1 August 2017
Q Awards 2017 Announced for 18 October at Camden’s Roundhouse
Q Magazine, the UK’s greatest music magazine, today announced that the 27th Q Awards in association with Absolute Radio will take place on 18 October 2017 at Camden’s Roundhouse. Following the massive success of the awards’ new format in 2016, this year the Q Awards will also feature a very special intimate post-awards gig, allowing Q magazine readers and fans access to the awards as well as the stars themselves. Confirmed to perform are Manic Street Preachers and Sleaford Mods. Tickets to attend just the gig or the full-blown Q Awards and gig are available now via www.Qthemusic.com
Absolute Radio’s Christian O’Connell will return to host the Awards for his fourth consecutive year. Q’s partnership with Absolute Radio will allow the event to reach in excess of 2 million ardent music fans across on air, in print and across digital channels.
The Q Awards are proud to announce their continued partnership with Help Musician’s UK, Britian’s leading independent music charity.
New Q Magazine editor, Ted Kessler, has also instigated, for the first time in the award’s history, a longlist for the seven public voted categories. Compiled by the Q team and reflecting the magazine’s opinions and the acts they have supported for the past year, the voting opens today for the 7 public voted categories at www.Qthemusic.com. Voting closes on Monday 31 August with the awards nominees shortlist announced on 7 September – the longlists and categories are:
Q Breakthrough Act Presented by Red Stripe
Rag’n’Bone Man
HMLTD
Shame
Stefflon Don
The Big Moon
Pumarosa
Girl Ray
Formation
The Moonlandingz
Sampha
Q Best Track Presented by Flare Audio
Royal Blood – Lights Out
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
Lorde – Green Light
The Killers – The Man
Gorillaz – We Got The Power
Kasabian – You’re In Love With A Psycho
The xx – On Hold
Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
Stormzy – Big For Your Boots
Liam Gallagher – Wall of Glass
Q Best Album Presented by Absolute Radio
The xx – I See You
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN
Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
Paul Weller – A Kind Revolution
Gorillaz – Humanz
A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Sampha – Process
Jay-Z – 4:44
Q Best Live Act Presented by The Cavern Club
Ed Sheeran
Liam Gallagher
Depeche Mode
Lorde
Father John Misty
The xx
Radiohead
The Killers
PJ Harvey
Stormzy
Q Best Solo Artist Presented by Help Musicians UK
Lana Del Rey
Ed Sheeran
Lorde
Liam Gallagher
Paul Weller
Jay-Z
Wiley
Stormzy
Kendrick Lamar
St. Vincent
Q Best Act in the World Today Presented by Buster + Punch
Lorde
The 1975
Ed Sheeran
Adele
Radiohead
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Killers
Stormzy
Depeche Mode
Kendrick Lamar
Q Best Film Presented by Pretty Green
Bunch of Kunst (Sleaford Mods)
The Inertia Variations (The The)
Eagles Of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)
The Rolling Stones – Havana Moon
American Valhalla (Iggy Pop & Josh Homme)
A number of highly-coveted merit awards will also be bestowed by Q magazine on the night. Designed to recognise career-spanning achievements, these will include the Q Classic Songwriter, the Q Classic Album, the Q Outstanding Contribution To Music, Q Hero and the Q Hall Of Fame.
Ted Kessler, Editor Q Magazine, commented: “From returning rock’n’roll icons to grime’s mainstream breakthrough and Ed Sheeran’s continued conquering of the pop landscape, it has been a brilliant year for music. This year’s Q Awards are a reflection of that and it’s shaping up to be one of the events of the year. The newly-created longlists mean that voters will play a crucial role in helping to shape our shortlists, and live performances on the night from Sleaford Mods, one of the UK’s most exciting live bands, and Manic Street Preachers, who have a long and illustrious history with Q, will cap off what promises to be another outstanding Q Awards.”
Absolute Radio’s Christian O’Connell said “It’s an honour to host the Q awards again this year and it’s great to see Liam Gallagher back and going head to head with the biggest bands in the industry. This could be the liveliest awards in years”
The Q Awards, in association with Absolute Radio, take place on Wednesday 18 October 2017 at Camden’s Roundhouse.
Tickets are on-sale now for the Q Awards 2017 and fans can buy tickets now for the full Awards experience including post-awards gig, or just the gig featuring Sleaford Mods and Manic Street Preachers.
Ticket info:
Gig and Awards £49 + booking fee | Doors Open: 16:25
Gig Only £30 + booking fee | Doors Open: 19:35
Tickets available from: www.qthemusic.com
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Notes to editors
2016 winners
Q Breakthrough Act presented by Red Stripe – Jack Garratt
Q Best Track presented by Jack Daniels – Bastille (Good Grief)
Q Best Video presented by Box Plus – Seamus Murphy (PJ Harvey, The Community of Hope)
Q Best Album presented by Absolute Radio – The 1975 (I Like It When You Sleep…)
Q Best Live – U2
Q Best Solo presented by Help Musicians UK – James Bay
Q Best Act in the World Today presented by The Cavern Club – Muse
Q Innovation in Sound Award – MIA
Q Hero – Meat Loaf
Q Maverick – Pete Doherty
Q Classic Songwriter – Ray Davies
Q Hall of Fame – Madness
Q Classic Album – The Charlatans (Tellin’ Stories)
Q Gibson Les Paul Award – Edge
Q Outstanding Contribution to Music – Blondie
Q Icon/Merit – Coldplay
About Q
Q is the ultimate guide to modern music.
Since its launch in 1986, the iconic British magazine has built its reputation on world-beating exclusives, its definitive reviews section, and arresting, award-winning photography.
Celebrating the world’s biggest stars and actively championing new talent, in the last 12 months Q has featured exclusive cover stories with everyone from Ed Sheeran, The xx, Paul Weller, Gorillaz and Liam Gallagher.
Q’s partnership with Absolute Radio provides the unique opportunity to engage two million ardent music fans through carefully honed editorial support. The magazine provides daily content for the station’s news bulletin for Danielle Perry’s afternoon show, as well as contributing valuable critique to The Sunday Night Music Club (8.00pm-midnight).
With Q’s online presence, an interactive tablet edition, social media, live events and festival sponsorship (including The Great Escape) and, of course, the world famous annual Q Awards – the most exclusive event in the music calendar – the message is everywhere: music sounds better with Q.
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About Help Musicians UK
Help Musicians UK is Britian’s leading independent music charity
Since 1921, Help Musicians UK (HMUK) has provided help, support and opportunities to empower muscicians at all stages of their lives.
HMUK’s mission is to create a sustainable future for all muscicians in the industry.
The charity works in partnership to transform the music industry through advocacy, campaigning, solutions and targeting investment for all those within it.
