Foo Fighters walk away with Band of the Year Award
International
-Staff
By Staff
London
(ANI):
American
rock
band
Foo
Fighters
have
walked
away
with
the
'Band
of
the
Year'
award
at
the
Classic
Rock
awards
held
in
London.
Foo
Fighters
singer
Dave
Grohl
accepted
the
band's
award
in
a
video-taped
acceptance
speech.
Singer
Ozzy
Osbourne
walked
away
with
the
living
legend
award,
which
was
presented
to
him
by
ex-Guns
N''
Roses
guitarist
Slash.
Kiss
guitarist
Paul
Stanley
was
given
the
title
of
showman
of
the
year
while
Australian
rockers
Airborne
were
named
best
new
band.
English
rock
band
Led
Zeppelin
won
the
event
of
the
year
award
for
their
tribute
gig
to
late
Atlantic
Records
boss
Ahmet
Ertegun
at
the
O2
in
London
last
December.
AC/DC
won
DVD
of
the
year
for
Plug
Me
In
while
Metallica
won
the
award
for
reissue
of
the
year
Classic
Rock
magazine's
editor-in-chief
Scott
Rowley
said
that
the
Classic
Rock
Roll
of
Honour
is
a
celebration
of
rock
music
as
the
most
vital
and
vibrant
genre
of
music.
"Ozzy's
a
household
name
and
bands
like
AC/DC,
Led
Zeppelin,
Metallica
and
Guns
N'
Roses
are
getting
more
headlines
and
front
covers
than
ever,
breaking
box
office
records
and
topping
the
charts," BBC
quoted
him
as
saying.