ORANGE AMPLIFICATION PRESENTS
THE CLASSIC ROCK ROLL OF HONOUR 2012
IN ASSOCIATION WITH CURRENCIES.CO.UK
** Duff McKagan to host the evening **
** Southern Rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd to perform **
28/09/12 Orange Amplification Presents The Classic Rock Roll Of Honour in association with currencies.co.uk is proud to announce that rock legend Duff McKagan will be taking the helm of the prestigious awards show.
Having sold well over 100 million albums worldwide, the former Guns ‘N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist is flattered to have been asked by the magazine to host the awards: “I’m pretty honored to have been asked to host this years’ Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards. God. I hope I don’t fuck it up…”
Musician, songwriter, producer, businessman and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee McKagan follows an illustrious list of presenters that has included Alice Cooper and Gene Simmons. This year’s awards ceremony will see him presiding over the awards honouring the great and good of the Classic Rock fraternity.
Taking to the stage with their unmistakable sound of country rock will be the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Floridian rockers will be closing the show with a 25-minute set of their biggest hits.
Johnny Van Zant, Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman, says: “It’s great to see the band getting noticed in the UK, Europe and beyond. We’ve been working on spreading the band’s music around the world and it’s appreciated to see that the band and its legacy, is finally being recognised. I think my brother and the ones that have moved on would be proud. Not too bad for a little band from the Westside of Jacksonville, Florida!”
Already announced is the Texan trio ZZ Top who will be accepting the esteemed Living Legend Award.
Classic Rock is well into the voting process for the coveted reader-voted categories for this year’s Roll Of Honour and fans can cast their all-important vote now at www.classicrockmagazine.com/awards.
The categories voted for by readers are:
Best New Band – Awarded to the best new rock band of the past 12 months
Ancient VVisdom
Casablanca
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Cory Branan
Ghost
Monster Truck
Phantom Limb
Tedeschi-Trucks Band
The Civil Wars
Tracer
Band Of The Year - Awarded to the most exciting rock band of the last 12 months
Black Sabbath
Guns n; Roses
Joe Bonamassa
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rush
ZZ Top
Reissue Of The Year Awarded to the best-embellished reissue of the last 12 months
Heart, Strange Euphoria
Howlin’ Wolf, Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
Jethro Tull, Aqualung Boxed Set
Judas Priest, Single Cuts: The Complete UK Singles Collection
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Reissues
Pink Floyd, Reissues
Roxy Music, The Complete Studio Recordings
Small Faces, Reissues
Whitesnake, Box O’Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982
The Who, Quadrophenia, The Super Deluxe Edition
Film/DVD Of The Year
George Harrison, Living In The Material World
Mission to Lars
Mott the Hoople, The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople
Pink Floyd, The Story Of Wish You Were Here
Rock Of Ages
The Rolling Stones, Some Girls Live In Texas
Searching for Sugar Man
Album Of The Year
Alice Cooper, Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball
Howlin Rain, The Russian Wilds
Joe Bonamassa, Driving Towards Daylight
Mark Tremonti, All I Was
Mastodon, The Hunter
Opeth, Heritage
Rush, Clockwork Angels
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy, Apocalyptic Love
The Union, Siren’s Song
UFO, Seven Deadly
Van Halen, A Different Kind Of Truth
Event Of The Year – What was the most exciting talking point of the last 12 months?
Aerosmith kiss and make up
Black Sabbath reunite
Download Festival 2012
Lou Reed and Metallica pool forces for Lulu
Queen work with Adam Lambert
Springsteen and McCartney get silenced at Hyde Park
Status Quo ‘Frantic Four’ reunite
Ginger Wildheart raises £250K for his new album
The Classic Rock Roll Of Honour is one of the most highly respected ceremonies of the music year and always attracts the biggest names in the world of Rock. Recognition at this must-attend event is the pinnacle of every musician’s career as they join the list of past winners.
This year’s awards will again be held at the legendary Roundhouse in Camden, London on Tuesday 13th November.
For more information on the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour please contact: david.cox@outside-org.co.uk or melissa.nathan@outside-org.co.uk 0207 436 3633
Editors Notes:
About Future:
Future plc is an international media group and leading digital publisher, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating 200 special-interest publications, apps, websites and events. We hold market-leading positions in Games, Film, Music, Technology, Cycling, Automotive and Crafts. Our biggest-selling products include T3, Total Film, Classic Rock and Official Xbox Magazine. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, musicradar.com and techradar.com (the UK’s number one consumer technology website). Future sells 2.2 million magazines each month; we attract more than 38 million monthly unique visitors to our websites; and we deliver over 100 digital editions and bespoke apps on tablet. Future exports or syndicates publications to 89 countries, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of magazine content. Future was named Consumer Digital Publisher of the Year for the second year running at the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2012.
About Classic Rock:
The worlds most revered and respected hard rock media brand, every month Classic Rock magazine goes behind the scenes to bring the real stories of the rock legends from Led Zeppelin to Guns N Roses, Black Sabbath to Pink Floyd and far beyond. Written by the world’s leading rock experts and featuring rock’s most renowned photographers, Classic Rock unearths the reality from the myths and brings you the latest in 21st century rock. Classic Rock is brought to you by the same people who also publish Classic Rock Presents Prog and Classic Rock Presents AOR. Every issue is packed with exclusive interviews and features on rock’s biggest names, and includes the heftiest and most trustworthy rock reviews section on the planet. Classic Rock: The world’s only high-voltage rock’n’roll brand.
About Orange Amplification:
Founded in 1968 by Cliff Cooper, Orange Amps have always been a pioneering force in guitar amplification and built their reputation on delivering high quality without compromise on construction and tone. Known as the best British guitar amplifier manufacturer for both design and build, the company were awarded The Queens Award for Enterprise and International Trade in 2006 and 2009, the highest award that the Queen can confer on a UK company and it is recognised throughout the world.
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