Matt Bellamy interviewed by monkeys Absolute Radio at the Silver Clef Awards. Very brief U2 mention at the end of this where Matt is asked about Glastonbury and how Bono is doing and all that …
Related: Muse Honored at O2 Silver Clef Awards
U.K. rock act Muse’s fearsome live reputation helped secure them the O2 Silver Clef Award in London today (July 2).
The award was presented to Muse by Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen. Taylor described the Warner-signed trio as “probably the greatest live act in the world today,” while May said that “this is a magnificent, incredible group.”
Collecting the award, singer and guitarist Matt Bellamy said it was an “amazing privilege and honor” to win, and he told the influential Queen members “we owe you so much.”
Muse also proved to be generous guests at the 35th anniversary of the Silver Clef Awards, successfully bidding tens of thousands during the auction in aid of the Nordoff Robbins music therapy charity.
Band members at their table at the Park Lane Hilton bid £7,000 ($10,600) for a Theo Fennell skull ring, £11,000 ($16,700) for 20-seat box at Wembley Stadium for Manchester Utd vs Chelsea next month, and £20,000 ($30,400) for a lithograph of a portrait of Keith Richards by fellow Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood.
Muse also donated what turned out to be the most expensive item in the auction, a signed custom-made Manson guitar. Bellamy conducted that part of the auction himself, describing how the guitar had only been used once when he rehearsed with U2′s the Edge, who joined the band on stage during their June 26 headline slot at Glastonbury festival. It was sold for £33,000 ($50,100) – to their booking agent Geoff Meall, at the Agency Group in London.
