Michael Molloy, 18, of Woolton, Liverpool, was among three people
killed when a coach returning from Bestival crashed on the A3 in Surrey.
The
Michael Molloy Ones To Watch Award, which will go to a band aged
between 16 and 21, will be presented at the Liverpool Music Awards in
August.
His mother, Frances, said the award was "the most fitting tribute to date".
"Michael
has always made us so proud and he never doubted in his short life that
he would be recognised for his musical talent," she said.
"This has brought us such comfort as it keeps Michael's memory alive as a musician."
The Liverpool Music Awards director Ellie Phillips said the city's
mayor Joe Anderson had asked that an award be renamed in tribute to
Michael.
"I think it is brilliant that he will be
remembered in this way, because he was quite clearly an up-and-coming
musician himself," she said.
Mr Anderson said the
18-year-old's "tragic death shook all those who knew and loved him" and
we "wanted to do something to make sure his music lived on".
Mr
Molloy, driver Colin Daulby and Kerry Lynne Ogden died when the
52-seater Merseypride Travel coach crashed between the Hindhead Tunnel
and Thursley exit on 10 September.
The naming of the
award follows the Molloy family's decision to release a song which
Michael recorded through the Bestival organiser Rob Da Bank's record
label, Sunday Best.
0 comments:
Post a Comment