The main prizes - including a lifetime achievement prize for Britpop band Blur - will be handed out at the O2 Arena on 21 February.

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But back in the '90s when his first band Blur was rising high in the self-impressed genre known as Brit pop, I couldn't care less about them.

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He had the best funded campaign too, with financial backing from, among others, Lord Sainsbury, who pumped millions into the Labour coffers during Tony Blair's heyday, and Dave Rowntree, sometime Labour election candidate and the drummer in rock band Blur.

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"I'm not recording any music but I'm going to do some shows with the big band - Blur - and just go to some fun places and play to some people, " he told the BBC.

BBC: Graham Coxon: Blur 'won't record music' this year

Gorillaz, the animated band fronted by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, took home one of the public choice awards for best video for their track Stylo.

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The band was created by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, and the line-up usually appear as cartoons on a screen when playing live.

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Blur's Graham Coxon has dampened fans' hopes of a new album being recorded by the reformed band in 2013.

BBC: Graham Coxon: Blur 'won't record music' this year