But Florence and the Machine, who led the field with four nominations before the London event, was overlooked. Page, who last won a Mojo award for the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion, revealed he was working on new material with a number of different projects.
He has been taken on by Robbie Williams' management company IE."I'm just looking forward to making some music and surprising people with it," he said."It won't be just teaming up with lots of people who are [big] names. I've got an idea of something which I've had for a long time and now's the time to do it." But he declined to give further details about his collaborators or his new direction. Mojo is now the best-selling music magazine in the UK, selling more than twice as many copies as NME. Five winners were voted for by Mojo readers, including best album, best single and best live act. That category saw US act Midlake beat Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys and Florence and the Machine. A further 16 honorary prizes were handed out. They included the classic album award, which went to The Stone Roses for their 1989 self-titled debut LP. Bassist Mani, who picked up the trophy, said it was "gratefully received".
