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Former Beautiful South and Housemartins frontman Paul Heaton has been presented with the Q Award he would have won this year had there still been a Q magazine to present such a prize.Announcing the news, former Q Editor Ted Kessler also revealed that Heaton donated “a large sum” of money to the staff of the music monthly after it was shut down earlier this year as the COVID pandemic put further pressure on an already struggling magazine sector.Kessler explained on Twitter that the annual awards

British music magazine Q is publishing its final issue on July 28. The beloved long-running monthly, which has been integral to U.K. rock and alternative scene, will cease publication after 34 years due to financial constraints caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Q Magazine is to cease production after 34 years in circulation.