Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band

Background information
Birth name	Don Glen Vliet
Born	January 15, 1941
Born place	Glendale, California, U.S.
Died	December 17, 2010
Death place	Arcata, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Experimental Rock Blues Blues Rock Avant-garde Psychedelic Rock Progressive Rock
Years active	1964—1982
Label(s)	Epic Records Virgin Records Atlantic Records Reprise Records Mercury Records A&M Records Blue Thumb Records
Associated acts	The Tubes Frank Zappa The Mothers of Invention Ry Cooder Zoot Horn Rollo Rockette Morton John French Jack Nitzsche Gary Lucas Moris Tepper

Plan B, Tinie Tempah, The xx Scoop Ivor Novello Awards 2011 Nominations

April 19, 2011

Plan B and Tinie Tempah are among the nominees for this year's Ivor Novello Awards.

The rapper-turned-singer joins Everything Everything with two nods, including a nomination each for Best Album.

His hit 'She Said' is also in the running for Most Perform Song alongside tracks by Kylie Minogue and Scouting For Girls.

Tinie Tempah's 'Pass Out' is nominated for Best Contemporary Song with 'Islands' by The xx and Katy B's 'Katy On A Mission'.

Everything Everything, Villagers and Foals will contest the award for Best Song Musically And Lyrically.

The 56th Ivor Novello Awards will be present during a ceremony at the Grosvenor House hotel in London on May 19.

(by Jason Gregory)

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