Blur Win Mojo Award

Blur have made their first public appearance since reforming as they collected a top music prize at the Mojo Awards, known as the Honours List.

Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree were back together to pick up the Inspiration award.

Blur are due to play sell-out gigs in Hyde Park in next month, nine years after their last concert as a four-piece band.

Guitarist Coxon left the band seven years ago.

The group helped define and popularise the Britpop sound in the 1990s, and wrote some of the decade's best-loved songs.

They included Parklife, Country House, The Universal, and Song 2.

Phil Alexander, Mojo magazine's editor in chief, said: "Blur are the greatest band of their generation.

"They're one of the few bands that have inspired their heroes, as well as their peers and those that have come after them."


Here is the full list of winners from Mojo magazine Honours List:

:: Breakthrough Act
White Lies

:: Song Of the Year
Elbow - One Day Like This

:: Best Live Act
Fleet Foxes

:: Best Album
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams

:: Compilation Of The Year
Take Me To The River: A Southern Soul Story

:: Vision Award
Joy Division

:: Catalogue Award
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 50th Anniversary Edition

:: Classic Album Award
The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle

:: Maverick Award
Manic Street Preachers

:: Hero Award
The Pretty Things

:: Outstanding Contribution To Music
Joe Brown

:: Roots Awards
Topic Records

:: Classic Songwriter Award
Johnny Marr

:: MOJO Medal
Chris Blackwell / Island Records

:: Inspiration Award
Blur

:: Icon Award
Phil Lynott

:: Les Paul Award
Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top

:: Hall Of Fame
Mott The Hoople

:: Lifetime Achievement Award
Yoko Ono



The magazine's sixth annual awards ceremony saw US indie act Fleet Foxes beat competition from Paul Weller, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead and Seasick Steve to take the Best Live Act award.

Weller could take comfort from winning the Best Album prize for his latest work 22 Dreams, particularly as the award means he has now won more Mojos - three - than anyone else.

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono was given a Lifetime Achievement award for her challenging and innovative approach to music.

Alexander said: "She is a huge influence on modern music and this award recognises her inspirational qualities and ongoing questing. Yoko Ono is unique and we are thrilled to commemorate her lifetime on the frontline."

Mojo readers voted Elbow's One Day Like This as Song of the Year, adding to the Manchester-based band's already impressive haul of awards.

In the last 12 months, their album The Seldom Seen Kid has helped them win two Ivor Novello awards, the Brit award for best British group and the Mercury Prize.

Another band reuniting this year are 70s rockers Mott the Hoople, who were honoured by Mojo with a Hall of Fame award. The ceremony took place at The Brewery in London.