Celebs Tell Us Their Villain Of The Year On The 2017 NME Red Carpet

Wiley, Biffy Clyro, Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and more tell us who they think deserved the title this year...

Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 14:29

The NME Awards are never shy of making a statement and last night's 2017 show was no exception. Bands 4 Refugees, a supergroup featuring Charli XCX, Olly Alexander, Pixie Geldof performed to raise awareness and funds for the charity Help Refugees, M.I.A. called out the UK arms industry and over on the red carpet, the artists in attendance didn't shy away from us asking who their Villain Of The Year was.

See the likes of Charli XCX, Biffy Clyro, Dua Lipa, Wiley and more giving their opinions on who should have taken the award in today's MTV News playing above.

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On the night, the actual Villain Of The Year award eventually went to the extremely deserving Nigel Farage, while the main winners on the night included Christine and the Queens who picked up two awards, Wiley, who was awarded the Outstanding Contribution To Music and Bastille who's Wild World scored Best Album.

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2017 NME Awards Main Show Moments

Bastille performed and also won Best Album for 'Wild World'

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Biffy Clyro were named Best British Band

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Christine and the Queens took home Best International Female and Best Track for 'Tilted'

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Dua Lipa performed as well as picking up the Best New Artist award

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Johnny Marr's 'Set The Boy Free' won Best Book

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Louis Theroux won Best Film for 'My Scientology Movie'

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Mike Williams at the 2017 NME Awards

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This year's Godlike Genius Award went to the mighty Pet Shop Boys

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...who then performed an epic closing set

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Pixie Geldof at the 2017 NME Awards

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The 1975's Matt Healy accepted the award for Best Live Band

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Slaves picked up Best Video for 'Consume or be Consumed'

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Bands 4 Refugees performed which featured Charli XCX, Pixie Geldof, Marika Hackman and members from Years & Years, Swim Deep, Black Honey, Slaves, Circa Waves and Peace.

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Wiley performed after being awarded this year's Outstanding Contribution To Music award.

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