NEWS: Second Wave of Winners Announced for the 2025 O2 Silver Clef Awards

(c)Jack Alexander

Nordoff and Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity has unveiled further winners for the 2025 O2 Silver Clef Awards, celebrating their outstanding contributions to music.

The newly announced winners are: Noah Kahan receiving the Best Male Award for his heartfelt songwriting and global success, Chase & Status winning Best Group in recognition of their pioneering influence on electronic music, Tony Christie who will behonoured with the Icon Award for his acclaimed five-decade career in music and The Corrs being celebrated with the Legend Award for their enduring impact on pop and folk-rock. They will join previously announced winners David Gilmour, Rick Astley, Soul II Soul and IDLES for a special evening dedicated to the power of music.

The O2 Silver Clef Awards is supported by long-standing headline partner O2, return on Wednesday 2 July from 6pm, moving from its traditional Friday lunchtime slot to an evening event for the first time ever, at JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London, hosted by Edith Bowman. Celebrating this year’s winners while raising essential funds for Nordoff and Robbins’ transformational music therapy services, the event will feature a blue carpet arrival, exclusive awards ceremony and a live auction with rare music memorabilia and once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

“We are so honoured to have such iconic artists lined up to win at this year’s O2 Silver Clef Awards. With their support and the support of our peers in the music industry, we can tackle the triple threat we face of increasing costs, decreasing donations and growing demand head on. It costs over £8 million a year to run our charity, and we urgently need to raise more funds to help us in our mission of providing vital music therapy to people across the UK who are living with dementia, are autistic, have learning difficulties or struggle with mental health challenges. said Sandra Schembri, CEO, Nordoff and Robbins.

Since 1976, the O2 Silver Clef Awards has been at the heart of fundraising for Nordoff and Robbins. Across its 49-year history, the charity’s flagship event has celebrated the biggest names in music, while providing invaluable income to help Nordoff and Robbins reach the thousands of people it provides music therapy to each year. Legendary winners across the years include Stormzy, Annie Lennox, David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Kylie Minogue, Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Dame Shirley Bassey, The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Coldplay.