MOJO's 5th annual award ceremony draws music legends and newcomer stars
alike.

 LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 16, 2008) MOJO VNR -
 Duffy, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Sex Pistols, Neil Diamond, Nick Cave,
John Fogerty, The Arctic Monkeys, Motorhead... the MOJO Honours List for 2008
goes on, with music legends and stars across a range of genres and generations
attending the music magazine's 5th annual award show on Monday (June 16,
2008).
    Welsh newcomer, singer-songwriter Duffy, whose music career has sky
rocketed this year, scooped the Song Of The Year Award for her chart topping
single 'Mercy'. 
    "Being here is so amazing," she said. "It's just all
been a bit crazy and I'm enjoying the music, I get to play to big crowds. I'm
getting used to it, you know, slowly but surely and - yeah - I'm enjoying the
music."
    Despite Duffey's explosion on to the music scene, the Best Breakthrough
Act went to the 'The Last Shadow Puppets' duo Alex Turner and Miles Kane. 
    Although 'The Last Shadow Puppets' has been receiving more and more
acclaim, Turner and Kane insist it isn't detracting from their other bands.
Turner fronts 'The Arctic Monkeys' and Kane, 'The Rascals'.
    "No, come on, you can have both," said Turner
    "Best of both worlds, as one once said," added Kane.
    Best Album Award went to 'Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' for their
latest offering 'Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!' 
    Cave, who has in the past voiced his discomfort with music awards in
general, said he makes an exception for the MOJO's. 
    "The MOJO Awards, I always find, are a little different. They're a
little more interested in music and-- rather than what's kind of the 'current
thing' It seems to be a little more... They just seem to be better," he
told Reuters.
    The MOJO Classic Songwriter Award went to music icon Neil Diamond.
    "Never, never," he said, when asked if all the award shows
over his more than four decade career have become a bit of a blur. "It's
always nice to be recognised by your peers when you get an award. I f I get an
award I'll be very, very happy to accept."
    The band whose name has become synonymous with progressive rock,
'Genesis,' were awarded The MOJO Lifetime Achievement Award. A sold out
reunion tour last year proved the band have remained as popular as ever, but
frontman Phil Collins said that if there are any collaborations in the future,
they'll be playing down the old associations.
    "Maybe we will, but we'd try our best not to call it 'Genesis' and
we'd try our best to do something that was just for us" he explained.
"It's very difficult, I mean it's very difficult to sort of -- if we call
it Genesis, it's sort of: 'New Genesis record, well, it better be good,'
whereas all we want to do is write a bit of music."
    Others honoured included one of Britain's most influential heavy metal
bands 'Motorhead', with band founder Lemmy accepting the MOJO Hero award. John
Fogerty of 'Credence Clearwater Revival' took home MOJO's Inspiration Award.
Led Zeppelin were awarded MOJO Best Live Act after their massive reunion
concert last year. 

The MOJO 2008 Honours List includes: 

Song of the Year Award: Mercy by Duffy 
Best Breakthrough Act: The Last Shadow Puppets 
Best Album Award: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Hero Award: Motorhead 
Icon Award: the Sex Pistols 
Best Live Act Award: Led Zeppelin 
Classic Songwriter Award: Neil Diamond 
Hall of Fame: The Specials 
Lifetime Achievement Award: Genesis 
Special Award: Judy Collins 
Legend Award: Irma Thomas 
Classic Album Award: Loveless by My Bloody Valentine 
Inspiration Award: John Fogerty 
Outstanding Contribution to Music Award: Paul Weller 
Vision Award: Julien Temple for The Future is Unwritten 
Compilation of the Year Award: Juno Original Soundtrack