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<span style="float:left; margin-right:10px;"><img src=http://www.beatking.com/image/ledzeppelin.jpg /></span>UK rock band Led Zeppelin and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev were named winners of the Polar Music Prize.

The awards are likened to the Nobel Prize, with winners receiving one million kroner (£70,523) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

The academy said Led Zeppelin were "one of the great pioneers of rock".

Gergiev was cited "for the way his unique electrifying musical skills have deepened and renewed our relationship with the grand tradition".

The Academy also said "he has managed to develop and amplify the importance of artistic music in these modern changing times".

As artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre, he has dedicated 15 years striving to make it among the foremost opera companies in the world.

Led Zeppelin split in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham, reuniting briefly for the Live Aid concert in 1985.

The surviving members - Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones - continue to perform.

The Polar Prize was founded by Stig Anderson, the former manager of Swedish pop group Abba.

Previous winners have included Sir Paul McCartney, violinist Isaac Stern and music producer Quincy Jones.

The prize will be awarded by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony on 22 May.

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November 7, 2005, 16:14 GMT

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Led Zeppelin split in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham, reuniting briefly for the Live Aid concert in 1985.

My father was going to see them for the first time in his life when they were to come to Buffalo, NY, then Bonham died and the concert was cancelled.

Zeppelin was by far his favorite band/artist.

My uncle was going to see them prior, but that date was cancelled as well when Page's son died.

Long story short; don't make plans to come here. Someone might.........get hurt.

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