DREAM THEATER Honoured With "Spirit Of Prog" Achievement Award At 2009 Classic Rock Awards
November 2, 2009, 14 years ago
DREAM THEATER have issued the following update:
"Dream Theater was honored with the Spirit Of Prog achievement award at the 2009 Classic Rock Awards this evening (November 2nd) in London. The award was presented to Mike Portnoy by prog legend Rick Wakeman, who added that he couldn't have been happier for it to go to such a worthy recipient (and joked that he was jealous he wasn't getting it!)The star studded event was attended by such legends as Jimmy Page of LED ZEPPELIN, Pete Townshend of THE WHO, Ron Wood of the ROLLING STONES, Brian May of QUEEN, Joe Perry of AEROSMITH, Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers of BAD COMPANY, Iggy Pop, Slash of GUNS N' ROSES, Tony Iommi of BLACK SABBATH, Ginger Baker of CREAM, Chrissy Hynde of THE PRETENDERS, Carl Palmer of ELP and members of IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX, ANVIL, MARILLION, ZZ TOP, URIAH HEEP and MOTT THE HOOPLE.
Here's an initial report of the winners, and some paparazzi pix of the red carpet arrival:
Dream Theater also was nominated in the Album Of The Year category for their latest release, Black Clouds & Silver Linings."
As previously reported, Imhotep’s Paul Kearns and Roy Kristensen met Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci in Oslo, Norway recently. The three-part chat can be viewed below:
