Arctic Monkeys were the big winners at last night's NME Awards (February 26), while One Direction star Harry Styles was named Villain of the Year for the second consecutive time.

Alex Turner and Co took home five of the eight prizes their were nominated for, including Best British Band, Best Live Act and Best Album for AM.

Turner himself was also crowned Hero of the Year at the bash, held at London's Brixton Academy.

During his speech, the 28-year old frontman poked fun at his controversial Brit Awards rock 'n' roll rant, joking: "I think I used all my best s**t last week so thank you very much."

Lily Allen marked her return to music by scooping the Best Solo Artist gong, with the mum-of-two seeming to disagree with her win.

She stated: "This is kind of dumb cos David Bowie was in the same category and Jake Bugg so this goes to you guys really, not me."

Lily later posed for photos with her award - which had been damaged - as the star held the infamous middle finger of her NME Award in her right hand and pulled an unhappy face.

Allen was also on hand to present Blondie with the Godlike Genius Award, with Debbie Harry and Co closing the ceremony with an eight-song set, including hits Heart Of Glass and One Way Or Another.

Harry also told The Metro that fans can expect more from them at this yea's Glastonbury Festival, confirming: "We just heard today – we’re going to be doing Glastonbury."

Other winners of the night included Disclosure, HAIM, Paul McCartney and hit US TV series, Breaking Bad.

NME Awards 2014 - Full winners list:

Godlike Genius Award
Blondie

Songwriters' Songwriter
Paul McCartney

Award for Innovation
Damon Albarn

Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music Award
Belle and Sebastian

Philip Hall Radar Award
Fat White Family

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys - WINNER!
Foals
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Two Door Cinema Club

Best International Band
HAIM - WINNER!
Arcade Fire
Queens Of The Stone Age
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend

Best Solo Artist
Lorde
Lily Allen - WINNER!
Jake Bugg
Paul McCartney
Kanye West
David Bowie

Best New Band
Drenge - WINNER!
Swim Deep
Chvrches
Jagwar Ma
Wolf Alice
Courtney Barnett

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys - WINNER!
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Haim
Queens Of The Stone Age
Savages

Best Album
Arctic Monkeys - AM - WINNER!
Queens Of The Stone Age - …Like Clockwork
Peace - In Love
Kanye West - Yeezus
Savages - Silence Yourself
Drenge - Drenge

Best Track
Arctic Monkeys - 'Do I Wanna Know?'
Lily Allen - 'Hard Out Here'
Disclosure - 'White Noise' - WINNER!
Arcade Fire - 'Reflektor'
Primal Scream - '2013'
Daft Punk - 'Get Lucky'

Best Music Video
Arctic Monkeys - 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?'
Pharrell - 'Happy'
Arcade Fire - 'Reflektor'
Lily Allen - 'Hard Out Here'
Eagulls - 'Nerve Endings' - WINNER!
HAIM - 'Falling'

Best Festival
Glastonbury - WINNER!
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
Latitude
Bestival
V

Best TV Show
Breaking Bad - WINNER!
Fresh Meat
Sherlock
Game Of Thrones
Misfits
Doctor Who

Best Music Film
Muscle Shoals
Made Of Stone - WINNER!
Sound City
The National: Mistaken For Strangers
Good Vibrations
Muse

Best Reissue
Nirvana - In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition
The Clash - Sound System - WINNER!
The Beta Band - The Regal Years: 1997–2004
The Breeders - LSXX (Last Splash 20th Anniversary Edition)
Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Best Band Blog Or Twitter
Jehnny Beth, Savages
Albert Hammond Jr
Alana Haim, HAIM - WINNER!
James Blunt
Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts
Grimes

Best Book
Morrissey - Autobiography - WINNER!
Alan McGee - Creation Stories
Bob Stanley - Yeah Yeah Yeah
Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In
Beck - Song Reader
Richard Hell - I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp

Best Small Festival
Rockness
Y Not
Kendall Calling
Swn - WINNER!
Green Man
Festival Number 6

Best Fan Community
Hurts
Haim
Arctic Monkeys - WINNER!
Muse
Peace
Morrissey

Music Moment Of The Year
Pussy Riot are freed
Arctic Monkeys headline Glastonbury
Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn come together for Teenage Cancer Trust - WINNER!
Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury
Morrissey's autobiography is released
Kanye West brings Jesus impersonator on stage

Worst Band
One Direction
The Wanted
The 1975 - WINNER!
Imagine Dragons
30 Seconds To Mars
Muse

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner - WINNER!
David Bowie
Este Haim
Russell Brand
Pussy Riot
Lou Reed

Villain Of The Year
Miley Cyrus
Robin Thicke
Harry Styles - WINNER!
David Cameron
Vladimir Putin
Russell Brand