JohnCenaFan28
08-28-2008, 12:41 AM
British rock group Pink Floyd received the prestigious Polar Music Prize for their "monumental contribution" to popular music at a ceremony in Sweden.
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King Carl XVI Gustaf presented band members Nick Mason and Roger Waters with the award in Stockholm.
They share the prize - which is split between pop and classical musicians - with American soprano Renee Fleming.
The winners each receive one million kroner (£70,523) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Waters, 64, paid tribute to his 96-year old mother at the ceremony.
"If there is any humanity and empathy in my work, which I think there is, I would rather owe it to her," he said.
"Connoisseurs and the general public alike have been dazzled by the beauty of her soft and natural voice," they added.
The two-time Grammy winner appeared on the soundtrack to The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
BBC News
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King Carl XVI Gustaf presented band members Nick Mason and Roger Waters with the award in Stockholm.
They share the prize - which is split between pop and classical musicians - with American soprano Renee Fleming.
The winners each receive one million kroner (£70,523) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Waters, 64, paid tribute to his 96-year old mother at the ceremony.
"If there is any humanity and empathy in my work, which I think there is, I would rather owe it to her," he said.
"Connoisseurs and the general public alike have been dazzled by the beauty of her soft and natural voice," they added.
The two-time Grammy winner appeared on the soundtrack to The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
BBC News