This year's Queen's birthday honours list has included a number of leading figures from the music industry.
The list includes Take That lead singer Gary Barlow who receives an OBE, just weeks after curating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert. Richard Stilgoe, who wrote lyrics for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Starlight Express and The Phantom of the Opera as well as writing music for TV programmes That's Life and Nationwide, receives a knighthood. Soul singer and songwriter Omar is among the MBE recipients.
Music names receiving Queen's birthday honours
Knighthood
Richard Stilgoe
CBE
Michael Berkeley
OBE
Gary Barlow
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Tasmin Little
Joanna McaGregor
Harcharanjit Singh Rapal
MBE
Douglas John Coombes
Felix Cross
Ernest Tomlinson
Omar
Richard Michael
The list includes Take That lead singer Gary Barlow who receives an OBE, just weeks after curating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert. Richard Stilgoe, who wrote lyrics for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Starlight Express and The Phantom of the Opera as well as writing music for TV programmes That's Life and Nationwide, receives a knighthood. Soul singer and songwriter Omar is among the MBE recipients.
Music names receiving Queen's birthday honours
Knighthood
Richard Stilgoe
CBE
Michael Berkeley
OBE
Gary Barlow
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Tasmin Little
Joanna McaGregor
Harcharanjit Singh Rapal
MBE
Douglas John Coombes
Felix Cross
Ernest Tomlinson
Omar
Richard Michael
