Glastonbury and The Ting Tings clean up at UK Festival Awards

On an evening, which coincided with AEG Live packing up and moving from Canary Wharf to new offices in London Bridge, the girls took time out from tipping the contents of their desks into crates to attend the UK Festival Awards.

A big thank you to Emma Reynolds for inviting me to join them for an awards ceremony, which saw Glastonbury and The Ting Tings scoop a hat-trick of accolades each.

The awards, organised by Virtual Festivals took place at AEG's Indigo2. Within the plush surroundings of a live music venue that, this year alone has hosted everyone from Gary Numan to the Brand New Heavies (with Shakin' Stevens and the Bootleg Beatles still to come before the year is through), the great, the good and the crusty of the festival scene gathered.

They drank jagermeister, ignored some unknown compère whose day-job is at BBC 6 Music, swapped stories of mud and chemical toilets and stood only to applaud Michael Eavis before booing his suggestion that Jay Z should return next year.

Some 55,000 people voted for the winners of these awards. The 2008 hall of fame is as follows:

Best Major - Glastonbury Festival
Best Medium - Lovebox Weekender
Best Small - Secret Garden Party
Best Dance Festival - Glade Festival
Best Line-up - T In The Park
Best New - Camp Bestival
Grass Roots - Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
Family Festival - Larmer Tree Festival
The Greener Festival Award - Waveform Festival
Best Toilets - The Big Chill
Yourope Award for Best European Festival - Oxegen
Best Headline Act - Kings Of Leon
Festival Rock Act - Biffy Clyro
Festival Dance Act - The Prodigy
Festival Pop Act - The Ting Tings
Festival Feel-Good Act - The Mighty Boosh
Best Urban Act - Dizzee Rascal
Best Newcomer - The Ting Tings
Anthem Of The Summer - The Ting Tings – 'That's Not My Name'
Innovation Award - Standon Calling: Hosted the UK's first festival underwater dance arena in a swimming pool
Most Memorable Moment - Jay-Z mocks Noel Gallagher with a rendition of Oasis' 'Wonderwall' at Glastonbury
Outstanding Contribution To Festival Award - Michael Eavis