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Pink Floyd Receives Polar Prize from King of Sweden
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by Jarrett Martineau | August 27, 2008 at 09:11 am
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Not only does the award come with a lavish banquet and the royal pomp and circumstance of having the king of Sweden bestow the laureate honour upon the band, it also offers up the sizeable sum of 1 million Swedish kroner.
But they're not in it for the "Money", right?
British rock group Pink Floyd received the prestigious Polar Music Prize for their "monumental contribution" to popular music at a ceremony in Sweden.
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.
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at 09:52 on August 27th, 2008
Will they now add a giant floating polar bear to their live shows?
at 23:42 on August 27th, 2008
Wow, not bad. Sure, they don't really need the money, but to have the King like you that much must be pretty cool! :)
at 07:11 on August 28th, 2008
Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 04:07 on August 29th, 2008
Pink Floyd is so popular that a Pink Floyd band from Australia is touring the world with a close to original feel show. This one taken in Montreal, Canada.
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at 23:58 on August 29th, 2008
Great story. Pink Floyd certainly desrves it.
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