The independents - Little Blue
Cno madre! VIVA EL HORROR PUNK!

Singer Taylor Swift opened this year's Country Music Awards which was held at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 19-year-old, who picked up two awards, also performed with rock band Def Leppard.

Kellie Pickler, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow struggled to keep straight faces for the cameras backstage.

Rapper T-Pain out shone all the other celebrities on the red carpet with his immense chain round his neck.

Charles Kelley, singer Hillary Scott and musician Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum took to the stage and performed together.

The crowd enjoyed Dierks Bentley's performance too.

Martina McBride, who was once dubbed the Celine Dion of country music, took time out to meet with fans outside the venue.

Keith Urban accepted the prize for collaborative video with Braid Paisley for Start a Band.

Paisley also won the award for best male video for Waitin' On A Woman.

Jennifer Nettles (L) and Kristian Bush (C) of Sugarland, performed with Fred Snider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Keith Strickland of the B-52's.
I see your face in my mind as I drive away
'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people
And sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time
Mmm mmm mmmmmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Music starts playing like the end of a sad movie
It's the kind of ending you don't really want to see
'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down
Now I don't know what to be without you around
And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand
And I can't breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to
Never wanted this, never want to see you hurt
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out
And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand
And I can't breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to
It's 2AM
Feel like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it's not easy, easy for me
It's 2AM
Feel like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain't easy, easy for me
And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
Oh
I can't breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to
Ohh
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Yoko Ono was praised as a 'huge influence on modern music'John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has received a lifetime achievement honour at the Mojo magazine awards in London, the first music prize of her career.
Ono, more used to flak from Beatles fans who thought her main achievement was to cause the band to split, thanked Mojo for their "courageous" decision.
With Lennon and on her own, she has made two dozen albums in 41 years.
"It's really great that I went on stage and people were very warm towards me, I didn't expect that," she said.
After picking up the accolade, she added: "For the longest time I never expected people to be so warm when I get on stage."
Asked what her late husband would have made of the award, Ono replied: "He would have said, 'I told you so, man.'
"He was the only person who was really believing and promoting my work. Without that I might have been pretty discouraged."
'Terrible press'
Ono, 76, received support from other musicians at the ceremony.
Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr said she deserved the award because she had "an awful lot of utterly terrible press that was completely uninformed and out of control for no reason".
"But also her records are pretty great," he said, "she didn't really need to be a Beatle wife.
"She was doing some pretty good stuff as it was, and I think she's fantastic."
The four members of Blur were back together before their looming live gigsMark Ronson, who has produced Amy Winehouse and Duran Duran, will perform as part of the Plastic Ono Band at the Meltdown festival in London on Sunday.
He said: "I'm a fan of hers. All those early Plastic Ono recordings are just incredible."
Mojo editor Phil Alexander, who hosted the event, praised Ono as "a huge influence on modern music".
He said: "She may have been married to one of the most famous men in the world, but she also helped change music as we know it in her own right.
"First, by introducing avant-garde sensibilities to her husband but, just as significantly, by continuing to push the boundaries of what was deemed the norm way after that."
Other acts honoured by Mojo included Fleet Foxes, who were named best live act, and Elbow, who won best song for One Day Like This.
Paul Weller beat both of those acts to the prize for best album.
The winners of five competitive categories were voted for by readers and another 14 honorary prizes were handed out.
Manic Street Preachers were presented with the maverick awardBlur, making their first public appearance together ahead of their forthcoming reunion gigs, collected the inspiration award.
The Manic Street Preachers won the maverick award and bassist Nicky Wire said it was an achievement to have spent 20 years signed to the same major label and still be regarded mavericks.
Johnny Marr said he was "very honoured" to receive the trophy for classic songwriter from former Suede guitarist and Duffy producer Bernard Butler.
Mott the Hoople entered the Mojo Hall of Fame, Joy Division won the vision award and the Pretty Things picked up the hero award. Phil Lynott, the late lead singer of 1970s rock gods Thin Lizzy, won the icon award.
Island Records founder Chris Blackwell was decorated with the Mojo Medal, rock 'n' roll pioneer Joe Brown was recognised for his outstanding contribution to music and The Zombies received the classic album award.