The 55th Ivor Novello awards

Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, won best contemporary song for Daniel
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Lily Allen cries in the press room after accepting the romantically titled 'PRS award for most performed work' for The Fear
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Lily Allen poses with her award for best song muscially and lyrically, a category so prestigious they give her a small child to take home. Oh, our mistake, that's her four-year-old sister, Teddy Rose
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Dizzee Rascal was nominated for two awards but walked away empty handed. Fortunately, he managed to mask his disappointment
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Cerys Matthews arrives at Grosvenor House to watch the mayhem unfold
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Yasmin Le Bon was there, possible purveyor of the mayhem Cerys Matthews was hoping to see
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Or maybe she was just there with her husband, Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon
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Paolo Nutini won the best album award for Sunny Side Up
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Shaznay Lewis suffers a spot of shoe trouble. Fortunately, there were plenty of photographers around to capture the moment, otherwise you'd never believe us about the whole 'mayhem' thing
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If the Ivor Noevllos haven't got Elaine Paige written all over them then we don't know what has
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Johnny Marr wins the inspiration award for his work with the Cribs. Just kidding, we're assuming his role in the Smiths clinched it
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Noel Gallagher wasn't nominated, but was there to hand Paul Weller the prize for lifetime achievement. Plus, a free lunch is a free lunch, you know?
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Emily and Michael Eavis were there. Haven't you two got some sort of farm-based music event to be organising?
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