What is going on - the Shockwaves NME Awards have just named Pete Doherty, the Babyshambles singer and heroin addict, as Sexiest Man. WHAT NO WAY!!!! Are they mad (I suppose this just shows my age and that "like duh mum you don't get it")!!!


Madonna was named Sexiest Woman.
James Blunt's Back To Bedlam was named Worst Album (No Way)

Bob Geldof was named Hero of the Year.


Other winners included: Kanye West (Best Solo Artist)
The Strokes (Best International Band)

Gorillaz (John Peel Music Innovation Award).


The awards, always a more rock'n'roll affair than the well-behaved Brits, were held at the Hammersmith Palais.


Sugababes performed their own version of Arctic Monkeys' 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'.


NME editor Conor McNicholas said of the Sheffield rockers:

"This time last year no-one had ever heard of them. To go from that to the biggest band in Britain and win three awards is pretty special.

"Everyone talks about them making it big because of the internet but there's a lot of fine music on the internet.

"The great thing about the Arctic Monkeys is they are doing something nobody else has done. They have a depth to their lyrics that no-one else has."

He said of the Kaiser Chiefs' disappointing awards tally: "If it wasn't for the Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs would have done a lot better.

"Yes, Kaiser Chiefs did well at the Brits, but the NME Awards are always a year ahead of the Brits."