{allcanada} 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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