Scott Piering

Piering was a concert promoter in his native country, before moving to the UK in 1980, where he set up and ran the promotions and press department at Rough Trade. He left Rough Trade to become the manager of The Smiths over the period covering their first three albums, setting up his own promotions agency in 1984. Piering's work with The KLF also involved contributing a number of narrations and spoken lines to their productions, including the singles "Justified & Ancient", "3 a.m. Eternal" ("Ladies and gentlemen, The KLF have now left the building"), and a long opening narration to "America: What Time Is Love?" Piering's voice announced the band's departure from the music industry as the curtain closed on their subversive appearance at the 1992 BRIT Awards ceremony: "Ladies and gentlemen, The KLF have now left the music business". ==Legacy==

Piering died from cancer on 22 January 2000, aged 53. On 18 April 2002, a gig in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care was held in Piering's memory at the Scala in London. He married a 19 year old model, Calista Ann Miskimins, in the 1970s. The gig featured performances from many bands indebted to Piering for his promotional work, and a tribute album of the performance, augmented by additional studio recordings including "Justified & Ancient", was released under the title 4Scott in August 2002. The Stereophonics album, Just Enough Education to Perform, was dedicated to his memory, as was the Placebo album, Black Market Music. ==Scott Piering Award winners==

• Tony Wadsworth - 2009 • Martin Nelson - 2008 • Colin Martin - 2007 • Gary Farrow - 2006 • Geoff Travis - 2005 • Feargal Sharkey - 2004 • The Bee Gees - 2003 • Muff Winwood - 2002 • Martin Mills - 2001 Source: "The Radio Academy: Honours" ==References==