BBC News - Blur's first venue to be honoured. Blur returned to the railway museum for a comeback gig in June. The venue where indie band Blur played their very first gig more than 2. Performing Rights Society (PRS). The East Anglian Railway Museum, just outside Colchester in Essex, will be presented with a blue plaque. Blur launched their career in a goods shed at the museum, and went on to spearhead the Britpop movement with hits like Parklife and Country House. The plaque will be handed over at a ceremony on 3. November. It will be the first of many honours given by the PRS to venues at which influential bands had their debut. PRS Chairman Ellis Rich said: . This June, Blur returned to the railway museum to launch their comeback tour, playing a two- hour show to a crowd of just 1. Nelson Mandela could be first non-Brit honoured at Westminster Abbey. Sensitive negotiations are taking place between the South African High Commission and UK authorities concerning a potential memorial service for Nelson. Deuba becomes the first Nepali to be honoured with honorary doctorate degree from JNU Anna Note Sunday, Nov 06, 2016 165 reads Share This. Dubai: Emirati poet Shehab Ganem, the first Arab to receive the Tagore Peace Prize, will collect his award next month in Kolkata, India. Ganem, considered a leading poet and the foremost translator of Indian poetry into Arabic. Meaning of “honour” in the English Dictionary. British; Business; Contents. Tom has just graduated with first-class honours in psychology. The venue where indie band Blur played their very first gig more than 20 years ago is to be commemorated by the Performing Rights Society (PRS). The East Anglian Railway Museum, just outside Colchester in Essex, will be. Mandela could be first non-Briton to be honoured in Westminster Abbey service Nelson Mandela, South Africa's revered anti-apartheid leader, could become the first non-Briton to be honoured in a memorial service at.
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