Bee Gees to get music industry honour
Bee Gees to get music industry honour
The band Bee Gees will receive a lifetime achievement award at BMI's 55th annual pop music awards.

Los Angeles: The Bee Gees will receive a lifetime achievement award from a music industry group in Beverly Hills in May, organisers said on Monday.

The pop legends will be presented with the Icon Award during performing rights group BMI's 55th annual pop music awards on May 15 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

A BMI spokeswoman said it was unclear if surviving brothers Barry and Robin Gibb would perform at the invite-only, black-tie event.

They have sung together only twice since Robin's twin Maurice died suddenly of a heart ailment in 2003 at charity events last year in Florida and London

Last year's honoree Ray Davies of the Kinks did not play. But previous recipients, such as Paul Simon, Merle Haggard and Carlos Santana, did. Either way, the events include performances of the honorees' tunes by other artists.

The awards dinner honors the BMI-represented writers and publishers of the year's most-performed compositions.

Rival group ASCAP will honor Melissa Etheridge at its annual event in Hollywood on April 18.

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