Joey wrote on Dec 27
th, 2012 at 12:28pm:
..... how come the Rolling Stones have not been awarded a Kennedy Centre Honour ?
Led Zeppelin got one ................
The Who got one .............
The Beatles got one .............
Elton John got one ................
What about Mick & Keef ?! .... Where is their Honour ?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ0XNlPCcI4Developing .....................
maybe they were offered and turned it down?
Its not unprecedented. Theyve never won a single Brit award and have always been overlooked for the Lifetime achievement award (which, by coincidence always seems to be offered to whatever act has agreed to close the show with a 15 minute run through their back catalogue) - something which always seemed like an incredible slight (especially considering the fact that dreck such as the Spice Girls had got one). However, as it turned out, the band had been offered one some years ago and had refused, as they considered it to be something an act gets at the end of their career.
They had no such qualms, however, about accepting a Lifetime Achievement at the Grammys (which is basically the same thing) or being inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of Fame. Then again, they werent obliged to perform as a band at those events.