Neil Young To Receive The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Junos
Neil Young hasn't attended the Juno Awards in 29 years, but the Canadian music legend will be on hand to accept the 2011 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the 40th anniversary show, March 27, at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.
Young, co-founder of Farm Aid and the Bridge School Benefit Concert, is receiving the esteemed award as "an outstanding Canadian artist whose humanitarian contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada," according to the criteria from The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), the organization behind the Junos.
Named after the founder of media conglomerate CHUM Ltd., past recipients of the Allan Waters Humanitarian include Bryan Adams (2010), Sarah McLachlan (2009), Paul Brandt (2008), Tom Jackson (2007) and Bruce Cockburn (2006).
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