Festival Awards Europe Announce Winners

Last night - at a ceremony in the Netherlands that included performances from James Vincent McMorrow, Selah Sue and Dog Is Dead - the winners of the Festival Awards Europe were announced.

Decided by a combination of public vote and industry juries, winners included Melt! (Germany) for the Green ‘N’ Clean gong, Rock Werchter (Belgium) for Best European Festival Line-Up, Coldplay for Festival Anthem Of The Year and Best Headliner, and - as previously announced - Michael Eavis for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Best Major European Festival – Sziget Festival (Hungary)
Best Medium-Sized European Festival – Off Festival (Poland)
Best Small European Festival – Haldern Pop (Germany)
Best New European Festival – Extrema Outdoor (Belgium)
Best Indoor Festival – I Love Techno (Belgium)
Best European Festival Line-Up – Rock Werchter (Belgium)
YOUROPE Green ‘N’ Clean Festival Of The Year – Melt! (Germany)
Artist’s Favourite European Festival – Southside / Hurricane (Germany)
Best Newcomer association with Eurosonic Noorderslag – James Blake
Best Headliner – Coldplay
Festival Anthem of the Year - Coldplay ‘Viva La Vida’
Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year – FKP Scorpio (Germany)
YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award – Michael Eavis, Glastonbury (UK)

Following their win for Best Major Festival, Fruzsina Szep, from Sziget Festival, commented: ‘We were very much hoping to win this award and it really means a lot to us because 2012 will be the 20th edition of our festival.’