Kerrang! Awards 2008
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{{Infobox award
| name = Kerrang! Awards 2008
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| sponsor = Kerrang!
| date = {{start date|2008|08|21|df=y}}
| location = The Brewery, London
| country = England
| host = Scott Ian
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| previous = 2007
| main = Kerrang! Awards
| next = 2009
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The Kerrang! Awards 2008 were held in London, England, on 21 August 2008 at The Brewery in Romford and were hosted by Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.{{cite news|first=Victoria|last=Hannaford|title=Kerrang winners|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080822_kerrangawards.shtml|date=August 22, 2008|access-date=February 16, 2012}}
On 22 July 2008 Kerrang! announced the 2008 nominees.{{cite news|title=Kerrang! Awards 2008: And the nominees are... |work=Kerrang! |publisher=Bauer Media Group |url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2008/07/kerrang_awards_2008_and_the_no.html |date=July 22, 2008 |access-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113183146/http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2008/07/kerrang_awards_2008_and_the_no.html |archive-date=November 13, 2013 }} The main categories were dominated by Thirty Seconds to Mars and Bullet for My Valentine with four nominations, followed by Avenged Sevenfold with three. Thirty Seconds to Mars was the biggest winner of the night, taking home two awards.{{cite magazine|first=Andre|last=Paine|title=30 Seconds To Mars Wins Two Kerrang! Awards|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3iea21f1e7305441286c16341237a955bf|date=August 21, 2008|access-date=February 16, 2012|archive-date=30 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730023910/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3iea21f1e7305441286c16341237a955bf|url-status=dead}}
Nominations
Winners are in bold text.
=Best British Newcomer=
=Best International Newcomer=
=Best British Band=
=Best International Band=
=Best Live Band=
=Best Album=
=Best Single=
=Best Video=
- Thirty Seconds to Mars — "A Beautiful Lie"
- Bullet for My Valentine — "Waking the Demon"
- Weezer — "Pork and Beans"
- Coheed and Cambria — "Feathers"
- Gallows — "Staring at the Rude Bois"
=Classic Songwriter=
=Kerrang! Inspiration=
=Kerrang! Icon=
=Kerrang! Hall of Fame=
=Spirit of Independence=
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120516201257/http://awards.kerrang.com/ Kerrang! Awards official website]
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