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Rush, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, and Pink Floyd were among the acts added to the Classic Rock magazine “Roll of Honour” on Tuesday night. The ceremony took place at London’s Roundhouse, with Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Loaded) taking on hosting duties.

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Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen and Roger Waters were among the winners at the annual Billboard Touring Awards, which took place last night at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.

Neil Diamond received Billboard’s highest accolade, the Legend of Live Award, which recognises those who have made “significant and lasting contributions to live music and the touring business.” Rush, Journey, Sir Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, and the Allman Brothers Band are among the previous recipients. On hearing of the award last month, Diamond said:

Waters’ “The Wall Live” received the Top Tour Award for the top grossing tour, and Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball Tour” picked up the Top Draw Award for the top ticket selling tour.

Cirque du Soleil won the Creative Content Award for “Michael Jackson Immortal”.

The Humanitarian Award was presented to Harlem’s Apollo Theater, rather than an individual.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Top tour
Roger Waters, The Wall Live

Top draw
Bruce Springsteen. The Wrecking Ball Tour

Top boxscore
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, Calif.

Top comedy tour
Jeff Dunham

Top package
Brothers of the Sun, featuring Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, and Jake Owen

Breakthrough
Lady Antebellum

Top festival
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, CA – April 13-22

Top arena
O2 Arena, London

Top venue – Under 10,000 seats
Radio City Music Hall, New York

Top venue – Under 5,000 seats
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

Top club
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.

Top amphitheater
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, N.Y.

Top promoter
Live Nation Entertainment

Top independent promoter (International)
T4F

Top independent promoter (U.S.)
C3 Presents

Top agency
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Top manager
Mark Fenwick

Humanitarian award
The Apollo Theater

Eventful fans’ choice award
Lady Gaga

Creative content award
Michael Jackson Immortal by Cirque du Soleil

Concert marketing and promotion award
Tim McGraw/Pennzoil

Legend of live
Neil Diamond

Legend of scribe
Ray Waddell

Road warrior
Kenny Chesney

Music fans have been invited to participate in the selection process for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2013. The nominees were announced today and fans can help decide who makes the final cut by placing a vote for their favourite at Rockhall.com.

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You can now cast your votes to choose which artists you think should be the inaugural inductees into America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame.

Voters are asked to choose five artists from a list of 40, all of whom had a national hit between 1946 and 1975. Among the artists in this initial 40 are Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Frank Sinatra, the Supremes, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, the Monkees, the Carpenters, Chubby Checker, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, and Simon & Garfunkel.

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Martin Scorsese’s documentary,”George Harrison: Living in the Material World,” has won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming. The 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held on Saturday night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

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