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| Muse, Pulp and Blur win Q Awards | Muse, Pulp and Blur win Q Awards |
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| Britpop bands Pulp and Blur won major prizes at this year's Q Awards, while Muse were named best act in the world. | Britpop bands Pulp and Blur won major prizes at this year's Q Awards, while Muse were named best act in the world. |
| Blur took the trophy for best live act, in the wake of their Hyde Park gig at the close of the Olympics, beating the likes of The Stone Roses and Radiohead. | Blur took the trophy for best live act, in the wake of their Hyde Park gig at the close of the Olympics, beating the likes of The Stone Roses and Radiohead. |
| Dance act Underworld, who put together the music for the London 2012 Games, also received the Innovation In Sound award from director Danny Boyle. | Dance act Underworld, who put together the music for the London 2012 Games, also received the Innovation In Sound award from director Danny Boyle. |
| Meanwhile, Jarvis Cocker picked up the Inspiration Award for his band Pulp. | Meanwhile, Jarvis Cocker picked up the Inspiration Award for his band Pulp. |
| "It's been the most incredible year for British music," said Q Magazine's editor Andrew Harrison. | "It's been the most incredible year for British music," said Q Magazine's editor Andrew Harrison. |
| "Our bands and our anthems transformed the Olympics... and amazing comeback shows from Blur and the Stone Roses showed the enduring appeal of our best-loved musicians." | "Our bands and our anthems transformed the Olympics... and amazing comeback shows from Blur and the Stone Roses showed the enduring appeal of our best-loved musicians." |
| Other prizes went to soul singer Emeli Sande, who was named best solo artist, beating perennial Q cover stars such as Noel Gallagher and Adele. Sande performed at both the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Games. | Other prizes went to soul singer Emeli Sande, who was named best solo artist, beating perennial Q cover stars such as Noel Gallagher and Adele. Sande performed at both the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Games. |
| She said she was honoured to win, and that Q had "supported me from the start". | |
| Plan B's scathing attack on the British Government, Ill Manors, won track of the year, while veteran soul singer Bobby Womack took home the prize for his latest album, The Bravest Man In The Universe. | Plan B's scathing attack on the British Government, Ill Manors, won track of the year, while veteran soul singer Bobby Womack took home the prize for his latest album, The Bravest Man In The Universe. |
| The best new act category contained three nominees for the forthcoming Mercury Prize - Alt J, Lianne La Havas and Django Django, and was won by the latter, a four-piece art-rock outfit formed at Edinburgh University. | The best new act category contained three nominees for the forthcoming Mercury Prize - Alt J, Lianne La Havas and Django Django, and was won by the latter, a four-piece art-rock outfit formed at Edinburgh University. |
| Speaking at the event in London, they told the BBC the award will go "in our studio above our record player. It'll sit there and greet us every time we come in the room." | Speaking at the event in London, they told the BBC the award will go "in our studio above our record player. It'll sit there and greet us every time we come in the room." |
| Among a hoard of trophies for legacy artists came awards for Come On Eileen hitmakers Dexys (Q Icon Award), former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr (Q Hero) and Welsh rock trio Manic Street Preachers (Q Classic album, for their 1992 debut Generation Terrorists). | Among a hoard of trophies for legacy artists came awards for Come On Eileen hitmakers Dexys (Q Icon Award), former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr (Q Hero) and Welsh rock trio Manic Street Preachers (Q Classic album, for their 1992 debut Generation Terrorists). |
| Dexys received their award from US R&B singer Geno Washington, the inspiration for their song Geno. | |
| He told the BBC: "When I first heard it, my wife said I should sue them. But I loved it. | He told the BBC: "When I first heard it, my wife said I should sue them. But I loved it. |
| "I laughed so hard I had tears rolling down my face." | "I laughed so hard I had tears rolling down my face." |
| The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers was named Q Hero while Dionne Warwick's seminal interpretation of David and Bacharach's Walk On By was crowned Q Classic Song. | The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers was named Q Hero while Dionne Warwick's seminal interpretation of David and Bacharach's Walk On By was crowned Q Classic Song. |
| Warwick said she was "in the room" when Hal David and Burt Bacharach wrote it. | Warwick said she was "in the room" when Hal David and Burt Bacharach wrote it. |
| "What does it mean to me?" she said. "It means what it says [on the trophy] - a classic." | "What does it mean to me?" she said. "It means what it says [on the trophy] - a classic." |
| Flowers joked: "I'm an American Idol," adding that winning the award separately from his band would not cause tension. | |
| "It's natural for singers to get more attention," he said. |