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| Spice Girls reunion beats Led Zep | Spice Girls reunion beats Led Zep |
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| The Spice Girls have beaten Led Zeppelin to an award for the best music reunion of the last 12 months. | The Spice Girls have beaten Led Zeppelin to an award for the best music reunion of the last 12 months. |
| The girl group won best live return at the Vodafone Live Music Awards after getting back together for a world tour. | The girl group won best live return at the Vodafone Live Music Awards after getting back together for a world tour. |
| It was judged to have been better than the one-off comeback by rock legends Led Zeppelin, with The Verve and James also nominated. | |
| Primal Scream picked up two of the top awards - for best live act and outstanding contribution to live music. | Primal Scream picked up two of the top awards - for best live act and outstanding contribution to live music. |
| The show took place at Brixton Academy, one of London's leading venues, where organisers tried to give the ceremony something of the atmosphere of a sweaty rock gig. | |
| The event covered a wide mix of music, with performers ranging from pop acts like The Pussycat Dolls, Will Young and James Morrison to rock bands Glasvegas, The Automatic and Primal Scream. | |
| The Pussycat Dolls were among the performers at the ceremony | |
| Primal Scream are veterans of the live scene, who have performed together for 25 years. They closed the show with three tunes, culminating in their 1994 indie classic Rocks. | |
| They beat The Verve, Muse and the Kaiser Chiefs to the prize for best live act. | |
| Accepting their second prize, bassist Mani said to the crowd: "What's this one for again? Outstanding contribution was it? That will do." | |
| The nominees were chosen by a panel of judges, with the winners decided by a public vote. | The nominees were chosen by a panel of judges, with the winners decided by a public vote. |
| Emma Bunton was the only Spice Girl present, and said she was "a bit shocked" to beat such venerable rock acts as Led Zeppelin. | |
| "We had a great time," she said of the comeback tour. "So I just feel very lucky that I had the opportunity to do it again." | |
| Mark Ronson presented an award with Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland | |
| The pop group's victory will raise eyebrows among rock fans, but Bunton told the BBC News website: "The thing is, when you go to a gig, you go for fun and entertainment and a night out. | |
| "And that's exactly what we did and I think that's why people enjoyed it so much." | |
| But she said she did not think the prize would encourage the fivesome to get back together again because they all had "other priorities". | |
| Mark Ronson was named best live male after taking his album Version on the road with a host of guest vocalists. He beat Dizzee Rascal, Morrissey and Paul Weller. | Mark Ronson was named best live male after taking his album Version on the road with a host of guest vocalists. He beat Dizzee Rascal, Morrissey and Paul Weller. |
| Kate Nash won best female, triumphing over Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Estelle. | Kate Nash won best female, triumphing over Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Estelle. |
| Brixton Academy hosted acts from across the musical spectrum | |
| Take That's latest shows earned them the trophy for tour of the year, while The Ting Tings picked up best breakthrough act. | Take That's latest shows earned them the trophy for tour of the year, while The Ting Tings picked up best breakthrough act. |
| Glastonbury headliners Kings of Leon were named best international live act, with T in the Park winning best festival. | Glastonbury headliners Kings of Leon were named best international live act, with T in the Park winning best festival. |
| Other celebrities at the event included Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, who was watching his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger perform with The Pussycat Dolls. | |
| Former Blur bassist-turned-cheesemaker Alex James was also at the event, but said: "I am getting it bit old for it all now. It's not my music any more." |