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Classic Rock presents awards, announces Tokyo tie-up

By | Published on Thursday 12 November 2015

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As the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards took place in London last night, the media firm behind the magazine and the event, TeamRock, announced it would take the whole thing to Japan next year as part of a partnership with Parallel Contemporary Music International and KLab Entertainment. Hosting the Roll Of Honour bash in Tokyo is part of wider plans to grow the TeamRock brand in the Asian market.

Says TeamRock boss Billy Anderson: “Japan is the second-largest music market in the world with a strong interest and passion for rock music. There is no better place than Tokyo to launch our presence in Asia. Our collaboration with Parallel Contemporary Music International builds on TeamRock’s leadership and success in the rock community and will allow us to expand and grow our brand across Asia”.

Meanwhile David Ciclitira of Parallel added: “We’re delighted to be partnering with TeamRock in bringing the legendary Classic Rock Roll of Honour to the rapidly growing music marketplace of Asia. We believe rock n roll fans have an appetite for the quality content produced by TeamRock and we look forward to using our experience in the marketplace to help grow their brand in the region”.

But before you all start getting ahead of yourselves planning your trips to the Tokyo edition of the Roll Of Honour, let’s just all slow down for a moment and invest some quality time into briefly scanning the list of the 2015 winners celebrated last night and going “hmm, right”. Ready? Here goes…

Band Of The Year: AC/DC
Best New Band: We Are Harlot
The Comeback: Europe

Album Of The Year: Iron Maiden – The Book Of Souls
Reissues Of The Year: Led Zeppelin
Classic Album: Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare
Film/DVD Of The Year: Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways

The Showman: Noddy Holder
The Maestro: Joe Satriani
Tommy Vance Inspiration: Jimi Hendrix
The VIP: Rod MacSween
Outstanding Contribution: Nils Lofgren
Living Legends: Queen



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