Blur set for O2 Silver Clef Award honour in July

Blur are set to obtain the O2 Silver Clef Award on the annual charity gala ceremony this 12 months.

Per Music News, the Britpop legends will probably be honoured on July 5 with the occasion’s largest prize, alongside the opposite newly-announced prize winners of the evening in AC/DC, Chaka Khan, Loyle Carner, Mark Knopfler, Younger Fathers and Jacob Collier.

With this award, Blur joins a league of previous awardees that features David Bowie, Oasis, Paul McCartney and Kylie Minogue.

“Making music with my brothers in Blur has been one of many nice items of my life,” stated bassist Alex James in a press release.

“We’re completely satisfied to obtain the O2 Silver Clef Award and assist increase consciousness for [music therapy charity] Nordoff and Robbins, an excellent organisation.” Final 12 months’s recipient of the O2 Silver Clef was Stormzy.

In a press release, AC/DC expressed that they’re “over the moon” to obtain the Amazon Music Legend Award for his or her prolonged run as a recording artist and reside touring act.

“As a band, we’ve been allotting our personal model of music remedy for the previous 5 a long time,” stated vocalist Brian Johnson, “so to listen to all about how Nordoff and Robbins helps the younger and the previous with the facility of music is one thing that we perceive and salute. Thanks for this honour.”

In the meantime, Chaka Khan will obtain the International Influence Award, praising Nordoff and Robbins as an organisation “the place the facility of music is used to rework, encourage, and convey like to the world.” Loyle Carner will obtain the Finest Male Award, Knopfler with the Music Icon Award, Younger Fathers with Finest Dwell Act, and Jacob Collier for Innovation in Music.

Different acts receiving prizes that evening will probably be Jessie Ware, The 1975, Texas, Cat Burns and Ezra Collective.

With the annual awards occasion, the charity says that over £13 million has been raised since its first version in 1976.

In July, Blur may even launch the feature-length documentary To The Finish, which can observe their current reunion and launch of ninth album ‘The Ballad of Darren’.