Il Divo Receives Classic Brit Award "Artist of the Decade"

Il Divo Receives Classic Brit Award "Artist of the Decade"

After 7 years of hard work and detemination to make the best music for them, IL DIVO have finally received an award!
a long overdue one!



Artist of the Decade

From the OF!
IL DIVO WIN BRIT AND GIVE WORLD PREMIERE

Il Divo have collected a special Artist of the Decade Award at the Classic BRIT Awards 2011. The four singers were ecstatic and told the audience: “This is a very special moment for us, because the UK is where it all started for us.”

Prior to collecting their award, they opened the evening with a live performance of two songs, ‘Dove L’Amore’ and ‘Passera’.

The award recognises the classical boyband’s massive impact worldwide. They are ‘the most successful international musical break-out story of this millennium’, having sold more than 25 million albums and received over 150 gold and platinum awards in 33 countries.

Il Divo have also achieved phenomenal success on stage: their second world tour, An Evening With Il Divo, encompassed 130 dates across six continents and was one of the biggest grossing tours of the year.

a few pics care of Carlos and Davis via Twitter

With approval from RevHev on the OF!
Well, here it is – Tube stations that went walkabout, cancelled trains between London and Ipswich, blisters and much else besides, but I’m finally home and got this converted, as promised!


Apologies again for the poor quality and the fact that you can’t actually SEE the guys … but this will at least give you an idea until we hear it (and see them!) on May 29th.

Incidentally, I was really impressed that everyone was given a free souvenir programme. I took some cash with me to buy one, and they can be quite expensive, but every single seat had one on it.

Love to all,
Heather
xx

Urs posted this on the Official Forum!

Hello everybody. We are back in London in the UK where it all started. We just got the fantastic news that we will receive the award for 'artist of the decade' at the Classic Brits, an unexpected honor for us and we are all very excited about it. The UK is where it all began, where the people first embraced our music and gave us the confidence to reach out further into the world. Since then we've been working relentlessly and have been to pretty much every corner of this planet, which has been an incredible ride for us, and hopefully a great experience for the audiences in all the different countries we've visited.

After seven years we're back here to be rewarded for our work by the people who made it all possible: The british audience...

So we got together last Thursday to start rehearsing and preparing ourselves for the big moment. And we really went right back to the beginning: We were staying at the first hotel we ever stayed when we came first to London, we rehearsed in the very same studio where we sang our music together for the very first time, the name 'Il Divo' wasn't even born yet, under the railway bridge where the walls tremble every few minutes as a train rolls over your ceiling, where Simon himself came to visit, to see how his new idea was taking shape, the garden table and the chairs are still in the same spot where he sat and said: "This is terrible, we'll have to find you something better...."

It's a long time and many many air miles ago... But it feels great to be back exactly where it all stared, just so much wiser and richer through all the experiences we've made together in this very intense world we call since 'Il Divo'... I'm losing myself a bit here, sorry.

We're back! And not only in London, but back with new music, new energy, new passion and romance, and we cant wait to come to you and do what we love most and do best: Sing, perform, make music and give you as much of ourselves as we can.

We're very much looking forward to seeing you all again very soon.

With my best wishes to all of you,
x Urs

Carlos in a tie!

Behind the scenes vid from Classic Brits 2011