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Rush to receive Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award

Mon, Mar 12, 2012@9:50PM | comments removed/disabled

Details regarding the fourth annual hard rock and heavy metal award show the Revolver Golden Gods were announced earlier today, and Rush will be receiving the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award. From the Revolver magazine website:

... The Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by XBOX LIVE, will go to prog-rock pioneers RUSH, who will release their highly anticipated 19th studio album, "Clockwork Angels", this year on Roadrunner Records. (Previous honorees include hard-rock and metal legends MÖTLEY CRÜE, Lemmy Kilmister of MOTÖRHEAD and Ozzy Osbourne.) The award will be presented by Jack Black and Kyle Gass of TENACIOUS D, whose new record, "Rize Of The Fenix", hits stores on May 15. RUSH's Neil Peart commented, "We are honored and delighted to receive this honor — especially because it will be presented by Jack and Kyle. Our 'lifetimes' are not over yet, and we dearly hope our 'achievements' are not either, so I suppose you could say that to us this is the 'So Far, So Good' award." Of presenting the award, Black commented, "RUSH was the most impressive band, musically, when I was just learning about rock. Weirdly, they got your body moving in interpretive-dancing ways, but it was still aggressive. Their stuff was just so complex and so tasty!" ...

The event will take place Wednesday, April 11th at Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles. Tickets can be purchased via this link, and it will also be broadcast live in its entirety on XBOX LIVE, as well as on the XBOX and Revolver Facebook pages at 9PM EDT (6 PM PDT). Thanks to What-A-Rush for the heads up.

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