It was handed over by Page, who's previously described Royal Blood as "absolutely riveting" and predicted: "They're going to take rock into a new realm - if they're not already doing that."

Ahead of the ceremony the Led Zeppelin guitarist told Absolute Radio: "I had to stop drinking a few years ago - otherwise I wouldn't have been here now. That was an intelligent decision." But he joked: "I still might make a fool of myself!"

Royal Blood's Kerr said in his acceptance speech: "This is a huge surprise for us. It's probably more of a surprise for people here as you probably don't know who we are."