Members of Jane's Addiction will be present at the event, which takes place at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on April 23.

NME editor Conor McNicholas says, "When we were in the planning stages of bringing the NME Awards to America, Jane's Addiction were always in our thoughts. They are exactly the sort of once-in-a-lifetime inspirational, aspirational, no-holds-barred, genre-busting, risk-taking, pioneering group which sums up what the NME Awards is all about."

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