Last Wednesday evening Rush's Clockwork Angels album won the Album of the Year award at the 1st annual Prog magazine Progressive Music Awards. From a BBC article covering the event:

... Canadian rock band Rush's latest concept album, Clockwork Angels, was named Album Of The Year. With its dystopian steampunk theme, the three-piece's 19th studio album has earned rapturous reviews, even in the mainstream press. Describing it as Rush's "most solid and compelling set of songs in years", The Guardian went on to say: "Those who worship at the temple of Rush will be in raptures; for those who remain agnostic, there may well be enough here to justify a leap of faith." ...

The band was unable to attend the ceremony but accepted the award remotely via video. The video was posted to YouTube this morning and can be seen below or at this location (thanks John at Cygnus-X1.net).

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