In Photos: NME Awards Tour 2009 @ Sheffield Academy

by Rob Webb, pictures by Gary Wolstenholme [Edit this content] ▾ 9 comments 17:08 February 9th, 2009

The NME Awards Tour 2009 (headlined by Glasvegas, also featuring DiS faves Friendly Fires) hit Sheffield last week, and DiS' Photo Ed was down the front snapping away.

Photos of all four acts - the bill was rounded off - or propped up, depending on your viewpoint - by twin hype machines White Lies and Florence & The Machine follow below the dotted line.

DiScuss: Were you there? Did you attend the tour elsewhere? What did Friendly Fires do to deserve sharing a stage with White Lies? And are those capes we see on both James from Glasvegas and Florence?! Whatever next...

Glasvegas

Friendly Fires

Glasvegas

Friendly Fires

White Lies

Florence & The Machine

Florence and the Machine

Forget yer Jim, he's gone...to NYC: Glasvegas singer found after disappearance 09 Sep 16:39
And the winner is: Speech Debelle scoops the Mercury Prize 08 Sep 22:31
Florence + The Machine favourite for Mercury, to tour a bit 08 Sep 10:57
In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 2 30 Aug 10:40
Mercury Prize 2009 shortlist in 'mix of predictable and unpredictable announcements' SHOCKER 21 Jul 12:17
This Week's Singles by The Lipster: 23/02/09 23 Feb 14:52
In Photos: NME Awards Tour 2009 @ Sheffield Academy 09 Feb 17:08
Glasvegas - A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss) 05 Dec 10:07

Glasvegas

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Bestival 2009: The DiS review 28 Sep 10:38
In Photos: Bestival 2009 14 Sep 18:20
To space... and beyond! (well, the Isle of Wight) - a Bestival preview mixtape 10 Sep 08:38
And the winner is: Speech Debelle scoops the Mercury Prize 08 Sep 22:31
Florence + The Machine favourite for Mercury, to tour a bit 08 Sep 10:57
Reading 2009: Day One roundup 29 Aug 14:55
DiS' 20 Must-See Acts at Reading & Leeds 2009 26 Aug 13:17
Reading & Leeds 2008: all of our content compiled 24 Aug 16:16

Friendly Fries

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The Great Escape 2008: the DiS review 04 Mar 21:38
In Photos: NME Awards Tour 2009 @ Sheffield Academy 09 Feb 17:08
White Lies - To Lose My Life 27 Jan 10:02
The Insider: How To Get Your Band Tipped 23 Jan 12:57
Eurosonic 2009: the DiS preview 12 Jan 11:45
Mixtape #35: White Lies 12 Jan 11:06
White Lies loves... 09 Dec 13:44
In Photos: White Lies @ London's Koko 04 Dec 09:22

White Lies

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Watch: The xx sort of cover a cover whilst Florence prances around sans Machine 28 Oct 17:22
Florence + The Machine favourite for Mercury, to tour a bit 08 Sep 10:57
This Week's Singles: 07/09/2009 07 Sep 17:41
Reading 2009: Day One roundup 29 Aug 14:55
In Photos: Reading Festival 2009 - Day 1 29 Aug 14:43
In Photos: Pukkelpop 2009 - Day Three 24 Aug 10:27
A Month In Records: July 2009 04 Aug 10:18
Mercury Prize 2009 shortlist in 'mix of predictable and unpredictable announcements' SHOCKER 21 Jul 12:17

Florence and The Machine

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glasvegas

are horrible

samganners | 9 Feb '09, 17:51 | X | Reply

Really nice photos Gary

tobyprice | 9 Feb '09, 17:53 | X | Reply

Yes, pity about the bands

tobyprice @samganners | 9 Feb '09, 17:53 | X | Reply

i missed florence

but tbh white lies sounded the best of the other three bands - well the two songs i heard did anyway! Seen FF twice now and their music, though inoffensive, fails to grab me in anyway. They pass right over me. And though Glasvegas' set got better as it went on it started terribly (Geraldine is my fav song of theirs but it got ruined by waaay too much distortion and bass) and didn't improve enough to save them.