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Progressive Music Awards 2016, Voting Now Open at www.progmagazine.com/awards
David Gilmour, Rush, Steven Wilson and King Crimson Among Those Nominated, Prog Fan, TV’s Matthew Wright Returns As Host.
To be held at the Underglobe (beneath The Globe Theatre) Thursday September 1, 2016
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Every Voter Is Entered Into A Free Prize Draw To Win A Bumper Goodie Bag Featuring Something From Every Nominated Band
June 2016 – Prog Magazine – the world’s leading authority of progressive rock – has announced the nominations for the fifth annual Progressive Music Awards, which returns to the Underglobe at the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre for a third year, on Thursday 1 September.
With voting open now at www.progmagazine.com/awards, the Progressive Music Awards has developed into one of the best attended and most anticipated events in the musical calendar. From those acts making their first tentative forays into the wider musical world, to the prog overlords who have been there, done it and are now receiving a well deserved slap on the back for their endeavours. And everyone who votes will be in with the chance of winning a bumper goodie bag with something in it from EVERY nominated artist – that is some 54 items!
In its short but illustrious five year history, some of the best-selling artists of all time have attended and been honoured including Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson and Roy Wood. Matthew Wright, star of Channel 5’s flagship show The Wright Stuff, and prog uber fan, returns as the host.
This year sees Big Big Train, Dream Theater and King Crimson lead nominations with all receiving three nominations each, and going head to head for Live Event and Band/Artist of the Year. Ten artists including Steven Wilson, Opeth, Riverside and TesseracT all receive two nominations each in what looks to be one of the most unpredictable years yet.
Jerry Ewing, Editor of Prog Magazine, says, “Prog’s biggest night of the year is back! I’m delighted Matthew [Wright] will be joining us again as host, as we honour the great and good of the progressive music world. But this is an event that is as much for prog fans as it is the artists themselves, they have the ultimate say in who wins the accolades on the night and need to make sure their voice is heard by voting, and remember, by casting their vote, they are in with the chance of winning an incredible goodie bag.”
There are 14 categories in total with seven voted for by the readers of Prog Magazine. The nominations are…
LIMELIGHT sponsored by Kscope (These rising prog stars have all been featured in the new band Limelight feature over the past 12 months)
Tiger Moth Tales
Circuline
Kylver
Teramaze
Good Tiger
The Anchoress
The Aaron Clift Experiment
Lithium Dawn
Tiny Giant
Tom Slatter
LIVE EVENT sponsored by Stage (All the world’s a stage, and these prog shows absolutely thrived under the spotlight this year)
Rush – R40 Tour
Ramblin’ Man Fair 2015
Big Big Train Live At King’s Place
David Gilmour – Royal Albert Hall Shows
King Crimson – UK Tour
Opeth – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Steven Wilson – Royal Albert Hall Shows
Night Of The Prog 2015
Dream Theater – The Astonishing Live
RoSFest 2016
VANGUARD (Bands already hailed in prog circles and now pushing for wider attention in the mainstream)
IO Earth
The Fierce & The Dead
Caligula’s Horse
Earthside
Shearwater
Lazuli
iamthemorning
Knifeworld
Bent Knee
The Mute Gods
ANTHEM (Prog comes in all shapes and sizes. Long and complex, or short and catchy, these are the ten best tunes we’ve heard in the last year)
Hexvessel – Transparent Eyeball
This Oceanic Feeling – Put Down The Gun
Riverside – Towards The Blue Horizon
Theo Travis’ Double Talk – Smokin’ At Klooks
Bruce Soord – Field Day
Headspace – Kill You With Kindness
Andy Jackson – Drownings
The Mute Gods – Praying To A Mute God
Motorpsycho – Big Black Dog
Knifeworld – I Must Set Fire To Your Portrait
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (These are the albums that really gripped us over the past year)
TesseracT – Polaris
Hawkwind – The Machine Stops
Dream Theater – The Astonishing
Messenger – Threnodies
Haken- Affinity
iamthemorning – Lighthouse
Big Big Train – Folklore
Between The Buried & Me – Coma Ecliptic
Purson – Desire’s Magic Theatre
Anderson/Stolt – Invention Of Knowledge
BAND/ARTIST OF THE YEAR (The very best artists from the vast prog arena)
Big Big Train
King Crimson
Steven Wilson
Dream Theater
Riverside
TesseracT
Frost*
Messenger
Haken
Between The Buried & Me
THE STORM THORGERSON GRAND DESIGN AWARD (Like the man this award is named after, these sets and collections strive for great artistic heights)
Peter Gabriel – Vinyl Reissues
Anthony Phillips – Reissue Series
Steve Hackett – Premonitions – The Charisma Years
Magma – Konzert Zund
Opeth – Deliverance & Damnation
King Crimson – Thrak Box
Tony Banks – A Chord Too Far
Irmin Schmidt – Electroviolet
Porcupine Tree – The Delerium Years 1994-1997
Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Box Set
