Led Zeppelin win outstanding achievement gong at GQ awards
Led Zeppelin awarded outstanding achievement prize at GQ awards
Also In The News
|
Police have said that they believe a 50-year-old man killed his wife and daughter before setting the family's Shropshire house on fire. |  |
Wednesday, 03, Sep 2008 12:43
Led Zeppelin have been awarded an outstanding achievement prize at the GQ Men of the Year awards.
The legendary rockers reformed for a one-off concert at London's O2 Arena last December, with more than one million people applying for tickets to the charity gig.
Producer Mark Ronson was named the maverick of the year while Primal Scream and the Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers took the best band and most stylish man awards, respectively.
Other winners at the ceremony, hosted by Sir Elton John and Lily Allen, included actor Josh Brolin - soon to be seen as president George Bush in W - Gavin and Stacey star James Corden and London mayor Boris Johnson, who was named politician of the year.
Sir Elton and Allen drank wine throughout the ceremony, with the former joking: "What, are you going to have another drink?" after his presenting partner had announced that a "very special point in the evening" had been reached.
TV chef Gordon Ramsay was named entrepreneur of the year while Manchester United and England footballer Rio Ferdinand won the magazine's editor's special award.
The winners of the GQ Men of the Year awards are:Outstanding achievement
Led Zeppelin
International man
Josh Brolin
Politician
Boris Johnson
Sportsman
Joe Calzaghe
Alfred Dunhill's Maverick
Mark Ronson
Comedian
The Mighty Boosh
Lifetime achievement
David Bailey
Woman
Sam Taylor-Wood
Band
Primal Scream
Actor
Steve Coogan
Most stylish man
Brandon Flowers
Inspiration
Tony Bennett
Chef
Mark Hix
Designer
Christopher Bailey
TV personality
James Nesbitt
Writer
Joseph O'Neill
Breakthrough talent
James Corden
Editor's special award
Rio Ferdinand
Blackberry entrepreneur
Gordon Ramsay
Visionary
Sir Peter Blake
Radio Personality
Chris Evans
Newspaper editor
Peter Wright