Pink Floyd Accept Award for Polar Music Prize

With the official 2008 Polar Music Award ceremony being held in Stockholm yesterday, Roger Waters and Nick Mason have been seen all over the Swedish media. Pink Floyd were joint winners of this year's award for their contribution to popular music, alongside American soprano Renee Fleming. Roger and Nick were there to receive the award, and said that David Gilmour and Richard Wright were sorry they could not attend.

During the ceremony, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt gave his own tribute to the band, saying that their work was "a monumental contribution, and captured the mood and spirit of a whole generation in their reflections and attitudes." He even broke into an impromptu 'Another Brick In The Wall', to which Roger Waters looked a little nonplussed and uncomfortable with! You can view this unusual performance through the links below.

On receiving the award, Roger dedicated the award to his 96-year-old mother: "If there is any humanity and empathy in my work, which I think there is, I would rather owe it to her."

At the press conference the day before, Roger noted that the prize - one of just a few such honours the band have won over the years was "very important to me. We seem to be a bit thin on prizes."

Nick added: "It's not that I feel we need or deserve an award. But it makes you feel like you are a part of history."

Nick said that the prize money - one million Kroner, or US$157,000 - would be shared between all the band, and donated to their chosen charities.



Video Footage:
http://www.aftonbladet.se are streaming a video piece on the press conference with Roger and Nick interviewed about the band.
http://www.nyhetskanalen.se have a clip showing Roger and Nick receiving the award, followed by Reinfeldt serenading the audience with Another Brick.

Audio:
http://www.sr.se have a two minute interview with Roger Waters.

Text/Pictures:
http://www.sydsvenskan.se have an interview with Roger and Nick at the press conference the day before.
http://www.svt.se have a sequence of nine pictures from the ceremony.
http://www.metro.se have a report about the event.
http://www.dn.se have a report about the event.

Source:
Brain Damage

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That second picture is just awesome...

I immediately thought about "Wot's... Uh the Deal?"

Glad they got the award!

Shame i dont understand the langauges on any of those sites... Lol

More pictures:



Young fans present their guitars to be signed by the legendary Pink Floyd musician



Princess Victoria joined the rest of the Swedish royal family at the country's most prestigious music awards ceremony. Her father Carl Gustaf did the honours presenting a Polar to Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters (second from right)

Heh.....check it out! Cool photos! Would have been even better if Dave and Rick could've joined in the festivities, but what can you do? That facial shrubbery makes Rog look rather extin....errrr.....distinguished!

I Am Lono Wrote:Heh.....check it out! Cool photos! Would have been even better if Dave and Rick could've joined in the festivities, but what can you do? That facial shrubbery makes Rog look rather extin....errrr.....distinguished!

Yea Rog...I mean whon....ermmm....Lono, I thought those high altitudes were supposed to make you look younger!

Good for them, its about time. Not the best pictures of Roger, the man could look a little less unhappy. Your face does not crack if you s-m-i-l-e. I don't think the facial scruff does a thing for him either and I like hair on most men.

spinstergirl Wrote:Good for them, its about time. Not the best pictures of Roger, the man could look a little less unhappy. Your face does not crack if you s-m-i-l-e. I don't think the facial scruff does a thing for him either and I like hair on most men.

yeah good on them, shame David Gilmour and Rick Write couldn't make it though...hey does any nobody know the real reason why Pink Floyd split? seems a crying shame that such a great band had to part the way they did, i know they re-grouped for live 8 but you could still see it was a bit uncomfortably numb!

sibsy Wrote:

spinstergirl Wrote:Good for them, its about time. Not the best pictures of Roger, the man could look a little less unhappy. Your face does not crack if you s-m-i-l-e. I don't think the facial scruff does a thing for him either and I like hair on most men.

yeah good on them, shame David Gilmour and Rick Write couldn't make it though...hey does any nobody know the real reason why Pink Floyd split? seems a crying shame that such a great band had to part the way they did, i know they re-grouped for live 8 but you could still see it was a bit uncomfortably numb!

Artistic conflicts and large controlling egos. Roger was a perfectionist and tough to work with. And then there was that long nasty court fight over the band name" Pink Floyd". David 1, Roger 0.