The Who will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the all new Live Music Awards, which, as previously reported, are being launched by those Vodaphone people. The awards will be presented at a bash next month at the all new Roundhouse venue up there in Camden and the nomination lists were announced yesterday.
As well as receiving the lifetime achievement honour, The Who are also up for one of the main awards - Best Live Return - for which they will compete with Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode and Take That. Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs, Muse and Razorlight are all up for the overall Live Act gong, while Foo Fighters, Scissor Sisters, The Killers and U2 are nominated in the Best International Live Act category. Arctic Monkeys, Bob Geldof, Gorillaz and Muse, meanwhile, will compete for a Live Impact Award - which is very exciting, even though I've no idea what exactly that means.