eavis
Hero of the Year
Slowthai
