HE'S followed in the footsteps of stadium acts such as Coldplay and U2 by playing Birmingham's NEC and now one half of a Worcester music duo is set to pick up an award for his efforts

Guitarist Jason Langdon, aged 24, of Shrubbery Avenue, Bar-bourne, Worcester, is set to shake hands with Radio One presenter Edith Bowman next week when he travels to London to receive a top award from national music training organisation Access to Music.

The organisation's third annual awards ceremony takes place on Wednesday, December 7, in Piccadilly, London, in recognistion of the achievements made by students from all genres of popular music.

Jason is studying on ATM's course at Worcester College of Technology and is one half of country act Boothill Town.

The duo performed earlier this month with a string of other bands at Birmingham's NEC as part of Europe's biggest trade show, the three-day Music Live Exhibition.

They were selected from thousands of music students nation-wide to perform. To top it off, Jason has been chosen to receive the award for outstanding student of the year from fellow students studying on ATM's course in Worcester.

Award organisers said Jason had shown exceptional personal development, motivation, self-management and achievement.

Jayne Dixon, Jason's tutor, said: "Jason is very professional with an excellent attitude towards his playing and his work, always striving for the best. He's totally focused and proactive.

"If there's ever a student who's making the most of the course then it's Jason."

Jason is in the process of recording a new four-track demo of Boothill Town with his 22-year-old sidekick Oliver Harvey and is planning to take copies to the ceremony with him to persuade Edith Bowman to play it on Radio One.

The talented musician will also get to meet ATM patron and world-famous Beatles' producer Sir George Martin CBE when he picks up his award next week

He said: "I'm very honoured to be receiving this award.

"I feel very lucky to have been accepted onto the course in the first place, and also to have met my band mates on the course."

"We've gelled together musically and as friends."