I'm really pleased that Adam won this and to see he is well.
On Monday 6th October 2008 at the 19th Q Magazine Awards, held at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, Adam Ant was presented with the 2008 Icon Award.
The awards ceremony has been held by the respected UK magazine since 1990 where the Icon Award has been given as a special recognition to artists, where some of the previous winners have included Jimmy Page, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney
Adam was accompanied to the Awards ceremony by his partner Clare and Morrissey guitarist and former writing partner, Boz Boorer .
They shared a table with BEST NEW ACT, BEST TRACK , BEST VIDEO nominees the Tings Tings.
As Adam walked up to get the award, which was being presented to him by the Sugarbabes, he was given a standing ovation.
Q Magazine has been holding the awards ceremonies in London since 1990, where they have now become one of the major music events in the UK.
The Q Magazine website states that the event is “A unique and intimate celebration with arguably the world’s highest concentration of musical talent and fame.”
The Q Magazine website reported on the presentation shortly after Adam had received the award
One-time ‘dandy highwayman’ and Prince Charming, Adam Ant, was today named Q Icon at the 2008 Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka.
The 53-year-old singer was behind a string of hits during the 1980s both as frontman for The Ants and as a solo star, including Kings Of The Wild Frontier, Antmusic and Goody Two Shoes. Ant – real name Stuart Goddard – successfully reinvented himself musically and image-wise on numerous occasions, successfully straddling the punk and New Romantic movements and coping with the loss of his entire band when Malcolm McClaren persuaded them to ditch him and form BowWowWow.
Collecting the title, Ant said: "It's very good to be standing here. It’s very good to be standing actually! I’ve always loved music and I like music that looks good as well. Forgive me for that. And I’ll be collecting my catalogue royalties from Coldplay later on (a reference to the Ant-like outfits the band were wearing). "It does mean a lot for Q to reward me with this award and you will never know how much it means to me," he added.
On Monday 6th October 2008 at the 19th Q Magazine Awards, held at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, Adam Ant was presented with the 2008 Icon Award.
The awards ceremony has been held by the respected UK magazine since 1990 where the Icon Award has been given as a special recognition to artists, where some of the previous winners have included Jimmy Page, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney
Adam was accompanied to the Awards ceremony by his partner Clare and Morrissey guitarist and former writing partner, Boz Boorer .
They shared a table with BEST NEW ACT, BEST TRACK , BEST VIDEO nominees the Tings Tings.
As Adam walked up to get the award, which was being presented to him by the Sugarbabes, he was given a standing ovation.
Q Magazine has been holding the awards ceremonies in London since 1990, where they have now become one of the major music events in the UK.
The Q Magazine website states that the event is “A unique and intimate celebration with arguably the world’s highest concentration of musical talent and fame.”
The Q Magazine website reported on the presentation shortly after Adam had received the award
One-time ‘dandy highwayman’ and Prince Charming, Adam Ant, was today named Q Icon at the 2008 Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka.
The 53-year-old singer was behind a string of hits during the 1980s both as frontman for The Ants and as a solo star, including Kings Of The Wild Frontier, Antmusic and Goody Two Shoes. Ant – real name Stuart Goddard – successfully reinvented himself musically and image-wise on numerous occasions, successfully straddling the punk and New Romantic movements and coping with the loss of his entire band when Malcolm McClaren persuaded them to ditch him and form BowWowWow.
Collecting the title, Ant said: "It's very good to be standing here. It’s very good to be standing actually! I’ve always loved music and I like music that looks good as well. Forgive me for that. And I’ll be collecting my catalogue royalties from Coldplay later on (a reference to the Ant-like outfits the band were wearing). "It does mean a lot for Q to reward me with this award and you will never know how much it means to me," he added.