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Dream Theater was honored with the "Spirit Of Prog" achievement award at the 2009 Classic Rock Awards this evening in London. The
award was presented to Mike Portnoy by Prog legend Rick Wakeman who
added that he couldn't have been happier for it to go to such a worthy
recipient (and joked that he was jealous he wasn't getting it!) The
star studded event was attended by such legends as Jimmy Page of Led
Zeppelin, Pete Townshend of The Who, Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones,
Brian May of Queen, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers of
Bad Company, Iggy Pop, Slash of Guns N Roses, Tony Iommi of Black
Sabbath, Ginger Baker of Cream, Chrissy Hynde of The Pretenders, Carl
Palmer of ELP and members of Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Anvil, Marillion, ZZ
Top, Uriah Heep and Mott The Hoople. Here's an initial report of the winners: http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/iggy-pop-awarded-living-legend-at-classic-rock-roll-of-honour-2009/ and some paparazzi pix of the red carpet arrival: http://wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?igi=399520 Dream
Theater also was nominated in the "Album Of The Year" category for
their latest release "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"  Mike accepts the award 
4:48 AM
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