The Brits are such a waste of time.
I loved the Arctic Monkeys way of accepting the award, totally shunning tradition, and the way they took the piss out of the Brit School that every single winner harped on about.

Sharon Osbourne was so rude to Vic Reeves? that's his name isn't it? He said after that he wasn't actually drunk, but he was having trouble reading the autocue.

plus new R.E.M,already Radiohead,probably Muse and U2

if all those bands release,this is going to be the best year in music

and since british music is the best music,could be one of the best years in world music... I heard Travis are either planning to release something

I don't know how you can't like them, their music is definetly  not out of tune( I realise that you said that afterwards), and the lyrics are innovative and unique, they are one of the best live acts around these days, and certainly better than "Take That" who won that award, I don't think a pop act should win best live act, it should have been a actual live band.

As for them looking like "Twonks" that was the point, they don't take this award seriously, it's a wonder they actually showed up to the event this year, but they keep getting nominated and they will keep showing up to the event or appearing streamed and continue to look like "twonks."

We'll have to agree to disagree as everyone's music taste is different.  

As much as I want to rant about why their music is not awful, it's really pointless because yeah exactly, everyone has their own tastes.

I just don't think they should, Live to me means, guitars, drums, proper live, not choreographed(I have no idea how to spell that) dance routines, but again that's personal and to everyone live means different things.

But to me because I've been to both, Pop Live (back in the youth), and Rock Live, there's something more satisfying about the second.

I've seen the arctic Monkeys before and I saw Take That live in December and they were fabulous. Totally deserved the award. I think live act isn't just about the music, it's about the show. And Take That put on a show. And they were 100% live. How many 'pop acts' can you say that about? Their interaction with the crowd was second to none and you really felt like they cared whether or not the fans enjoyed the show. And 'Rule The World' was absolutely amazing. The effects and staging were fantastic, it's a great song and it was sung brilliantly.

I suppose, like you say, the interpretation entirely depends on what you as a listener are looking for in the performance. But the award is for 'Best Live Act' and not 'Best Live Rock Band'. So you can't exclude them from the running just because they don't play drums and bass (I was gonna say play their own instruments but that would be unfair on Take That because in most of their songs at least one of them was playing some sort of instrument). They put on a damn good show. And a sophisticated one at that. And it wasn't just all choreographed dance routines either.