LONDON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Band Aid co-founder Bob Geldof will receive a lifetime achievement award during next February's Brit Awards program in London, the BBC reports.
The Wednesday announcement comes as a new version of the Band Aid record is to be recorded for charity this Christmas, the report said.
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Previous winners of the prize include Sting, U2, David Bowie, the Eurythmics, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Van Morrison, The Who, and Duran Duran.
As lead singer of the punk band Boomtown Rats, Geldof enjoyed 15 Top 20 hits, with Rat Trap spending 15 weeks at number one on the singles charts.
In 1984, Geldof assembled some of the world's biggest stars of music to help people starving in Africa with the Band Aid single.
