Music legends The Who are being awarded a Lifetime Achievement award for live music.
The band will be given the gong at the inaugural Vodafone Live Music Awards next month. Presently on a comeback world tour, The Who's venerable rockers have shown they can still draw huge crowds. There are no plans yet to extend the tour to Australia, though there have been persistent - if unsubstantiated - rumours about the veterans playing at the next Big Day Out.
Nominees for the other titles at the Vodafone awards include Coldplay, the Kaiser Chiefs, Muse and Razorlight for Live Act. Take That, Pink Floyd, and Depeche Mode, as well as The Who, have been nominated for Best Live Return. Foo Fighters, the Scissor Sisters, The Killers and U2 are up for International Live Act. The Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement in Live Music award has been created to honour the contribution the late Queen singer made to live music.
The awards will be held at the Roundhouse in central London on October 11.
Below: The Who performing during a concert in Philadelphia this month, part of the band's world tour.
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