In tribute to the late Dolores O’Riordan, front woman and lead vocalist of The Cranberries, and to celebrate the band being awarded the Icon Award, supported by Visit West Hollywood, the band’s lead guitarist Noel Hogan will be joined by Royel Otis for a special tribute performance at the ZYN Rolling Stone UK Awards, which take place on November 20, 2025 at the Roundhouse, Camden (UK).
Spotlighting the standout UK and Irish acts of 2025, the ZYN Rolling Stone UK Awards will be celebrating artists across categories including: the Album Award, supported by ZYN; and the Song of the Year award, the Icon Award; supported by Visit West Hollywood; the Lifetime Achievement Award, supported by Defender; the Live Act Award, supported by Vyra; the Artist Award, supported by ZYN; and the Play Next Award – which celebrates 2025’s standout rising star.
AWARD CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES
The Icon Award, supported by Visit West Hollywood
The Cranberries
The Album Award, supported by ZYN
Nominees: EUSEXUA, FKA twigs, From the Pyre, The Last Dinner Party; Lotus, Little Simz; More, Pulp; People Watching, Sam Fender; The Clearing, Wolf Alice
The Breakthrough Award
Nominees: Chloe Qisha, Divorce, jasmine.4.t, Jordan Adetunji, Myles Smith, SHERELLE
The Artist Award, supported by ZYN
Nominees: Joy Crookes, Lewis Capaldi, Little Simz, Obongjayar, Olivia Dean, Sam Fender
The Song of the Year Award
Nominees: ‘GBP’, Central Cee and 21 Savage; ‘Take a Sexy Picture of Me’, CMAT; ‘Nice to Each Other’, Olivia Dean; ‘WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!’, ‘Illegal’, PinkPantheress, RAYE; ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’, Wolf Alice
The Play Next Award
Nominees: Cliffords, Getdown Services, Jacob Alon, Rianne Downey, Skye Newman, Westside Cowboy
The Group Award
Nominees: Oasis, Nova Twins,
The Prodigy, The Royston Club,
Sleep Token, Wunderhorse
The Record Label Award
Nominees: AWAL, Dead Oceans, RCA, Rough Trade Records, Warner Records, XL Recordings
The Film Award
Nominees: Danny Boyle, 28 Years Later; Kirk Jones, I Swear, Tim Key, The Ballad of Wallis Island; Bernard MacMahon, Becoming Led Zeppelin; Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good; Little Simz, Steve
The Television Award
Nominees: Stephen Graham, Adolescence; Jack Rooke, Big Boys; Sally Wainwright, Riot Women; Jamie Campbell Bower, Stranger Things, Stephen Butchard, This City Is Ours; Ellis Howard, What It Feels Like for a Girl
The Live Act Award, supported by Vyra
Nominees: Biffy Clyro, CMAT, JADE, RAYE, Oasis, Self Esteem
The Festival Award
Nominees: All Points East, Body Movements, GALA, Glastonbury, Green Man, LIDO