The PRS for MusicHeritage Award is a ceremonial plaque installed in a public place to commemorate a link between a famous musician or music band and the location they performed their first live gig. [1] [2] The UK-wide plaque is awarded and funded by PRS for Music. [3] [4]
The PRS for Music Heritage Award was created in 2009 by PRS for Music in order to celebrate the first performances of the UK's leading bands. [3] The inaugural award is seen as a unique scheme to celebrate UK music venues which have played a pivotal role in launching the careers of some of the country's most iconic music acts. [5] The first Heritage Award was presented to the UK Britpop band Blur on 30 November 2009 by PRS for Music chairman Ellis Rich. [6]
| Date | Band | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2009 | Blur [7] | East Anglian Railway Museum, Essex |
| 3 December 2009 | Dire Straits [8] | Farrer House Deptford, London |
| 25 February 2010 | Jethro Tull [9] [10] | Holy Family Church, Blackpool |
| 23 March 2010 | Squeeze [11] | Dance Hall, Greenwich, London |
| 29 May 2010 | Elton John [12] | The Namaste Lounge, Watford |
| 3 June 2010 | Snow Patrol [13] | Duke of York Pub, Belfast |
| 21 September 2010 | Status Quo [14] | Welcome Inn, Eltham, London |
| 4 October 2011 | UB40 [15] | Hare & Hounds Pub, Birmingham |
| 1 November 2011 | James [16] | Former site of the Hacienda, Manchester |
| 22 June 2012 | Soul II Soul [17] | Electric, Brixton, London |
| 19 September 2012 | Faithless [18] | JazzCafé, Camden, London |
| 3 October 2012 | Supergrass [19] | Jericho Tavern, Oxford |
| 6 March 2013 | Queen [20] | Imperial College, London |
| 13 November 2013 | Orbital [21] | The Garage, Highbury, London |
| 10 September 2014 | Spandau Ballet [22] | Former site of The Blitz Club, Soho, London |
| 4 May 2015 | Pulp [23] | The Leadmill, Sheffield |
| 27 January 2017 | Madness [24] | The Dublin Castle, Camden, London |
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Ian Scott Anderson is a British musician best known for his work as the singer, flautist, acoustic guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member of the rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with Walk into Light in 1983; since then he has released another five albums, including the sequel to the 1972 Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick, titled TaaB 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012).
PRS for Music Limited is a British music copyright collective, made up of two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) and the Performing Right Society (PRS). It undertakes collective rights management for musical works on behalf of its 175,000 members. PRS for Music was formed in 1997 following the MCPS-PRS Alliance. In 2009, PRS and MCPS-PRS Alliance realigned their brands and became PRS for Music.
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Gerald Conway was an English folk and rock drummer and percussionist. He performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, with Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and was a member of Fairport Convention from 1998 to 2022. Conway also worked as a session musician. He was married to vocalist Jacqui McShee, the singer of the band Pentangle, of which he was also a member.
Antony "Tony" Moore is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio presenter and music promoter. He was a member of Iron Maiden in the late 1970s prior to the release of their first album. In 1986 he was the keyboard player with the band Cutting Crew, appearing on their hit single "I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight," and founded The Kashmir Klub in 1997 to showcase live music in London.
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Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was an English bass guitarist, best known as the original bassist for the British rock band Jethro Tull from 1967 to 1970. Rolling Stone has called his playing with Tull as "stout, nimble underpinning, the vital half of a blues-ribbed, jazz-fluent rhythm section".
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Nubian Jak Community Trust (NJCT) is a commemorative plaque and sculpture scheme founded by Jak Beula that highlights the historic contributions of Black and minority ethnic people in Britain. The first NJCT heritage plaque, honouring Bob Marley, was unveiled in 2006 after "two years of research and behind the scenes negotiating". The scheme has been run and managed by the not-for-profit organization Nubian Jak Trust Ltd since August 2016, with a remit to commemorate and celebrate the diverse history of modern Britain. Its objectives include the promotion of social equality and to encourage activities that promote cultural diversity in society.
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