Q Awards for McCartney and Ferry
Written by admin on October 26, 2010 – 3:04 pm - |
Paul McCartney and Bryan Ferry were among the recipients of Q Awards at a ceremony in London last night. McCartney’s Wings album “Band on the Run” received the Classic Album award (in advance of its re-release next week) and Ferry won the Q Icon award. |
Accepting the Classic Album award from Tom Meighan, McCartney said:
| “The Beatles were a pretty hard act to follow, and we followed them. To all the younger bands, which is pretty much everyone, keep rockin’. I love ya. To Wings and The Beatles, thank you for getting me here. And, this one’s for Linda!” |
The biggest winner of the night was Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, who won Best Female and Best Track for “You’ve Got the Love.”
The full list of Q Award recipients is as follows:
- Best Act in the World – Kasabian
- Best Male – Paolo Nutini
- Best Female – Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine)
- Breakthrough Artist – Plan B
- Best New Act – Mumford & Sons
- Best Live Act – Green Day
- Next Big Thing – Clare MaGuire
- Best Album – “High Violet” by The National
- Best Track – “You’ve Got the Love” by Florence and the Machine
- Best video – “End Credits” by Chase & Status
- Innovation in sound – Mark Ronson
- Classic Album – “Band On The Run” by Wings
- Classic Songwriter – Neil Finn (of Crowded House)
- Inspiration Award – Suede
- Icon – Bryan Ferry
- Idol – Madness
- Hero – The Chemical Brothers
- Hall of Fame Award – Take That.
Tags: Band on the Run, Bryan Ferry, Madness, Paul McCartney, Q Awards
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