The Brits have announced that The Pet Shop Boys will receive the Outstanding Contribution To Music gong at next year's awards ceremony.
Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant will perform live at the show, set to take place on 18 Feb at Earl's Court. Brits committee chairman Ged Doherty said of the duo: "Since their first Brit Award over 20 years ago, Neil and Chris have produced a fantastic body of work with songs that truly were the soundtrack to a whole generation's lives. The Pet Shop Boys have since become one of the most influential groups of the modern era and are deserving recipients of the award".
The pair, who've achieved 22 top ten hits during their career by my maths, join a list of previous lifetime achievement winners that includes Paul McCartney, U2, Paul Weller, Sting, Eurythmics and The Who.