Arctic Monkeys named Best Live Band at year's O2 Silver Clef AwardsJuly 4, 2015 - 17:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Arctic Monkeys have been named the Best Live Band in the world by this year's O2 Silver Clef Awards, Gigwise reports. The Sheffield foursome beat off strong competition form the likes of Foo Fighters, Kate Bush, Royal Blood, Prince and Arcade Fire. They now follow in the footsteps of the likes of Justin Timberlake and One Direction in picking up the prize. “Thanks to everyone who voted for us and helped us win this year's Nordoff Robbins Best Live Act Award at the O2 Silver Clefs," said the band. "It's a real honour to be chosen. Congratulations to Nordoff Robbins on their 40th birthday and for all the incredible work they do using music therapy to help people." The full list of nominees was: Alt-J Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Bruno Mars Disclosure Dolly Parton Ed Sheeran Foo Fighters Kate Bush Pharrell Prince Royal Blood Rudimental Sam Smith Taylor Swift The band haven't played live since November 2014, with the last update on new material coming from Alex Turner back in summer when he said he'd "written a few things, but I'm not in a hurry," adding "I wouldn't think it'll be too soon that we do the next one." Last year saw Arctic Monkeys headline Reading + Leeds Festival. Since then, Turner has been seen guesting with Mini Mansions and dancing in Hyde Park with Miles Kane. 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |